Ah. I've never been clear on which countries don't allow that. I know the US technically can force non-birth dual citizens to reject their other citizenship, although they usually don't?
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @bazzalisk and
You have to renounce your other citizenship to get a security clearance, I know that
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
Ah, okay, I was slightly misinformed People who actively naturalize as US citizens have to take an oath renouncing all other citizenships, most dual citizens in the US inherited their other citizenship through their parents
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
So Sir Patrick would have to give up his UK citizenship, and from a US perspective that would make all his UK titles invalid (but the UK doesn't fully agree)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
He has to promise to give up his UK citizenship. He doesn’t have to go through any processes of actually giving it up, and since the UK doesn’t consider promising to give it up to be the same as actually giving it up he’d be a dual national as far as the UK is concerned.
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Replying to @bazzalisk @arthur_affect and
It’s only an issue for people who have an issue with swearing a false oath, really.
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Replying to @bazzalisk @arthur_affect and
To be fair getting rid of your UK citizenship is really hard. Some people have been forcibly informed they are UK citizens despite trying very hard not to be.
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Replying to @bazzalisk @BootlegGirl and
Apparently when you renounce your knighthood and send back the insignia the office just tells you you can write back to get a replacement for a small fee
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
The UK has a lot of weird stuff where we simply don’t recognise a person’s ability to voluntarily renounce things.
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Replying to @bazzalisk @arthur_affect and
Like, it’s legally impossible to resign as an MP. The only way to stop being an MP is to take another job which you can’t hold at the same time.
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Yeah hence the ambiguity of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex "stepping back" from their royal family duties
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