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Originally Posted by Arin
This is kinda just a simple question that has been bothering me for some time now, but Are you always where you were born? as in say, if Jane Doe was born in, say... the US, is 'Jane Doe' always an American even if she migrates to another nation and obtains citizenship of said nation? This was risen from a discussion on another topic where someone referred to Rupert Murdoch as an Australian even though he has US citizenship which confused me, anyhow what do you think?
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I was born in Canada, which means I'm stuck with that citizenship for life. Here, there is something called 'dual citizenship' where you are able to be a citizen in two different countries simultaneously - one being Canada and the other being your nation of origin or the nation you have migrated to.
It's idiotic and it is often exploited. One recent example of exploitation that I recall is the wave of Lebanese coming to Canada after the outbreak of 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Lebanon. People who were either born in Canada or who acquired Canadian citizenship but were spending most of their lives in Lebanon conveniently sought asylum in Canada to escape the war (not that I blame them) despite probably never having contributed anything to Canada in any fashion, certainly not in the ways of paying taxes.
It's unfortunate for me because as much as I appreciate what Canada has given to my family and I, I really, really want to cut all connections and associations with this country, and I know that will never be fully possible.