[wubjo]

"The US recognizes dual nationality. Indonesia did not. The result would be the loss of Indonesian citizenship, not US citizenship. "

You have that incorrect, since Indonesia would require renouncing the US citizenship to quailify for school in Indonesia, so his school documents in Indonesia reflect solely Indonesian citizenship, again, they did't allow for dual. It does not matter that US did allow dual, that is NOT where he was.

[kabar]

You have that incorrect, since Indonesia would require renouncing the US citizenship to quailify for school in Indonesia, so his school documents in Indonesia reflect solely Indonesian citizenship, again, they did't allow for dual. It does not matter that US did allow dual, that is NOT where he was.

First, I seriously doubt that the school would not be that stringent if the father provided the adoption papers. The point is that the Obama himself would have to personally and formally denounce his US citizenship before a US Consular official in Jakarta. Being a minor at age 6, that just wouldn't be allowed. I say that advisedly having worked at the US Embassy in Jakarta as a foreign service officer including doing a stint in the consular section.