How can you tell if you are a dual citizen or not?

I want to join the navy but they don't accept dual citizens...I am not sure if I am one. I was born in New York but both parents are from iran..they say I have an Iranian birth certificate(even though I was born in USA) but I don't have an Iranian passport so I'm not a citizen...how can I find out for sure? So I can renounce it

Answer:
If you have two citizenships in different countries. I have 2 citizenships in El Salvador and United States. I was born here but my grandpa registered me in El Salvador as well. So I am a natural citizen of both countries. And true they don't recognize dual citizens but it can be done.
The United States does not recognize dual citizenships. You are either a United States citizen, or you're not.
What you need to be a dual citizen in the U.S. :
Birth Certificate from country A (Where you were born)
Out of Country Citizen Certificate Thing from country B (Your parent's nationality)

If they say you have a Iranian Birth Certificate, it must say that you were born in the US. If you don't have a US birth certificate, go to a U.S. immigration center and try to get one.

Do you have a social security number? That proves you are an American.

The way it's looking to me is that you're not American, technically. I think just taking the citizenship test would be easier.

But if you do have an American passport or birth certificate, and since apparantly you need a Iranian passport to be a citizen, you're just American.

Or you can just renounce it.
Maybe you don't have to find out to renounce it. Speak to uscis or an immigration attorney and find out if you can renounce 'any other citizenship you may have' and use your birth certificate in some way to document that.

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