# With or Without Dual Citizenship, What Would You Choose? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-or-without-dual-citizenship-what-would-you-choose/1025414 "2025-12-04T22:29:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-or-without-dual-citizenship-what-would-you-choose/1025414/1 "2025-12-04T22:29:30Z")
I thought I’d add a poll that covers the OP and allows other people to weigh in. If mods would rather it be restricted per the terms of the OP, I can still edit! (Or you can, I don’t mind.) _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-or-without-dual-citizenship-what-would-you-choose/1025414/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-or-without-dual-citizenship-what-would-you-choose/1025414/2 "2025-12-04T22:57:21Z")
I would choose Tasmania (Australia) over the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-or-without-dual-citizenship-what-would-you-choose/1025414/3 "2025-12-05T00:37:54Z")
I picked _Other_ because whether I went with another citizenship would depend on what country it was. Canada or any British Commonwealth nation, Ireland? Absolutely. Russia, Saudi Arabia? No, thank you. Iceland, or other Nordic country, Germany, the Netherlands? Probably, despite the language issue. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-or-without-dual-citizenship-what-would-you-choose/1025414/4 "2025-12-05T00:49:31Z")
I picked other because i honestly don’t know what I’d do. It depends on what main and how i intended that citizenship, i think. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-or-without-dual-citizenship-what-would-you-choose/1025414/5 "2025-12-05T00:59:05Z")
I’d keep my American citizenship and give up my Taiwanese; but I may apply for longterm foreign residency in Taiwan in this scenario, especially if I married a Taiwanese spouse. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-or-without-dual-citizenship-what-would-you-choose/1025414/6 "2025-12-05T01:46:13Z")
I am American with just the one citizenship. If I were to hold dual citizenship based on the laws of the non-American country or countries, depending on what those laws permit, I’d keep the multiple citizenships provided there is an obvious advantgageto it. If they became disadvantageous, I would drop those which were. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-or-without-dual-citizenship-what-would-you-choose/1025414/7 "2025-12-05T01:59:24Z")
I’d prefer to have dual citizenship than not but it also depends a lot on what the other country is (besides US for me)? I think it is nice to have more options though if you can.