Dual Nationality: A List of Countries that may or may not allow two nationalities with one being a Naturalized US Citizen

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Dual Nationality is a common topic in US Immigration Law, specifically when someone Naturalizes as a US Citizen. This list is a quick reference guide; however, laws can change in other countries and many countries have many “nuances” that this post will not cover. 

Thus, a citizen of a foreign country should consult country-specific resources. As a disclaimer, a US Law Firm or US Attorney can’t fully answer the ramifications of dual citizenship between the United States and a Foreign Country. Naturalizing as a US Citizen could have an effect on foreign citizenship and the best people to refer questions to would be the foreign country’s US Embassy in DC.

Below is a quick reference:

Countries That Recognize and generally allow Dual Citizenship

Countries that generally do not allow Dual Citizenship

  1. Albania 
  2. Algeria 
  3. American Samoa 
  4. Angola 
  5. Antigua & Barbuda 
  6. Argentina 
  7. Armenia 
  8. Australia 
  9. Barbados 
  10. Belgium 
  11. Belize 
  12. Benin 
  13. Bolivia 
  14. Bosnia & Herzegovina 
  15. Brazil 
  16. British Virgin Islands 
  17. Bulgaria 
  18. Burkina Faso 
  19. Burundi 
  20. Cambodia 
  21. Canada 
  22. Cape Verde 
  23. Central African Republic 
  24. Chile 
  25. Colombia 
  26. Comoros Republic of Congo 
  27. Costa Rica 
  28. Croatia 
  29. Cyprus 
  30. Czech Republic 
  31. Denmark 
  32. Djibouti 
  33. Dominica 
  34. Dominican Republic 
  35. East Timor 
  36. Ecuador 
  37. Egypt 
  38. El Salvador 
  39. Equatorial Guinea 
  40. Fiji 
  41. Finland 
  42. France 
  43. Gambia 
  44. Germany 
  45. Ghana 
  46. Greece 
  47. Grenada 
  48. Guatemala 
  49. Guinea-Bissau 
  50. Haiti 
  51. Honduras 
  52. Hungary 
  53. Iceland 
  54. Iraq 
  55. Ireland 
  56. Israel 
  57. Italy 
  58. Ivory Coast 
  59. Jamaica 
  60. Jordan 
  61. Kenya 
  62. South Korea 
  63. Kosovo 
  64. Kyrgyzstan 
  65. Latvia 
  66. Lebanon 
  67. Lithuania 
  68. Luxembourg 
  69. Macau 
  70. Macedonia 
  71. Mali 
  72. Malta 
  73. Mauritius 
  74. Mexico 
  75. Moldova 
  76. Morocco 
  77. Namibia 
  78. Nauru 
  79. New Zealand 
  80. Nicaragua 
  81. Niger 
  82. Nigeria 
  83. Pakistan 
  84. Panama 
  85. Papua 
  86. New Guinea 
  87. Paraguay 
  88. Peru 
  89. Poland 
  90. Portugal 
  91. Romania 
  92. Russian Federation 
  93. Saint Kitts & Nevis 
  94. Saint Lucia 
  95. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa 
  96. Scotland 
  97. Serbia 
  98. Seychelles 
  99. Sierra Leone 
  100. Slovenia 
  101. Somalia 
  102. South Africa 
  103. South Sudan 
  104. Spain 
  105. Sri Lanka 
  106. Sudan 
  107. Sweden 
  108. Switzerland 
  109. Syria 
  110. Taiwan 
  111. Tajikistan 
  112. Thailand 
  113. Tibet 
  114. Tonga 
  115. Trinidad & Tobago 
  116. Tunisia 
  117. Turkey 
  118. Uganda 
  119. United Kingdom 
  120. Uruguay 
  121. Vatican City 
  122. Venezuela 
  123. Vietnam 
  124. Yemen 
  125. Zambia 
  126. Zimbabwe
  1. Afghanistan 
  2. Andorra 
  3. Austria 
  4. Azerbaijan 
  5. Bahamas 
  6. Bahrain 
  7. Bangladesh 
  8. Belarus 
  9. Bhutan 
  10. Botswana 
  11. Brunei Darussalam 
  12. Cameroon 
  13. China 
  14. Congo 
  15. Cuba 
  16. Eritrea 
  17. Estonia 
  18. Ethiopia 
  19. Georgia 
  20. Guyana 
  21. Hong Kong 
  22. India 
  23. Indonesia 
  24. Iran 
  25. Japan 
  26. Kazakhstan 
  27. Kiribati 
  28. North Korea 
  29. Kuwait 
  30. Laos 
  31. Lesotho 
  32. Liberia 
  33. Lybia 
  34. Liechtenstein 
  35. Madagascar 
  36. Malawi 
  37. Malaysia 
  38. Maldives 
  39. Marshall Islands 
  40. Mauritania 
  41. Micronesia 
  42. Monaco 
  43. Mongolia 
  44. Montenegro 
  45. Mozambique 
  46. Myanmar (Burma) 
  47. Nepal 
  48. Netherlands 
  49. Norway 
  50. Oman 
  51. Palau 
  52. Philippines* 
  53. Qatar 
  54. Rwanda 
  55. San Marino 
  56. Sao Tome and Principe 
  57. Saudi Arabia 
  58. Singapore 
  59. Slovakia 
  60. Solomon Islands 
  61. Suriname 
  62. Swaziland 
  63. Tanzania 
  64. Togo 
  65. Turkmenistan 
  66. Ukraine 
  67. United Arab Emirates 
  68. Uzbekistan 
  69. Vanuatu

* Specific for the Philippines: The Application process for reacquisition of Philippine citizenship can be found here: http://www.philippinessanfrancisco.org/philippines-dc/consular-services-dc/faq-dc/#dual

 

 

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