Hello, my husband is Dutch and we live in Texas. We have a very good life here. He’s planning on becoming a US citizen once he’s eligible but I’m not sure if we can keep both passports. If not, he said he was going to give up his Dutch citizenship. I was just wondering if there’s any benefits in keeping it (as we have no intention in ever living in Europe and he no longer has family there).

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    1 year ago

    The Dutch passport gives you rights in the entire European Union.

    Dutch law doesn’t allow dual citizenship (except in some specific circumstances), so taking another citizenship nearly always means automatically losing the Dutch one.

    If you have a green card, I don’t see the benefit in applying for US citizenship, unless you want to vote in US elections, or you want to commit serious felonies and not get deported. I don’t see the appeal in either.