plied for and obtained through the con-
sulate before departure from the United
States.

Colonization projects in foreign coun-
tries

American citizens are warned that they should not undertake colonization into foreign countries until after careful inquiry and investigation. Before permitting themselves to engage in a venture of this kind, interested persons should first seek the advice, through the Department of State, of the American Embassy or Legation stationed in the country in which they contemplate settling. By taking this precaution, interested persons may be appropriately informed of climatic, geographic, and other relevant conditions. Prudent inquiry of this kind may be the means of saving much trouble, including financial loss.

16. Registration at American Consulate

American citizens intending to make an extended sojourn in a foreign country should register at the nearest American' Consulate immediately upon arrival in the foreign country.

It is also suggested that the traveler call at the American Embassy, Legation, or consular office in each of the cities visited abroad, giving his local address, the date of expected departure, and his forwarding address. If he reports any difficulty which he is experiencing locally, the office may be able to render assistance or give helpful advice.

17. Registration with local authorities

Information in regard to local police registration, etc., in foreign countries should be obtained from the local authorities direct or through the nearest American Consulate.

18. Dual nationality

Persons born in the United States of unnaturalized parents acquire American citizenship under American law and as a general rule also acquire the nationality of the country of which their parents are nationals. Often foreign nationality is retained notwithstanding the subsequent naturalization as citizens of the United States of their parents during the minority of the person born in the United States. A person possessing the nationality of

both the United States and a foreign coun-
try, who habitually resides in the territory
of such foreign country and who is in fact
most closely connected with that country,
should not expect to receive the protection
of this Government while he is residing
in such country, and it is not the practice
of the Department to make representa-
tions in his behalf with a view to his re-
lease from the performance of military
or other obligations to the foreign country.

19. Failure to
to recognize American
naturalization

A number of foreign countries with which the United States has not concluded naturalization treaties do not regard the naturalization of their citizens or subjects in this country as resulting in the loss of their original allegiance. In such a case, a person born in the United States subsequent to the naturalization of a father whose American naturalization is not recognized by the country of which he was a citizen or subject at the time of such naturalization, may be considered to acquire at birth the status of a national of

the laws of that country.

20. Military service in foreign countries

Persons claiming citizenship through naturalization, either in their own right or through a parent, and persons born in this country of foreign-born parents, should, before proceeding to the country of their origin, if born abroad, or that of the origin of their parents, if born in the United States, ascertain their status with regard to military service in such country. Inquiries regarding such matters may be made to the diplomatic and consular officers in the United States of those countries.

American citizens are particularly warned that serving in the armies of foreign countries may result in the loss of their American citizenship, and in this connection attention is called to section II hereunder entitled "Loss of Nationality".

II. Loss of Nationality

21. The Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1169)

This act, as amended, provides in part as follows:

Chapter IV-Loss of Nationality

"SEC. 401. A person who is a national of the United States, whether by birth or naturalization, shall lose his nationality by:

“(a) Obtaining naturalization in a foreign state, either upon his own application or through the naturalization of a parent having legal custody of such person: Provided, however, That nationality shall not be lost as the result of the naturalization of a parent unless and until the child shall have attained the age of twenty-three years without acquiring permanent residence in the United States: Provided further, That a person who has acquired foreign nationality through the naturalization of his parent or parents, and who at the same time is a citizen of the United States, shall, if abroad and he has not heretofore expatriated himself as an American citizen by his own voluntary act, be permitted within two years from the effective date of this Act to return to the United States and take up permanent residence therein, and it shall be thereafter deemed