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To: curiosity

The child must meet the following requirements:

Have at least one American citizen parent by birth or naturalization;

Be under 18 years of age;

Live in the legal and physical custody of the American citizen parent; and

Be admitted as an immigrant for lawful permanent residence.
In addition, if the child is adopted, the adoption must be full and final.

At least one parent of the child is an American citizen by birth or naturalization.

The American citizen parent has been physically present in the United States for a total of at least five years, at least two of which are after the age of 14. If the child’s American citizen parent cannot meet the physical presence requirement, it is enough if one of the child’s American citizen grandparents can meet it.

The child is under the age of eighteen.

The child lives abroad in the legal and physical custody of the American citizen parent and has been lawfully admitted into the United States as a nonimmigrant.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1312.html


282 posted on 01/30/2011 8:33:07 PM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: CottShop
The child must meet the following requirements:

You are listing the requirements for the granting of naturalized citizenship to a child born abroad to at least one US citizen. These requirements have nothing to do with a child born in the USA.

283 posted on 01/31/2011 8:52:08 AM PST by curiosity
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