Dual citizenship and the FAA/Flying

No.

As far as the government is concerned you are either a US citizen or you are not. Citizenship of another country in addition is irrelevant. The only exception I know of is for officers in the armed forces.
 
NickH said:
No.

As far as the government is concerned you are either a US citizen or you are not. Citizenship of another country in addition is irrelevant. The only exception I know of is for officers in the armed forces.
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You generally won't be able to get a security clearance with dual citizenship. ...That really only matters for a small subset of flying jobs.
 
hook_dupin said:
You generally won't be able to get a security clearance with dual citizenship. ...That really only matters for a small subset of flying jobs.
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Dual citizenship is not disqualifying for a security clearance. Use of a foreign passport and allegiance and ties to that foreign country may be.

The military simply states that dual citizens are ineligible. You can renounce your additional citizenship.
 
Dual citizenship isn't necessarily a deal breaker for a security clearance. You can still get the clearance but your foreign passport would have to be turned into your company's security office and notice given to the government that the passport will be withheld until your clearance is no longer needed/expires. At least thats how it was a few years ago
 
Thanks for the responses. I really feel like an idiot, because I always thought one had to apply for dual citizenship if eligible, but I just recently realized I hold dual citizenship automatically since my parents weren't born in the US. I'd like to get a foreign passport along with my US passport now that I know this, but up until now I've never marked dual citizenship on forms. Not sure if I need to go back and change things, or just mark 'yes' from now on.
 
I know you can hold up to at least a TS (never had a reason so far to go any higher) and not have to turn anything in, or renounce anything. Unless they snuck in in the middle of the night and took the passports.

As for when getting new a license, the FAA doesnt care. But when I put that I was a dual citizen into the system, it didnt understand what I meant and caused a massive back up. I was since told to just put in my US citizenship and not bother with the other one.
 
hook_dupin said:
You generally won't be able to get a security clearance with dual citizenship. ...That really only matters for a small subset of flying jobs.
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This is generally not true, at least a Secret clearance is easy to get. You can even get a clearance without U.S. citizenship although it's rare. With dual citizenship the main problem is the time it takes. No employer wants to wait 6 months, it's usually easier to find someone else to fill the position.

Boskru said:
You can still get the clearance but your foreign passport would have to be turned into your company's security office and notice given to the government that the passport will be withheld until your clearance is no longer needed/expires.
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I've heard that was only true for officers joining U.S. armed forces. I know people who work for defense contractors and keep/use their original passports.
 
We have lots of dual passport holders at my shop. None seem to have any issue.

An old neighbor that worked at one of the Secret Squirrel Agencies had the top level clearance (Not really sure, but the General Officer in the briefing was excused prior to his final briefing) has dual as well.
 
NickH said:
Dual citizenship is not disqualifying for a security clearance. Use of a foreign passport and allegiance and ties to that foreign country may be.

The military simply states that dual citizens are ineligible. You can renounce your additional citizenship.
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Not all countries will actually honor that, Russia, for instance.
 
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