# Dual citizenship and foreign affairs **URL:** \ **Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A\ **Created:** [June 24, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/dual-citizenship-and-foreign-affairs/13293 "2021-06-24T14:26:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Dima](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Dima)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/dual-citizenship-and-foreign-affairs/13293/21 "2021-08-24T02:06:05Z")
> [@glorified\_note\_taker](#): > > and naturalized citizens should be investigated more, and have a more in depth investigation than others… I was told linguists’ BI almost always takes longer because most of them are born outside of the US. Good thing Snowden, Aims and Hanssen were born in the US of A, nothing to worry about there. ---
**Author:** ![coldmale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@coldmale](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/coldmale)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/dual-citizenship-and-foreign-affairs/13293/22 "2021-08-24T10:37:50Z")
Gentlemen please be at ease. Yes I am dual citizen but I don’t recognize my other citizenship and I don’t have the means to renounce it . There is nothing tying me to Syria except an expired passport that’s collecting dirt ---
**Author:** ![Weeble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7cd45c/32.png) [@Weeble](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Weeble)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/dual-citizenship-and-foreign-affairs/13293/23 "2021-08-25T02:32:08Z")
Many many many foreign nationals have joined our US military served very honorably and naturalized into US citizens quickly during their outstanding service. Military service has always been a quick path to citizenship and foreign nationals serving have always been an asset to our defense. ---
**Author:** ![glorified\_note\_taker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/glorified_note_taker/32/877_2.png) [@glorified\_note\_taker](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/glorified_note_taker)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/dual-citizenship-and-foreign-affairs/13293/24 "2021-08-25T04:08:10Z")
In my opinion, again, my 2 cents, a naturalized citizen or a person with dual citizenship will always have some type of affection or obligation to his/her country of birth… .whether by culture or by having foreign contacts that live in that country. the risk is greater for the US government when a naturalized citizen or dual citizen is given a clearance. Sure, there are many outstanding naturalized citizens and dual citizens, and sure there is always birth citizens that commit offenses against the government, but the risk is greater with foreigns. ---
**Author:** ![Dima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Dima](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Dima)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/dual-citizenship-and-foreign-affairs/13293/25 "2021-08-25T12:09:14Z")
> [@glorified\_note\_taker](#): > > In my opinion, again, my 2 cents, a naturalized citizen or a person with dual citizenship will always have some type of affection or obligation to his/her country of birth… I respect your opinion but I disagree with your “always” part. I do not have ANY obligations, allegiances or love for the country I was born in. In fact, the opposite is true and I have many reasons for it that I will not discuss here. But at the same time I do believe that people who moved here for economical reasons might still have their loyalties divided. And so I propose to have the following question added to the polygraph: if USA and (insert your birth country) play against each other in the World Cup, who do you root for? I believe this question will sort a lot of things out. ---
**Author:** ![ArseneWenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ArseneWenger](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/ArseneWenger)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/dual-citizenship-and-foreign-affairs/13293/26 "2021-08-25T14:54:33Z")
ah, the Tebbit Test [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket\_test](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_test) ---
**Author:** ![Dima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Dima](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Dima)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/dual-citizenship-and-foreign-affairs/13293/27 "2021-08-25T15:12:58Z")
Wow, I didn’t know this is a thing :). Tebbit test it is then! ---
**Author:** ![coldmale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@coldmale](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/coldmale)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/dual-citizenship-and-foreign-affairs/13293/28 "2021-08-25T17:30:40Z")
I’m afraid that’s not how polygraphs work from what I heard . Strictly yes or no questions but your heart is in the right place ---
**Author:** ![Weeble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7cd45c/32.png) [@Weeble](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Weeble)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/dual-citizenship-and-foreign-affairs/13293/29 "2021-08-26T00:09:16Z")
Plenty of US naturalized citizens who hold absolutely no allegiance to their foreign countries. We are a country of immigrants with a culture of heterogeneous people from all over. I once had someone apologize to me for not having an “American” sounding name and I stopped them in their tracks by asking “What exactly is an “American” sounding name???” ---
**Author:** ![thor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@thor](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/thor)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/dual-citizenship-and-foreign-affairs/13293/30 "2021-08-26T01:19:02Z")
> [@Weeble](#): > > Plenty of US naturalized citizens who hold absolutely no allegiance to their foreign countries. That was true at one time. [Previous page](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/dual-citizenship-and-foreign-affairs/13293.md?page=1)