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In reply to the discussion: OMFG!! with new news to make this more clear. [View all]DFW
(54,330 posts)34. That is a different context.
In which case no argument. Two German parents and a German place of birth constitutes one weak argument indeed for obtaining US citizenship. Then, marriage and residence become necessary pre-requisites. My sister-in-law, a native of Japan, was required to take out US citizenship for my brother to maintain his security clearance in Washington. She resented it, but did it anyway (as if a piece of paper made her or him less of a security risk).
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Best wishes to you, but I think he isn't giving you the complete, true, story yet. n/t
PoliticAverse
Feb 2017
#3
You know, you CAN read these threads with a critical eye without posting like a dick.
DRoseDARs
Feb 2017
#8
Germany doesn't allow dual citizenship? Tell that to my dual citizen German-American daughters
DFW
Feb 2017
#29
Yes, but also German citizenship is considered lost if a German citizen with two German parents...
Spider Jerusalem
Feb 2017
#35
"I have people declaring he is lying and I know he is not." - how do you "know" that?
PoliticAverse
Feb 2017
#22
If your boyfriend was naturalized he would have a certificate to prove it.
VMA131Marine
Feb 2017
#25
Maybe he had the right to US citizenship but never got around to getting a passport
flamingdem
Feb 2017
#26
Not just the Republicans that have discussed the idea of ending birthright citizenship...
PoliticAverse
Feb 2017
#40
If he is lying to Doreen that is her business to deal with...not ours. We don't know them or
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#41
Don't count on it, it was all over our news that local Irish immigrants are very worried as well.
NotThisTime
Feb 2017
#74
Your boyfriend was singled out on the manifest halfway through his itinerary?
EarthFirst
Feb 2017
#69