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To: Cboldt

All of the other ways require filing and confirmation of eligibility as well.


67 posted on 01/07/2016 10:56:47 AM PST by JayGalt
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To: JayGalt
-- All of the other ways require filing and confirmation of eligibility as well. --

Citizenship exists independently of certification of citizenship. Certification, be it CRBA or passport or Certificate of Citizenship (8 U.S.C. 1452; USCIS Form N-600) require presentation of evidence to the satisfaction of the examiner.

But citizenship alone, that is a circumstance-determined event. If the circumstances satisfy the statute, citizenship is attached.

Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock

A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) of the INA provided the U.S. citizen parent was physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen, is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen, is required for physical presence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.) The U.S. citizen parent must be the genetic or the gestational parent and the legal parent of the child under local law at the time and place of the child's birth to transmit U.S. citizenship.

Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship by a Child Born Abroad
73 posted on 01/07/2016 11:07:20 AM PST by Cboldt
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