
Originally Posted by
xt-tsi
I did some research and I think I know why the RF migration officials want the statement showing renunciation of citizenship. Some countries, such as India, do not allow dual citizenship. India and Russia have an agreement showing an Indian can get Russian citizenship, after which he has a year to drop his Indian citizenship.
To ensure this happens, the RF government gets renunciation statements from all applicants for citizenship. These could in theory be used later on to go back to someone from, say, India to compel someone to drop their other citizenship in the country where dual citizenship is not allowed.
Even then, the document is toothless, but perhaps it gives comfort to the migration officials. Getting the statement from everyone is simply overkill.
Article 15 of the UN Charter states that no country can stop you from giving up you citizenship. Not that anyone has to pay attention to the lame UN.
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