[Rhodes22-list] Legal: Ben Please Help

[Bill Effros]

Thanks, Ben,

What is going on with the part about having to re-claim citizenship 
before the age of 21?

Herb mentioned he did the same.

If my mother had failed to reclaim citizenship could she still be 
President -- or would she have lost her American Citizenship?

Bill Effros



Ben Cittadino wrote:
> 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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