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| Bill |
Posted
on 25-Jun-02 07:39 AM
Is dual citizenship allowed in USA in agreement with Nepali law. Your clear explantion is appreciated.
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| Briton |
Posted
on 25-Jun-02 09:13 AM
You have to give up Nepali Citizenship if you wanna be a North American Citizen. Unlike in the UK where you are permitted dual, triple or more citizenship the feds don't allow you take more than one citizenship.
Another thing. When you give up your Nepali Citizenship; you will loose your rights to keep properties and possessions in Nepal. So I suggest you to sort out your things in Nepal first before you make up your mind to get the US citizenship.
Your Well Wisher.
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| Hercules |
Posted
on 25-Jun-02 11:13 AM
Britton,
It's not a good idea to suggest somebody if you don't know.
US Govt. doesn't care about your citizen, wherever you're from. US always allowed to have dual citizenship.
It's Nepal that doesn't allow dual citizenship. According to Nepali law, you have to inform the Nepali Govt. that you're giving up the Nepali citizenship.
As long as you live in US you can have both citizenship.
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| Extrovert |
Posted
on 25-Jun-02 11:58 AM
Hercules is partly correct. US DOES allow dual citizenship, however Nepal does not. Once you become a US citizen, your nepali citizenship is automatically null. Therefore, whether you are in the US or in Nepal, you are no longer considered a Nepali citizen. I suggest you call the embassy in Washington to get the EXACT interpretation of the law before you take any action.
Just my 2 cents worth,
-Extrovert
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| Briton |
Posted
on 25-Jun-02 12:35 PM
Extrovert in one hand you are saying North America allows dual citizenship and on the other hand you are contradicting what you said former.
You said: ''Once you become a US citizen, your nepali citizenship is automatically null.''
The definition of dual citizenship should be; you can be a citizen of both the country & take the benefit from both the country. If getting the citizenship from one country makes your passport of another country invalid; I wouldn't consider it as Dual citizenship.
Anyway whatever the matter is: I knew some of my relatives who after getting the US Citizenship couldn't sell their land in Nepal.
Your Well Wisher.
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| Extrovert |
Posted
on 25-Jun-02 01:34 PM
Briton,
Apologies for not being explicitly clear, but here is the clarification:
Your definition of dual citizenship is faily accurate only if both countries have instituted 'dual citizenship' in their immigration and naturalization laws, and you wish to apply that definition to both the countries. My previous statement ''Once you become a US citizen, your nepali citizenship is automatically null '' is the direct result of Nepal not allowing dual citizenship. And this is not the same as what you perceived earlier because becoming a US citizen does not revoke your Nepali citizenship. So, once you become a US citizen, your Nepali citizenship is void (because of a Nepali law), thus you can NO longer claim that citizenship even if you are in the US because Nepal does not recognize you as one any longer. The word 'dual citizenship' is applicable to each country, and to use it, at least one of the countries necessarily do not have to have dual citizenship program in place.
-Extrovert
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| chature |
Posted
on 25-Jun-02 03:24 PM
My friends
Here is a solution. Anything can be done in Nepal. I mean ...ANYTHING. Sad but true..If you don't beleive me then you've probably not been in Nepal for a long long time
Ram Tamang gets becomes a US citizen.
He denounces his nepali "ram tamang" citizen.
He immediately makes "Ram Bahadur Tamang" nepali passport.(approximate ghus $1000)
Kaam fatafat!! Kasle ke bolne aba. There are two people existing now. Ram Tamang in US and Ram bdr. Tamang in Nepal.
Sunnelai sun ko mala
bujhne lai ful ko mala.
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| Dual Salary |
Posted
on 25-Jun-02 03:36 PM
How about " Dual Salary " ? Have you ever heard Dual Salary?
Nepalese government and development projects are paying "Dual salary" that means two times pay monthly salary for one person.
Bikarm Sharma is a sachiv in Nepal and now he is in Japan.... working in Japan right now. Nepal government pay to his family in Nepal and Japanese company also pay to him. So one man two salaries.
So lets demand Dual citizen and Dual Salary........
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| Dual Citizen is Illegal |
Posted
on 25-Jun-02 03:45 PM
I am lawyer. Don't even think about Dual Citizen of Nepal. It is morally, ethically, politically, economically and constitutionally not right......
Dual citizen mean you kill one person, or robe bank, or do illegal activities one country and go to another country for your protection.
How do you things it works? Dual citizenship will destroy everything?
Dual Citizen is for stupid person thinking only……….
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| Hercules |
Posted
on 25-Jun-02 03:58 PM
I don't know how you became a lawyer if you really are lawyer. Just by becoming Dual citizen doesn't mean that he/she will commit a crime and run away to other country.
For example, currently there's no dual citizenship in Nepal but don't you see all the crime happening in Nepal right now. Lots of people rob or kill in Nepal and runaway to Nepal. Now US, Canada, UK they all allow Dual citizenship, do you think all those dual citizens are doing crimes in those countries?
Nothing is impossible. The main point is you have to have corruption less system, the basic infrastructure should be there, Law and order should be followed by everyone very strictly. Nothing will work in Nepal because there's no system at all. A person can apply passport 10 times and he will get it. Anybody can do anything.
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| Bill |
Posted
on 26-Jun-02 11:17 AM
I guess the next logical question is: Does the American government inform Nepal that I have become a citizen of the US or do I inform Nepali government.
If I don't inform Nepal that I have become a US citizen then I can have dual citizenship?
Is that correct?
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| Extrovert |
Posted
on 26-Jun-02 01:08 PM
Bill,
You are still bound by a Nepali law whether or not you inform the Nepali govt. of your US citizenship- which states that once you become a citizen of another country you have voluntarily abandoned Nepali citizenship. Therefore, you CANNOT claim Nepali citizenship after you've become a US national. Doing so is breaking a Nepali law. So, to answer your question NO you cannot have dual citizenship unless you choose not to abide by the law. US govt. does not give out your status voluntarily to other countries unless there are issues concerning extradition (i.e. if you've committed a crime in Nepal and the Nepali govt. wants to try you and adjudicate for those crime in Nepal ).
I strongly urge you to call the Embassy in Washington to get the pertinent facts regarding this law. This site is not the place for such important life-changing questions.
Good luck,
-Extrovert
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| Phuntsok |
Posted
on 26-Jun-02 01:35 PM
My dear fren' Bill,
Why do you want to become a US citizen when Green Card itself is equivalent to US citizenship?? I personally would suggest you to stick to your Green Card and not be bothered with dual citizenship. But again, this is only an opinion.
Phuntsok.
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| Logical Sense |
Posted
on 26-Jun-02 03:36 PM
One of the spouses take the US citizenship - logical sense.
This is a very important thread and touches all of us. I am glad to see that people have very clear picture about it.
Yes, it is illegal to be dual citizen in Nepal (at the moment, people are working on it). Yes, US government will not tell Nepal about your citizenship. Yes, you want to become US citizen for many personal reasons. Yes, you don't want to give up your old heritage either.
So, what is the logical solution? For many of my old friends one of the spouse becoming a US citizen solved most of the Moral, Ethical, and Legal problems. You can get the best of the both Worlds without putting your family in jeoperdy (don't have to be scared of somebody reporting against you etc...)
Good luck bill and others
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