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To: lucky american

First, US Military Bases (not all) and Embassies in foreign countries are considered US sovereign land. The same applies to foreign countries embassies within the US, it is part of the agreement when establishing the embassy. So US military personnel or Ambassadors that have a child overseas on a US military installation (not all) or at an Embassy would be considered U.S. Citizens as if they were born here in the States.

A tourist who is a U.S. Citizen in a foreign country is required by statutes/law to report the birth to the U.S. Embassy/Consulate. This citizenship is granted by statute. Failure to file the required documents and/or failure to meet the requirements within the statutes could prevent the child from being recognized by the U.S. as a Citizen, and the child would have to become naturalized as a foreigner, albeit this is unlikely as a U.S. Citizen on vacation would likely meet all necessary requirements.


50 posted on 01/17/2016 4:48:16 AM PST by PJBankard (It is the spirit of the men who leads that gains the victory. - Gen. George Patton)
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To: PJBankard
A tourist who is a U.S. Citizen in a foreign country is required by statutes/law to report the birth to the U.S. Embassy/Consulate. This citizenship is granted by statute. Failure to file the required documents and/or failure to meet the requirements within the statutes could prevent the child from being recognized by the U.S. as a Citizen, and the child would have to become naturalized as a foreigner, albeit this is unlikely as a U.S. Citizen on vacation would likely meet all necessary requirements.

Nope.

In Rogers vs Bellei, natural-born citizenship can be REVOKED if the person failed to continuously live in the United States for a certain amount of years as a young person. YOU CANNOT REVOKE a status that didn't exist in the first place.

101 posted on 01/17/2016 7:07:12 AM PST by cookcounty ("I was a Democrat until I learned to count" --Maine Gov. Paul LePage)
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A tourist who is a U.S. Citizen in a foreign country is required by statutes/law to report the birth to the U.S. Embassy/Consulate.
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This is correct and there would have been a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) issued.

I do not understand why Cruz hasn’t released this to settle the matter.

My youngest was born in Okinawa when my husband was in the Air Force. We were required to report his birth to the embassy and we were given a CRBA that served as his birth certificate.


153 posted on 01/18/2016 12:48:37 AM PST by Amntn ("The only special interest not being served by our government is the American people" - Donald Trump)
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