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I don't know if this applies to all "dual citizenship" situations, but I was on an Expat site looking up potential info. on a Dominican Republic citizenship, and I found this excerpt:
Secondly, if you are a dual citizen and you get into trouble in the Dominican Republic, your home embassy won't help you. If you end up in jail in the Dominican Republic for whatever reason, you will be considered a Dominican citizen. Also if you are not in your home country, nor the DR, you will be assumed to be a citizen of the closest country. So if you go to Haiti and need help, you will have to go to the Dominican embassy, and not the embassy of your home country. But if you are in Canada and you have American/Dominican citizenship then you will be considered to be an American whilst in Canada.
I wouldn't plan on getting in trouble, but things happen. I'd much rather deal with a US Embassy than a Dominican embassy.
What y'all think about it?
Citizenship in the Dominican Republic, Formalities in Dominican Republic
Secondly, if you are a dual citizen and you get into trouble in the Dominican Republic, your home embassy won't help you. If you end up in jail in the Dominican Republic for whatever reason, you will be considered a Dominican citizen. Also if you are not in your home country, nor the DR, you will be assumed to be a citizen of the closest country. So if you go to Haiti and need help, you will have to go to the Dominican embassy, and not the embassy of your home country. But if you are in Canada and you have American/Dominican citizenship then you will be considered to be an American whilst in Canada.
I wouldn't plan on getting in trouble, but things happen. I'd much rather deal with a US Embassy than a Dominican embassy.
What y'all think about it?
Citizenship in the Dominican Republic, Formalities in Dominican Republic