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"he would have surrendered his US citizenship when he became an Indonesian citizen."

The rules on this are a little different when you are a kid. For example, Japan and the United States do not have a dual citizenship agreement. But, if you are a child with claim to both US and Japanese citizenship, neither country requires that you choose a citizenship until you are an adult. And in most cases, this choosing simply happens by which passport you decide to use once you become an adult and no formal paperwork is filed.

I could be wrong, but I would imagine the rules being the same for other countries that don't do dual citizenship programs with America.

Re: the claim you must be a citizen to attend Indonesian schools.

What definition of citizen is the Indonesian government using? Is it has official citizenship? Or resides in the country? Because of the nature of immigration in Indonesia, I would imagine this would be a case of the latter. I could be wrong, but that is how it works in almost every other country in Asia so it's hard to believe Indonesia would be much different.

[Edited on November 2, 2008 at 8:53 PM. Reason : .]

11/2/2008 8:49:13 PM

^makes sence.....


they are gonna have fun for the next 8 years....I can see aaronburro going to Indonesia for a undercover investigation!!!!1111

11/2/2008 9:26:42 PM

This thread is interesting.....both sides to the argument. I had not heard of this prior to reading this thread.

11/3/2008 2:39:50 AM