Benefits to Dual Citizenship Services for You
Some people have dual citizenship by birth. For others, it is a choice. In the first case, any consequences of the duality come as a part of your birthright. In the second, you must decide if the consequences of seeking Dual Citizenship Services will provide you additional life benefits or only create dual headaches.
If you are in the second group, you must decide if the advantages of such a status outweigh the disadvantages. This will depend on each case.
The first consideration is whether your native country allows dual citizenship. If so, you go on to the next consideration, why you wish to have dual citizenship and where? If your country either does not allow dual citizenship or strongly discourages it, like in the case of the United States, you have a different set of considerations and hurdles to jump. A country may discourage, ignore, or actively prohibit its citizens from being a citizen of another country. The degree of acceptance of a dual citizenship status will largely determine your choice.
Why you wish to have citizenship in two or more countries is the next consideration. Some of the more common reasons follow.
Tax considerations: (some tax only income earned in their country — others like the U.S. also tax foreign earned income)
Political considerations: Being a citizen of two or more countries gives you more freedom of movement, and a ready option to remove yourself from one of the countries and move to the other if the need arises.
Military considerations: This could be because you either wish to enlist in or avoid enlisting in the military of a specific country.
Ease of travel: Having a second passport from a European Union country for example facilitates movement and the ability to work in other E.U. countries. In the case of a U.S. citizen, it might facilitate travel into a country that is on the U.S. forbidden list by having and being able to use an additional passport.
Work Benefits: Being a citizen of a country includes the right to work and earn income in that country. Having citizenship in more than one country expands your income possibilities in each.
Finally, once you decide that dual citizenship is desirable for you, you must proceed through the legal steps of your second country to obtain it. All countries have specific
legal and residential requirements that have to be met. Some require that you first spend time living in their country under a temporary visa before you can even apply for citizenship. Part of this requirement may be demonstrating that you have the financial capability of supporting yourself during this time.
Some few have a second passport program that is largely based on financial considerations. These require a certain financial investment to be made in the country and little else. If your only goal is to have a second passport that will give you freer travel to certain countries, and have the financial capability to participate in the programs of these countries; you can obtain dual citizenship and the second passport that goes with it rather quickly.
