# Ever wish you held another nationality? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 3, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wish-you-held-another-nationality/559375 "2010-11-03T20:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wish-you-held-another-nationality/559375/61 "2010-11-08T13:49:34Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Not exactly what the OP asks, but to bring up another point: > > Unless the laws have changed that I don’t know about, the problem is, if you are already a US citizen, you cannot have dual citizenship with another country. > > For instance, I could easily become a German citizen, but would have to give up the US citizenship - and the thought of having to get a visa to visit family and friends here in the US made it complicated and not worth doing. > > People from other countries do not have to give up their citizenship when getting a US citizenship, which is why they can have dual citizenship. Always found that kind of unfair, but one of the major reasons that many US ex-pats I knew in Europe never became citizens of countries there. I have several friends who carry both US and Irish Passports. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wish-you-held-another-nationality/559375/62 "2010-11-10T01:04:13Z")
My husband wishes he were Canadian. Can’t say I totally understand it, but he loves snow, beavers, Kids in the Hall, Tom Green, and wishes he could pronounce it “a-boot” without people thinking he’s totally bizarre. When we were dating, he once said that if he’d met a Canadian woman needing citizenship before he met me, he’d have married her in a heartbeat. We own more Canadian flags than American flags… ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wish-you-held-another-nationality/559375/63 "2010-11-10T01:25:54Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > We own more Canadian flags than American flags… Well, if you count all of the empty Labatt Blue cans that I have with the Canadian flag painted on it, then so do I. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wish-you-held-another-nationality/559375/64 "2010-11-10T02:35:48Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > Well, if you count all of the empty Labatt Blue cans that I have with the Canadian flag painted on it, then so do I. 😛 _Especially_ if you count the Labatt cans. With his love of Canada, he almost exclusively drinks Canadian beer. Labatt and Molson are staples of our fridge. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wish-you-held-another-nationality/559375/65 "2010-11-10T02:55:24Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > _Especially_ if you count the Labatt cans. With his love of Canada, he almost exclusively drinks Canadian beer. Labatt and Molson are staples of our fridge. This is sounding some warning bells in my mind. Where did you get him from? I always say that Canadians are the most dangerous of all foreign people from other countries because you can’t really tell for sure except for the beer cans and intimate knowledge of hockey. He could be a Canadian spy. I know it is your so-called husband but I would think of giving the Department of Homeland Security a tip just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wish-you-held-another-nationality/559375/66 "2010-11-10T03:52:13Z")
There is no way my husband is a spy. Just… no way. There’s no way he’s actually Canadian. If I bumped into him, he wouldn’t apologize. Hockey and curling are not the best sports in the world. He has no proclivities towards mass donut consumption. He also doesn’t believe God should save the Queen, that health care should be free and national or that maple trees are sacred. (Though, he does call Arbor Day “Christmas for beavers.”) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wish-you-held-another-nationality/559375/67 "2010-11-10T04:32:48Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > This is sounding some warning bells in my mind. Where did you get him from? I always say that Canadians are the most dangerous of all foreign people from other countries because you can’t really tell for sure except for the beer cans and intimate knowledge of hockey. He could be a Canadian spy. I know it is your so-called husband but I would think of giving the Department of Homeland Security a tip just in case. We’re completely harmless. Just ask Hollywood. Lots of Canadians there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wish-you-held-another-nationality/559375.md?page=3)