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Originally Posted by SSJup81
But her son wasn't born in America. He was born in Japan. He's automatically a Japanese citizen by default because of that alone. Since she plans on residing in Japan, along with her husband, and remaining there, with her husband, why go through the trouble of getting her already Japanese citizen of a son an American citizenship? If anything, she'd be better off getting her son a passport so they could visit the states. What good would getting an American citizenship do her son, if he lives in Japan, speaks Japanese, is being raised in Japan, etc.?
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I understand what you're saying, but personally, i think that, if you CAN get a citizenship for a country like the US, then take it.
For example, when I have a family, I'd want my children to have Algerian citizenship as well as whichever country they're born in. Being Algerian is absolutely NO use internationally, but that's where my roots are from, and I'd hope that any child would get the oportunity to visit their parents home land. It's always good to see where one has come from. These days you hear too many stories of second generation immigrants wanting to go back to their home land, but they encounter too many problems... It might make good poetry, but it's also unfortunate and sad for the victims that can't visit their "home".
The way I see it is, leave the door open for your children, let them decide if they want it or not when they're older. But of course, I'm talking about the situations when it's not going to cost an arm and a leg to get the citizenship. I have no idea what it's like getting US citizenship. But if it's doable(sp?), then why not?!