The Ministry of Internal Affairs will in September carry out the registration of Ugandans who acquired American and any other northern American citizenship but are still interested in maintaining their original citizenship.
‘Dear UNAA members and Ugandans in North America, please be informed that the Ministry of Internal Affairs technical team will be on hand to process dual citizenship certificates at the 29th UNAA Convention in Miami Sept 1-3,’ the statement reads.
Those intending to register have been asked to present the following: a notarized application form, two American-size passport photos and copy of previous passport or proof of prior Ugandan citizenship.
They will also be required to pay US$400 to the Uganda Embassy in the US, have their finger print biometrics taken by officials of the ministry, while those intending to acquire National IDs could also apply at the venue in Miami, Florida.
A survey carried out in 2014 indicated that there were 20, 248 Ugandan-Americans living in the US at the time, with the largest Ugandan communities being in Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Washington DC area; Massachusetts; Chicago, Dallas, Texas; Detroit; Minneapolis; Sacramento, San Francisco and San Diego in California, and St. Petersburg in Florida.
In August 2008, the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Parliament, to give effect to the Constitution Amendment (Act No.2) of 2005, which allows the acquisition of dual citizenship.
