Is Having A Passport To A Particular Country And Having A Citizenship Of A Particular Country The Same Thing?

Question

Is Having A Passport To A Particular Country And Having A Citizenship Of A Particular Country The Same Thing?

Answer 1

Normally you would not get a passport from a country unless you had citizenship there.  There could possibly be exceptions to that in some countries laws, say if you are living there and are without citizenship completely but probably they would then not give you a passport but other travel documents.

You could also still have a passport from a country that you have lost citizenship in, for example if you are from a country that does not allow dual citizenship and you are living somewhere else and apply for citizenship there, you would lose your citizenship in the old country but you might still have a passport from there that isn't expired yet.

Answer 2

No. A passport is just so that you can visit that country. A citzenship allows you to stay in that country.

Answer 3

No, the passport allows you to travel in and out that particular country more frequently and for longer periods of time and usually without visas, but Citizenship is the protected rights of that country, in the event of war. You will swear your alliegience to that country (and some will demand you renounce your alliegience to your existing country).

Answer 4

A passport is your proof that they should let you back into your home country.

Answer 5

Usually.  There are some cases in the US of people who are US nationals but are not US citizens.  A person whose only connection to the U.S. is through birth in an outlying possession (which as of 2005 is limited to American Samoa and Swains Island), or through descent from a person so born acquires U.S. nationality but not U.S. citizenship.  These people are entitled to passports (which are specially marked to indicate their status), but they are not citizens.  They can, however, apply for naturalization and become citizens.

That said, carrying the passport of a certain country is otherwise nearly always prima facia evidence of citizenship.