You could probably get away with "dual citizenship". Just don't join the Mexican army or run for political office or then you could lose it. See the link below.
which has a nice brief discussion on the issue.
I'm a US citizen born to parents who were both citizens when I was born. Is there a way I could obtain Mexican citizenship without losing my US citizenship? (My reason is that I’d like to buy beachfront property in Mexico. While it can be done without Mexican citizenship it is hard, and Mexico has a history of seizing such property acquired by non-citizens.) A Mexican attorney recommended obtaining citizenship to safeguard my title and informed me that Mexico permits dual citizenship—does the US?
You could probably get away with "dual citizenship". Just don't join the Mexican army or run for political office or then you could lose it. See the link below.
which has a nice brief discussion on the issue.
Thanks for the information. I'm worried after reading the information that although my purpose of obtaining Mexican citizenship would be to aquire property it would be viewed as renouning my US citizenship. Any thought on how to make it clear I don't want to lose US citizenship are appreciated.
Do you have a Mexican family background? You can say you simply want to get in touch with your roots. Buying property is not renonouncing your US citizenship. You would have to go to the US Counsulate, sign a paper and take a "reverse oath" that says three times, I give up, I give up, I give up my US Citizen ship knowinly, intelligently, etc. In other words, once you have the US citizenship, it's hard to get rid of. I hope that helps.
Thanks Blofinger. I feel better about obtaining dual citizenship now. (Unfortunately, I can't use the pretext of getting in touch with my roots. My ancestors came from England and Wales many generations ago.)
Look in the back of The Economist magazine for companies specializing in this.
There's only one way to lose US citizenship, and that is to renounce it. (Check 8 USCA and you'll find statutes that purport to presume loss of citizenship on certain acts, like foreign military service, but check the caselaw and you'll find it has to be accompanied by an explicit renunciation.)
So the question is whether the Mexicans want you to renounce US nationality to get Mexican, and you can start by asking the Mexican consulate for a copy of what they want you to sign (and most countries require some interim period of permanent residence to show committment - it's not likely they'll let you sign up tomorrow) and take that to a US lawyer.