[Rhodes22-list] Legal: Ben Please Help

[Ben Cittadino]

Bill;

I think the most significant fact you cited was that she re-entered on a US
passport.  I suspect that when the age of majority was 21 (now 18) there may
have been a regulation that required renewal of a passport upon attaining
21.  I think that may be what was going on.  Otherwise I'm not sure what
that was all about.

Ben C.

Bill Effros wrote:
> 
> 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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