hotsoup Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 "Clearly, United States citizenship is a privilege, Clinton said . It is not a right. US is now going to charge a lot more for renouncing citizenship! Is Thai citizenship a privilege, not a right? What about you and your 'country'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpinx Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 The definition of what makes someone a citizen varies from country to country. A comparison would be mixing apples and pears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Could you explain further OP on that, not really with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Costas2008 Posted September 8, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) In my opinion, citizenship is a right to the natives of a country and a privilege to the foreigners that want to live in that country. No country is obliged to grand somebody citizenship and I believe that those granted this privilege should be grateful to the country that accepted them. Also foreigners should integrate in their new country, and not complain about the differences in religion, culture, way of living of the natives. Also be prepared to offer their services and loyalty to the country that has accepted them. Although that does not work always the right way. A foreigner will always be considered a foreigner even if, he/she has been granted citizenship. An example is the EU, that everybody was supposed to be a citizen of Europe and not the individual countries. Has it worked? No and I believe it will never work. Edited September 8, 2014 by Costas2008 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time Traveller Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 States don't give rights to people. They do however take away the rights that people were born with. Never trust the word of a Clinton. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paz Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 An example is the EU, that everybody was supposed to be a citizen of Europe and not the individual countries. Has it worked? No and I believe it will never work. There is no such thing as European citizenship, despite the printout on passport cover page Each member country set their own law on matter of citizenship, regulation and immigration rules. In terms of immigration the only "common laws" are about the right of any European to take residence and work in another member state, plus the common visa regulation that not even each country adopts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Not directly visa related. It also appears to be more political topic and is evolving that way with posts made already. It is now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts