Citizenship
While I was on a group called "BritsAmericans" (or something to that effect) there was a thread discussing citizenship and rights to citizenship via birth. So I began investigating if I had any claims to another citizenship (since both my parents are immigrants). Both the US and Ecuador recognize dual citizenship but Cuba does not. My father lost his Cuban citizenship when he claimed American citizenship, thus I can not claim Cuban citizenship 1) My father was a US citizen when I was born and not a Cuban citizen 2)I have US citizenship. However, if I ever wanted to claim Cuban citizenship, I wouldn't need to be naturalized, because since my father was a Cuban citizenship theoretically it was passed to me at birth. Basically, if I went over to Cuba said, "Hey, I give up my US citizenship, and my dad was born here...can I be Cuban?" They would hand me a passport and say welcome! I thought that was interesting, not that I would ever give up my US citizenship :) However, Ecuador is different. Since, they recognize dual citizenship, I could keep my US citizenship and be considered for Ecuadorian citizenship. So I did a little research and found that all I have to do is have my mother (to prove I have an Ecuadorian parent) present my birth certificate to the Ecuadorian embassy and presto I'm an Ecuadorian citizen. The rule is basically even though I was born outside Ecuador, I had an Ecuadorian parent, thus the citizenship passes to me as long as I claim it. I feel there is probably a time frame to claim it, but I'm going through the Constitution (Ecuador's) and haven't found one yet.
Cool. So I guess unofficially I have dual citizenship between the US and Ecuador. :) The only benefit I find of claiming my Ecuadorian citizenship is being able to have TWO shiny passports! Other than that I really don't know much about Ecuadorian politics/history...other than its pretty fucked up...and their presidente is slightly power happy (aka I'm rewriting the Constitution, dismantling Congress, ignoring the Supreme Court...because you don't agree with me). I'm pretty sure what I just wrote is grounds for revoking my claim to Ecuadorian citizenship. Meh. What can you do?
Cool. So I guess unofficially I have dual citizenship between the US and Ecuador. :) The only benefit I find of claiming my Ecuadorian citizenship is being able to have TWO shiny passports! Other than that I really don't know much about Ecuadorian politics/history...other than its pretty fucked up...and their presidente is slightly power happy (aka I'm rewriting the Constitution, dismantling Congress, ignoring the Supreme Court...because you don't agree with me). I'm pretty sure what I just wrote is grounds for revoking my claim to Ecuadorian citizenship. Meh. What can you do?