[Rhodes22-list] Legal: Ben Please Help

[Ben Cittadino]

Bill;

If this question was addressed to me ( and it may not have been ) the answer
is that if your mother never "formally renounced" her US citizenship then
she was a native born American citizen the entire time although she may have
held duel citizenship for part of the time. She can be President.

Americans can be duel citizens but often other countries require that you
make a choice.  For example I believe Japanese citizens who become American
citizens are deemed to have renounced their Japanese citizenship.

Also, remember this advice is worth exactly what you paid for it.


Best,

Ben Cittadino

Bill Effros wrote:
> 
> Ben,
> 
> My mother was born in NYC in 1917 to Dutch parents with a business in 
> the United States.  After WWI she went to Holland with her parents, and 
> enjoyed the benefits of Dutch citizenship.
> 
> In 1938, before her 21st birthday, her parents arranged for her to 
> return to the United States to claim her American Citizenship, which she 
> would otherwise have  lost, owing to her exercise of Dutch Citizenship.  
> She traveled to the United States on a US Passport, and remained here as 
> a United States citizen.
> 
> It was my understanding that she was not eligible to run for President 
> of the United States because she was a Dutch citizen as a child and had 
> to reclaim her American citizenship, and thus became a "naturalized" 
> rather than "native born" citizen.
> 
> Do I have this wrong?  Is there still a chance for my mother to become 
> President?
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> 
> 
> 
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