My Move to the Philippines

As I reported to you last week my wife and I had decided that she would apply for dual citizenship. We weighed the pros and cons, the pros being extended stay for me and the chance for her to acquire more property. I can’t remember the cons but they must not have been important enough to sway our decision to not applying.

So everything is decided, right? Wrong, less than 12 hours after sending the paperwork in, her Filipino co-workers convinced her that the US would revoke her citizenship if she took the oath of Allegiance to the Philippines.

I had already researched this and assured her that the US citizenship she had worked so hard for would not be revoked and she would not be sent back to the Philippines on the next flight. But, is it true that she could be sent back? From what I have researched and studied on the subject including court cases I say no.

Law have changed in recent years and Constitutional Law cases have defined how US citizenship can be taken away. Actually you would have to perform certain actions including declaring before a US consular that you intend to give up your US citizenship. To read more on these cases and changes in the law please go to the website US Law Relating to Dual Citizenship. So, if you are worried about losing your US citizenship because of dual citizenship read this site and take comfort that it won’t happen.