My child has both Irish and American citizenship. At what age must he choose which citizenship he wants to keep?
American citizenship is for life. The laws covering the retention of citizenship have been greatly liberalized – thanks in large part to the lobbying of American community groups based here in Ireland. No child has to do anything at any age to retain, choose, affirm, or confirm American citizenship. In the 1980s, the Supreme Court ruled that citizenship is a Constitutional right, that cannot be taken away from a citizen who does not intend to relinquish it. Therefore, such actions as naturalization in a foreign country, or voting in a foreign election, do not automatically result in loss of U.S. citizenship.
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