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I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

300 points proberts | 3 comments | 14 Mar 25 14:39 UTC | HN request time: 1.025s | source

I'll be here for the next 6 hours. As usual, there are countless possible topics and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with but as much as possible I'd like to focus on the recent changes and potential changes in U.S. immigration law, policy, and practice. Please remember that I am limited in providing legal advice on specific cases for obvious liability reasons because I won't have access to all the facts. Please stick to a factual discussion in your questions and comments and I'll try to do the same in my responses. Thank you!
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nothrowaways ◴[14 Mar 25 17:30 UTC] No.43364910[source]▶
What citizenship will a naturalized citizen get if they lose their citizenship and where will they go?
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1. cyberax ◴[14 Mar 25 18:08 UTC] No.43365397[source]▶
Any other remaining citizenship. If they had to renounce it as a part of becoming a US citizen (e.g. India requires it), they become a stateless person.
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2. nothrowaways ◴[14 Mar 25 19:27 UTC] No.43366281[source]▶
Stateless? Sounds new information
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3. cyberax ◴[14 Mar 25 23:42 UTC] No.43368503[source]▶
Yep. The US is not a signatory to the UN Conventions on Statelessness: the https://www.unhcr.org/us/what-we-do/protect-human-rights/end...

A US citizen can also just renounce their citizenship, and the US won't care if they have another citizenship.

Other countries are more restrictive. For example, Russia (a signatory of that convention) requires people to prove that they have another citizenship ready before they allow the renunciation to proceed.