What is “naturalization at birth”?
Naturalization at birth is that citizenship status obtained from a constitutional provision, statute, or judicial decision which removes from the moment of birth the alienage of a person, either inherited jus sanguinis from being born to an alien parent or acquired jus soli from being born outside the United States, and declares that person to be a “citizen of the United States” from the moment of birth. Being declared a “citizen of the United States” automatically from the moment of birth, the person does not have to take any further steps after birth to perfect his or her naturalization as does a person who is naturalized after birth.