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Posted by praisedelawyer on March 21, 2002 at 18:49:08:
In Reply to: some useful information posted by The Lawyer on March 21, 2002 at 17:30:58:
: Obviously, it is difficult for a non-professional to understand the distinction between a de-jure and de-facto dual citizenship status. The question concerned the law currently in force in Ukraine. Both the Constitution and the Law on Citizenship do not recognize dual citizenship, and there can be no other law on dual citizenship adopted in the forerseeable future. Therefore, the question was answered correctly, as there was absolutely no inquiry regarding the legal and practical aspects of the entry and exit procedures for a dual citizen. For some strange reason you answered the question which has not been asked.
: It is not sensible to demand a serious response from someone who cleans a Kmart store or somethning. However, I am not teachning you how to wax the floor or baby-sit a senior citizen, so have more respect to a professional legal opinion (unless you are the governmental official you cited - then any advises are useless). And please keep in mind that someone who gives you a direct advise to sneak through the border with two passports, because the border patrol will likely not find it out, is not a lawyer.
: Those interested in the subject can try to find online the article of Oxana Shevel entitled International Influences in Transition Societies: The Effect of UNHCR and other IOs on Citizenship in Ukraine (the author's first name is not misspelled.) The article is a bit outdated, but it still gives you an idea about the development of the dual citizenship legislation in Ukraine. In brief, there was a constant trend to restrict a dual citizenship provision in the domestic legislation. You can also consult the above-mentioned laws or the Migration Problems magazine published in Kyiv.
You are one smart lawyer -calm and collected, what is obvious. But there are many still "strange" things for you in life that are still to be discovered. Don't be bored today.