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To: Conscience of a Conservative
Under Indonesian law, yes, his father could do that, and also under Indonesian law, there is no dual citizenship.

His US citizenship status is the question. Supposedly his mother could have him renaturalized after their return from Jakarta. But she was always a big Communist attitude on legs, and later in life she had Indonesian citizenship according to her bio (and she kept her former husband's name, spelling it Sutoro), so it's a question.

69 posted on 08/10/2010 2:14:00 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: lentulusgracchus
Under Indonesian law, yes, his father could do that, and also under Indonesian law, there is no dual citizenship.

Indonesian law does not govern U.S. citizenship, U.S. law does. And U.S. law is very specific on the question of renunciation - a U.S. citizen renounces citizenship if (in relevant part) he "obtain[s] naturalization in a foreign state upon his own application or upon an application filed by a duly authorized agent, after having attained the age of eighteen years."

His US citizenship status is the question. Supposedly his mother could have him renaturalized after their return from Jakarta. But she was always a big Communist attitude on legs, and later in life she had Indonesian citizenship according to her bio (and she kept her former husband's name, spelling it Sutoro), so it's a question.

Again, there is no need for "re-naturalization," because he never de-naturalized. A parent cannot renounce U.S. citizenship on behalf of a child, regardless of what any other country's laws say.

73 posted on 08/10/2010 2:23:01 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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