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Second Passports, Hard Tradeoffs: What Dual Citizenship Really Means for Americans

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From ancestral paperwork to investment schemes, US citizens are scrambling to secure a “Plan B” passport, often overlooking tax bills, conscription rules and divided loyalties that follow them across borders.​ How people qualify Most Americans who successfully add a second citizenship do it in one of three ways: descent, investment or naturalization. Citizenship by descent typically […]

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