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Re: Social security and giving up US citizenship Posted on: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 05:44:12 +0000


> Are you sure about that? Since 2003, the Netherlands has made an
> exception to its rules restricting dual citizenship for spouses of
> Dutch citizens.
> http://www.mfa.nl/ott/visas_and_consular/visas_amp_consular/dutch_nat-
> ionals/dutch_nationality
>
> And for information on naturalisation as Dutch, it's suggested to look
> at http://www.ind.nl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law#Acquisition_of_Dutch-
_citizenship_by_option

This is murky. You are in theory allowed to retain your original
citizenship if married to a Dutch citizen but if you try to do so the
government may object and refuse to grant you citizenship. The trend is
to try and bar dual nationals -- even if born there, you automatically
lose citizenship if you live outside the Netherlands for a continuous 10
year period. There are hoops to jump through to get it back or to keep
it.... but these laws are likely to continue to change.

And unless I live in NL for 15 years, I have to pass the language
test! :eek:

I still want the "Good Citizen Of Any Country" passport. ;)

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