Vitaliy wrote:

> 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;"

I've never felt that citizenship had much to do with "allegiance and
fidelity" -- after all, I wouldn't know to whom or what --, so renouncing
and abjuring what I never had is a no-brainer...

> 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...

You could've contacted Borat. I'm told he has connections :)

> 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.

Yes, if you enter a country as a certain national, you better not change
your mind while you're there. Showing all of a sudden a US passport without
entry visa/stamp could get you into even more trouble.

Gerhard

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