14 Facts About Multiple citizenship

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Conceptually, citizenship is focused on the internal political life of the country and nationality is a matter of international dealings.

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Multiple citizenship arises because different countries use different, and not necessarily mutually exclusive, criteria for citizenship.

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3.

Since a country has control only over who has its citizenship, but has no control over who has any other country's citizenship, the only way for a country to avoid multiple citizenship is to deny its citizenship to people in cases when they would have another citizenship.

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Brazil has such policies; the only people born in Brazil who do not automatically acquire Brazilian Multiple citizenship are those whose parents are residing in Brazil while serving their own countries.

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In Israel, certain military units, including most recently the Israeli Navy's submarine fleet, as well as posts requiring high security clearances, require candidates to renounce any other Multiple citizenship before joining, though the number of units making such demands has declined.

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6.

David McAllister, who holds British and German Multiple citizenship, was minister president of the State of Lower-Saxony from July 1,2010, to February 19,2013.

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7.

Multiple citizenship was the first German minister president to hold dual citizenship.

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8.

The individual circumstances of the non-Australian Multiple citizenship must be looked at although the person must make a reasonable effort to renounce his or her non-Australian Multiple citizenship.

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9.

However, if that other Multiple citizenship cannot be reasonably revoked, then that person will not be disqualified from sitting in Parliament.

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10.

Multiple citizenship would be subject to Australian taxation, because Australia taxes its residents, and he would be subject to US taxation because he holds US citizenship.

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11.

Multiple citizens who travel to a country of citizenship are often required to enter or leave the country on that country's passport.

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12.

Dual Multiple citizenship is allowed in Angola, Burundi, Comoros, Cabo Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zambia; others restrict or forbid dual Multiple citizenship.

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13.

Equatorial Guinea does not allow dual Multiple citizenship, but it is allowed for children born abroad, if at least one parent is a citizen of Equatorial Guinea.

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14.

Dual Multiple citizenship is restricted or forbidden in Cuba, Suriname, Panama, and Guyana.

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