I m considering studying abroad and want to bring my children along (for the experience). I ve been hearing that they would only be able to stay for 90 days at a time so that they won t lose their citizenship here in the US. I ve been trying to find some concrete information to no avail... Please help.
Children born in the U.S. are U.S. citizens and cannot lose their citizenship unless they officially renounce it in the presence of the appropriate government official. It doesn t matter where you live in the world, and for how long - if you re born an American, you stay an American - unless you renounce it - even if you wind up living most of your life in other countries.The only thing that makes a difference as far as an American living outside the U.S. is concerned is whether they can pass on their U.S. citizenship to their children if they have children outside of the U.S.When Americans living overseas have children, the child born outside the U.S. is automatically a U.S. citizen if certain criteria are met - generally the American parent has to live in the U.S. for five years prior to the birth of the child, and at least two of those years have to be after the parent turned 14. See the link below for the U.S. Embassy in Slovenia - describing what is necessary for foreign born children to be considered Americans.But the bottom line is, if you re born an American, you don t lose your American citizenship.
Well no one cannot lose the U.S citizenship by living abroad by any means and yes our citizenship do allows a dual nationality feature to it which means you can have some other nationality as well while being a U.S citizen too and yea there is a certain time of period involved in living abroad and maintaining the status there as all the visa free travel nations for the U.S citizens have some limited time entry to the U.S individuals and one should not violate that by any means.
You can t loose your U.S. citizenship unless you become a citizen of another country.Often the other country only permits you to stay in the country for 3 months at a time. I lived in NZ for a while and had to leave every 3 months to renew my visa (you can just fly anywere out of NZ, even AU). Same thing with Mexico.I have a sister in Tiawan, it s 6 months for her.Find the country you want to go to and research the Visa requirements of that country.
its impossible to loose your citizenship in america. once your a citizen, you are automatically a citizen for life. thats why the president requirement has to be that you live in the us for at least 14 years and be born in the us.
For ever.The only way to lose your citizenship is if you renounce it.You can become a citizen of another country and not lose your US citizenship, contrary to what Conrad claims.