Let’s say I become a citizen of a country that doesn’t allow dual citizenship. During naturalization, new country B tells me I have to renounce citizenship from old country A.

Does that have any effects back in country A? How would country A know? Would country A even care if they found out?

  • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    I had no idea this was a thing. If you renounce your citizenship and you don’t yet have a new one… What a weird place to be in.

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      5 months ago

      Countries typically don’t allow that. (Do any allow it?) For example, Canada requires you (at least) to be a citizen of another country and to live outside Canada.

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        5 months ago

        The UN would likely consider it a violation of their human rights if a country knowingly allowed a citizen to become stateless. I would hope that at least all member states would not allow it, but I don’t know for certain.

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      Usually your old country takes you back in that case unless there’s some problem like you married an ISIS fighter.