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Find out what happens with your Mexican nationality when you live in the United States and have American citizenship

 


 Many of the migrants who are in the United States have one of the most important documents that allows them to work and live legally, it is American Citizenship with which they have greater security to be able to be within the North American country and can exercise all the actions for an indefinite period of time and thus have a better quality of life like the one they were looking for.

 


 That is why this is one of the essential documents for those seeking to fulfill their dreams of working and living in the North American country or, having a higher income and a better life, since in addition to the American visa this also allows it.

 


 Obtaining US citizenship means that you have the same obligations and rights as the inhabitants of that country, because you become an American person through naturalization, which you can obtain after passing the United States civics exam and demonstrating that you know the language of english.

 


 Is there any risk of losing Mexican nationality?

 

 Many of the people who usually request the application to obtain United States citizenship are Mexican, due to the proximity of the country and that many of them have family living there, so they want to be in the North American country indefinitely, without having issues.

 


 But one of the big doubts that usually arises when obtaining US citizenship is whether you can lose your Mexican nationality and the answer is no, since you have the same rights in both countries and this does not change your origin.

 


 That is to say, you now have dual nationality, both the United States and the Mexican, so at no time can you lose that of your country of origin when you become a citizen, but there are some cases where you can recover your nationality and here we will tell you what. it is about.

 


 For those people who are Mexican and who obtained United States citizenship before March 20, 1998, they can recover their Mexican nationality by meeting requirements and having documents such as: birth certificate, passport-size color photographs, official identification and United States naturalization certificate.

 


 If you were granted US citizenship after March 20, 1998, you automatically retain Mexican nationality and do not have to complete any procedure, so you have both nationalities.

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