[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?

[Michael Michael]

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?

As long as Indonesia maintained a ban on dual citizenship, then he couldn't become an Indonesian citizen until such time that he lost his US citizenship, which he could have done after becoming an adult and renouncing his US citizenship.

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?

Perhaps they do now. But back when Obama was there, Indonesia didn't allow for dual citizenship.