Memo to Gov. Chris Sununu: Time for a crash course in comparative citizenship law? In “Nation of immigrants” (Monitor front page, July 20) you are quoted as saying: “You can go to Japan to live, but you cannot become Japanese. You can go to France to live and not become a Frenchman.” This is incorrect. Citizenship law in both France and Japan provides for naturalization under conditions strikingly similar to those in the United States: five years residency, passing an oral and/or written interview, absence of a criminal record. In France, the residency requirement can be reduced for persons with higher education and waived for refugees and persons who have served in the French military. Fringe benefit: If you become a French citizen, you will get to experience the world’s best health care system, ranked No. 1 in a 2018 study of 191 countries done for the World Health Organization. The U.S. came in at No. 37.
JUDITH KUMIN
Contoocook