That's it

[cosmolinguist]

I've given up hoping this will ever change and am now resigned to the fact.

I will never be done reassuring my parents that I am always going to be a U.S. citizen.

Comments

[po8crg]

It's all Ted Cruz' fault.

[cosmolinguist]

Sadly it pre-dates him by many years!

[silveradept]

Blame the current crop of xenophobes in the Republican Party.

[cosmolinguist]

Oh I don't think it's anything to do with them. I doubt they even know anything about most of them, even their names. And this conversation has been happening intermittently since I first moved here ten years ago.

[jojomojo.livejournal.com]

Ahaha. Yes, I had that issue. Lots of concern that 'you don't want to give up your UK passport'. The concept of dual citizenship had apparently passed them by.

[cosmolinguist]

I've told my parents about dual citizenship repeatedly though! Most recently on the way to the airport after Christmas! And yet the time before my mom fretted at me about it again was still only two and a half weeks.

Lots of concern that 'you don't want to give up your UK passport'.

Exactly what I hear, and I'm like "you're right! I don't want to give up my U.S. passport! I have all kinds of reasons not to and not one single solitary reason to do so! Can we stop having this conversation now?" No, apparently not.

[benicek.livejournal.com]

It would almost be worth giving up your US citizenship just to see their reaction :D

[cosmolinguist]

Iv already seen that reaction, they've been convinced I'm going to do it/have done it off and on for years.

[haggis.livejournal.com]

Is this because they won't remember or is it because of another bit of immigration-related government viciousness?

<3 Either way, it's shitty and I'm sorry.

[cosmolinguist]

They don't remember. I've explained the concept of dual nationality to them many times, but they are completely unfamiliar with it and so it never sticks.

[softfruit.livejournal.com]

Ahh. I thought it was going to be related to Our Glorious Leader's new £35k policy.

[cosmolinguist]

Thankfully they're not clued-up enough to worry about that. (It's not going to apply to me, but that wouldn't stop them fretting!)

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

Worth noting that although dual citizenship is indeed a thing, the US does not recognise it in its own citizens. Which basically means if want to fly out, use the US one and then the UK one to skip the queue on the way back. Making it more of a faff / worry having to carry round two passports, but if you don't want to, and fly out on the UK one, you'll have to arrange for an ESTA visa (which may cost money - unsure how much because I always just fly out / book the ticket on the US on and then show the UK one when I fly back).

[cosmolinguist]

Yeah, I'm aware of this, thanks. I used to have to carry two passports anyway because Reasons and it was a hassle but one I could cope with. And I know all about ESTA because we need to do that for Andrew, it doesn't cost much and it's not too big a hoop to jump through. Thanks for the info though!

[newandrewhickey.livejournal.com]

As far as I'm aware, there is no cost to ESTAs