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Any other remaining citizenship. If they had to renounce it as a part of becoming a US citizen (e.g. India requires it), they become a stateless person.
by cyberax 2y ago
Any other remaining citizenship. If they had to renounce it as a part of becoming a US citizen (e.g. India requires it), they become a stateless person.
- nothrowaways 2y agoStateless? Sounds new information
- cyberax 2y agoYep. The US is not a signatory to the UN Conventions on Statelessness: the https://www.unhcr.org/us/what-we-do/protect-human-rights/ending-statelessness/un-conventions-statelessness https://www.unhcr.org/us/what-we-do/protect-human-rights/end... A US citizen can also just renounce their citizenship, and the US won't care if they have another citizenship. Other countries are more restrictive. For example, Russia (a signatory of that convention) requires people to prove that they have another citizenship ready before they allow the renunciation to proceed.