[Michael Michael]

I would love to get a source/link to this statement.

You won't get one because the source is someone's fevered imagination. The Hague convention on adoption says absolutely NOTHING with regard to nationality. And the Hague convention on nationality says that an adopted child can only lose their citizenship if the state recognizes the loss of citizenship as the result of adoption. And there was no provision under INA 1952 (or even INA 1986) for the loss of US citizenship as the result of adoption.

[canaan]

OK, well, there’s something I don’t understand then. What if Stanley, 2nd husband, and Jr. lived in Indonesia from when Jr. was 6 until.... forever. 2nd husband is already Indonesian, and let’s say Stanley becomes a citizen.

This whole time, Jr. (with 2 Indonesian parents) would have to remain an American citizen, living in a land he (in this scenario) considered his own, especiallly since he had only lived 6 years in America. In what way, at what point, would he ever be allowed to become an Indonesian?

My point is, there must be some way for a child to become an Indonesian citizen....? A foreign child adopted here in America becomes American. Why wouldn’t Indonesia have some sort of similar process for interested families?

[Beckwith]

I’m ignoring you since it’s obvious you are an Obot.

Any posts I send your way is to bust your chops.