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Do I have dual citizenship?

I was born to two US citizens one was in the Air Force when I was born over in England. I have two birth certificates, one is a US recognition of birth certificate and one is a british birth certificate. I am 18 years old. I now live in the US. Is there a way I can find out officially if I am a dual citizen of both countries?

Public Comments

1. I was born overseas, in Germany, and possessed dual citizenship until I reached 21. I only have the one bc, in German, but also a Certificate of Citizenship for the US. The real people to ask on this would be a British consular officer. They are online.
2. At the moment Britain doesn't automatically give citizenship to children born in the country. I don't know about 18 years ago. if you were though I think it would say on your British birth cert your nationality. I don't think you are but you could clarify that with the Home Office.
3. I have attempted to describe the current situation in United States law regarding dual citizenship. Although I am not a lawyer, I have checked this question out quite thoroughly in recent years and am fairly confident that this material is accurate. (Hopefully there aren't any typos!) http://www.richw.org/dualcit/law.html Hope you will find info useful
4. You are NOT a dual citizen. Under UK law you are not entitled to British citizenship based on the fact that you were born there (as is the case in almost all civilized countries). You would need to have a British parent or be the child of a person legally "settled" in the UK. US service men and women do not qualify. Sorry!
5. the UK has a law that specifies any child born within the UK or UK territories,after 1983 without a parent already holding the UK citizenship or ILR at the time of birth,cannot access the UK citizenship. so, you may not acquire the citizenship. http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/eligibility/