I don't know if I'm Saudi or American?

Question

i was born in the us 20years ago and i have a valid us passport on they other hand i have a saudi id card and i live in saudia arabia am i saudi or amarican and can i be both help??

Answer 1

If your father is Saudi, then you are Saudi, too. If he's a citizen of some other country, then as far as the Saudis are concerned, you are not Saudi, but a citizen of that country. But as far as US law is concerned, yes, you are an American citizen. And yes, it is possible to be a citizen of 2 countries. What sort of help are you looking for?

Edit: technically, the US doesn't recognize dual citizenship either. However, we don't take any action to force an American with citizenship in another country to give it up or give up their US citizenship either. And, whether or not another country recognizes your US citizenship, that does not mean that the US doesn't recognize you as a US citizen, wouldn't issue you a new US passport, or won't try to take action to help you if you were in trouble overseas. The US government's ability to help might well be limited if you're also a citizen of the country you're living in, but you're still a US citizen. If you're a US citizen, as far as we're concerned, you are a US citizen, until you tell us you don't want to be a citizen anymore. Period.

Answer 2

Yeah, it's possible that you are both, but I'm not too sure.

You'd have to provide more information on this.

Answer 3

Dual citizenship is accepted by the US...I am unsure if it is accepeted in the Kingdom...speak to a rep from the US consolate and they will let you know.

Cheers.

Answer 4

Saudi arabia does not accept Dual citizenship.

http://www.geocities.com/jusjih/dncdp.ht...

so if you have a saudi passport - then you are not american. IF you have an american passport then you are not saudi.

Is a saudi ID card the same as citizenship? you need to find out.

Answer 5

Make a choice.