12/01/2023
DOCTOR LOSES CITIZENSHIP AFTER 61 YEARS: 61 years after living in America, doctor loses his US citizenship
While applying to renew his passport, Siavash Sobhani was told he should not have been granted citizenship because his father was a diplomat at the Iranian Embassy at the time of his birth.
Siavash Sobhani US citizenship
Siavash Sobhani was told he was not a US citizen despite having lived the entirety of his 61 years in America.
Siavash Sobhani, a doctor in North Virginia who has been living in the US since his birth, lost his citizenship at the age of 61. He told The Washington Post that after he applied for a new passport in February, he received a letter from the US State Department saying he should not have been granted citizenship at the time of his birth because his father was a diplomat at the Iranian Embassy.
According to the letter, those born in the US to parents who have diplomatic immunity do not acquire American citizenship at birth. It said Sobhani enjoyed diplomatic immunity from the jurisdiction of the US at the time of his birth and so he did not acquire citizenship
Siavash Sobhani and Dr. Wasel Akbary have been thriving in private practice for over 40 years combined and take great pride in caring for a multitude of diverse patients, as their primary doctor!
