kevc Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Just a quick question a friend of mines wife is applying for US citizenship, they have been told that she'll have to give up her Thai citizenship any of you guys out there got first hand knowledge of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldgit Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Your friends have been wrongly advised. There have been a number of threads on this subject, this is one of the most recent http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883404-is-dual-citizenship-in-thailand-allowed/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevc Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 Tried reading that post it's a lot of people giving opinions, thought that they may be someone on here thats actually went through they experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsokolowski Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 My wife became a US citizen, and she retained her Thai passport and citizenship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevc Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 Thanks a lot for confirming, my wife has dual UK/ Thai so I thought it should be ok but he had been told by a lawyer that in the US she couldn't thats why I thought of asking here from people who have faced that situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMWPACIFIC Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Not so. My wife has dual citizenship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happynthailand Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 not so my wife has both thai and us citizenship going on now for 15 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inbangkok Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Tried reading that post it's a lot of people giving opinions, thought that they may be someone on here thats actually went through they experience. It is not an opinion. She will only have to surrender her Thai nationality if she chooses to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeniau96 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 USA allows dual citizenship, has been affirmed in several well-known court cases. My daughter has dual USA and EU country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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