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Originally Posted by nfotiu
My understanding is you don't need to renounce your Canadian citizenship, but the US will no longer recognize it. ie, they won't consider your Canadian passport a valid passport for entry. But Canada and other countries would.
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I worked in the US for about 10 years before applying for citizenship. TN visa first then green card after marrying an American. Then citizenship. I keep my Canadian passport current, and always enter Canada with the Canadian passport, re-enter US with the American passport. There is really not much meaning to the US “recognizing” a Canadian passport, since you are an American and should enter the country as such. My kids were born in the US but they also have Canadian passports since they are children of a Canadian.
IMO it’s the only way to go. If you’re going to live and work in a country, and pay taxes, it’s nice to have the right to vote.
One downside is that the US taxes its citizens on worldwide income. So if you see yourself living in Canada one day with no US assets or sources of income, you may be filing a US tax return still. You get foreign tax credits for the foreign taxes paid but I suppose no reason to believe that the tax code will never change.