Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> The USA, OTOH, for all I know, doesn't really care whether their citizens
> have other citizenships; they simply don't take them into account. A US
> citizen is always only a US citizen before the (US) law.

It's a funny thing, because during the naturalization process one has to 
"absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to 
any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which 
[they] have heretofore been a subject or citizen;"

However, at the same time in the naturalization FAQ it says something to the 
effect that while the US doesn't recognize dual citizenship, some countries 
do and it's OK for a person to be a citizen of another country, except that 
they complicate life for themselves by possibly having to pay taxes to their 
old country.

I was in a catch-22 situation last year, when the embassy of Kazakhstan 
would not grant me a travel visa until I turned in my passport and formally 
renounced my Kazakhstani citizenship. Except that I entered the US at the 
age of 14, and therefore did not have a passport to turn in...

Most people find it easier to keep their old passport for travel, but as 
another poster pointed out, it affects the US embassy's ability to get them 
out of trouble.

Vitaliy 

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