[Rhodes22-list] Legal: Ben Please Help

[Bill Effros]

Thanks for thinking about it.

My mother's sisters were both killed during WWII because they could not 
just hop on a boat and come here.

The Netherlands was invaded 6 months after my mother's 21st birthday.

Had she not reclaimed her citizenship ...

Bill Effros



Ben Cittadino wrote:
> 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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