# Credit rating following citizenship?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-rating-following-citizenship/104076>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 17, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-rating-following-citizenship/104076 "2002-04-17T03:49:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Church\_Key\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Church\_Key\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Church_Key_Kid)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-rating-following-citizenship/104076/1 "2002-04-17T03:49:55Z")

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If I were to change my citizenship from American to Canadian, would my credit rating follow me? If so, how is that possible, since I would no longer have a Social Security number and would have a completely different (Canadian) address?

Additionally, is it possible to denounce your US citizenship, become a Canadian, and then apply for US citizenship again?

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-rating-following-citizenship/104076/2 "2002-04-17T03:58:43Z")

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I’m guessing that some creditors are international. So if you owe a bank & didn’t pay, & that is an international bank, well, you figure the math…

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> is it possible to denounce your US citizenship, become a Canadian, and then apply for US citizenship again?

Why would you want to do this? 🙂 Seriously, I think the old draft dodgers may have a problem with this one. I think the search engines might shed more technical light on these questions.