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Posted by The Lawyer on January 11, 2002 at 12:35:47:
In Reply to: DUAL CITIZENSHIP FOR UKRAINIANS posted by BARON on December 24, 2001 at 15:36:50:
The link you have provided us with is invalid, since the Reciprocity Schedule is compiled by the U.S. Department of State, and not by the DOJ.
Secondly, the quoted sentence does not concern dual citizenship at all. The idea behind this is that a mere fact of emigration does not result in loss of citizenship, so it rather describes a freedom of movement. An individual who is a legal permanent resident of a foreign state retains Ukrainian citizenship until he finally naturalizes in that another state. As you may probably know, in most countries a legal immigrant must met various continuos residence requirements in order to apply for naturalization.
Any further disputes on the concept of dual citizenship in Ukraine are senseless, since both the Constitution of Ukraine and the Law of Ukraine "On Citizenship of Ukraine" adopted on January 18, 2001 explicitly state that Ukraine does not recognize dual citizenship.
The Lawyer
: SEE THE U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE WEBSITE
: "WWW.USDOJ.GOV". LOOK FOR THE WEB PAGE THAT GIVES RECIPROCITY SCHEDULES FOR USA VIS A VIS OTHER COUNTRIES FOR VISA'S. YOU WILL GET AN ALPHABET. CLICK ON "U" AND CLICK "UKRAINE" IN THE NEXT PAGE. SCROLL DOWN AND READ THE "UKRAINIAN TRAVEL DOCUMENT" SECTION. THE KEY SENTENCE READS ~ "PERSONS EMIGRATING FROM UKRAINE NORMALLY RETAIN THEIR UKRAINIAN CITIZENSHIP." THIS INFORMATION WAS CURRENT AS OF 05 NOV 2001.