Tri-Citizenship

As far as I know, the US doesn't recognize "dual" citizenship, or any variation of that.
 
From the Permit to Report for 2026:

"Dual citizenship is not in and of itself, disqualifying for eligibility purposes of obtaining a SECRET clearance. You will not have to renounce your non-US citizenship; however, you will no longer be allowed to travel on non-US passports. By doing so, you could lose your clearance. Additionally, you do NOT need to turn over any non-US passports."
 
IronmanDaremo said:
As far as I know, the US doesn't recognize "dual" citizenship, or any variation of that.
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Ummm...that's inaccurate. US does recognize dual citizenship. As far as I know they may have to give up others for certain security clearance rates but just being US military is not in itself a requirement.
 
There are differences in what you are doing:
1. enlisted- plenty of folks with dual citizenships and naturalized citizens alike - enlisting can be an accelerated path to gaining US citizenship. Nothing new here - happening for 100s of years. I assume they are not allowed to enter roles that require top secret clearance without the same guidance as noted for faq section below.
2. There are select partner-country persons who attend USNA who intend to return to their home navy - citizens from Japan, Spain, and others who after graduation serve as officers in their respective home Navy (Japan, Spain et al.). They do not plan to commission into the United States Navy, and are welcomed at this academy. Their US citizenship or lack thereof is moot. This does not apply to some countries as well with strained diplomatic relations with the US - I won't list any for my fear of being wrong and offending outweighs the value of my guess.
3. Future officers can attend USNA or NROTC as a midshipmen with dual or more citizenships - If your goal is to attend USNA, then serve in the United States Navy as an officer, then please see the secnav page faq details.

All clarifying feedback welcome - Hope that helps.


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My Plebe has not been required to give up his Dutch citizenship thus far. USNA and the folks doing interviews for security clearance are aware of his dual citizenship. I assume this may change in the future depending on his commission.
 
For AFRotc we were told the following. You don't have to give up your dual citizenship but you do have to be willing to agree if they ask you to. Having said practically, it depends on the nation you have dual citizenship with. So example. US/Canada no problem. US/UK, no problem probably will never ask you to officially separate from the other country. US/Israel maybe better to separate. My son who is US born had Israeli citizenship and officially renounced his Israeli citizenship. No one said he had to but it's been implied all over the place. For example, US dentist decided to close down his business and joined the Navy as a dentist. He was denied entry to the Medical OCS because his mother who had Alzheimer lived in Israel. I think he wound up suing and eventually was allowed in. He wasn't the only story out there about this. Even when my son went through his security clearance, he was told that Israel just made it off their black list. The point of my story is that in some cases, having dual citizenship makes no difference, in other cases, its a big deal.
 
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