[panthermom]

Renounce, ok? Sorry haven’t had a good nights sleep since Tues.

So if both my husband and I have a child in Georgia and we go loopy and decide to move to another country when he is 2 and renounce our citizenship, even though my child was born in this country he does not have the right to his citizenship anymore? What about his right as an individual?

[Secret Agent Man]

You are arguing about something that goes on all the time. Parents are allowed to change their childrens’ citizenship. They are minors and their parents have that ability. You also as parents have the right not to allow your child’s citizenship to be changed by anyone else but you. As minors kids don’t have legal standing to do that. You know minors do not have legal authority to enter into legal contracts. Their parents do that FOR them. You should know by now that minor children, while citizens, do not have the same and full rights as adults do. Until they are 18 or emancipated at an earlier age. This also falls into the reasoning that when minors commit crimes and property damage and such, parents are held financially liable for them. Truancy laws fine the parents.

If you as his parents, legally change his citizenship to a different country, he will legally be a citizen of your new country. What, you think he gets to stay American? You think he gets to live under American laws while he lives in that country too?

Now, there might be one difference and that is the particular country you guys move to. Some countries allow for dual citizenship, so in those cases the kids (and the parents if they wanted) could be citizens of both places. However, Indonesia, at the time Barack was adopted, did NOT recognize dual citizenship, so through the adoption process his US citizenship was dropped. He became and Indonesian citizen. He had to be an Indonesian citizen in order to attend school in Indonesia.

[American in Israel]

What about his right as an individual?

AT the age of 18, he/she needs to walk into the nearest diplomatic office of the USA and register for the draft and swear allegiance to the USA. That reinstates their citizenship.

[ReignOfError]

So if both my husband and I have a child in Georgia and we go loopy and decide to move to another country when he is 2 and renounce our citizenship, even though my child was born in this country he does not have the right to his citizenship anymore? What about his right as an individual?

He is still a US citizen. Your renunciation has no effect on his citizenship status.