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Dual Nationality

DUAL NATIONALITY: Dual nationality is prohibited under the Law on Lao Nationality. The Lao government holds that persons lose their Lao citizenship if they take a foreign citizenship, and in some cases, if they reside in a foreign country for an extended period of time. The Law on Lao Nationality holds that if one or both parents of a child are Lao nationals who have not permanently settled in another country, then the child is a Lao citizen, even if the child is born outside Laos.

When the child is born in Laos and one parent is a U.S. citizen, the Lao government generally will not recognize the child as a U.S. citizen, and generally will not permit the child to depart Laos on a U.S. passport. Provided the child meets all other criteria for obtaining U.S. citizenship, however, the U.S. Embassy in Vientiane may still issue a U.S. passport to the child.

Specific questions on dual nationality may be directed to Overseas Citizens Services, Department of State, 2100 Pennsylvania Ave., SA-29, 4th Floor, Washington D.C. 20520 or to the U.S. Embassy in Vientiane. For additional information, please see the Bureau of Consular Affairs' web site, http://travel.state.gov , for the Dual Nationality flyer.

Please see also the section below on “Consular Access.”