When living out of the country (United States) for many years?

Question

does visiting a U.S. Embassy in a foreign country count as returning to American soil as far as maintaining one's U.S. citizenship is concerned?

Answer 1

It doesn't count, but you say that you are a US citizen. Were you born in the US? You need to check out the rules because most US citizens never have to step on US soil, unless they want to. They can't lose their citizenship by being away from the US.

Maybe you need to give some more details about your citizenship.

Answer 2

Nope!

You can read a full detail definition on INS website.

Answer 3

no...

Answer 4

You don't have to (yet) it counts because it is technically the US, but for nothing (because you don't have to).  It can get v. complicated around passing on citizenship to kids etc (if you want to) eg, if you've lived less than 14 years in the US since being granted citizenship you can't live abroad and pass it on to or easily move back there w. wife and kids.  Go on your local US Embassy website for all the strange quirks like that.  For the time being you can be American and live anywhere as long as you don't try to visit on a foreign passport even from your second country if you were born in the US (because they won't let you in!)

Answer 5

No, of course not.

A US embassy is not "technically" US soil.  If you have a green card and you live outside the USA more than half the time your green card will be invalid.