out of context. but thanks for playing.
“the status if naturalized, native, or natural-born citizen, as determined by her status prior to loss”
I suspect the reference to n-b may be a to indicate those born overseas to citizen parents.
In one of the FOIA requests for the immigration file of Lolo Soetoro there is a form that S. Ann Dunham had to fill out. It has an interesting statement on citizenship.
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5. If you are a citizen of the United States, give the following:
Was your citizenship acquired through birth in the United States, through naturalization, through parentage, or through marriage?
If acquired through naturalization give number of naturalization certificate and date and place of naturalization:
If acquired through parentage or marriage, have you obtained a certificate of citizenship in your own name based on such acquisition?
Maybe the government believes that a native born citizen is also natural born but a child born overseas to citizen parents is natural born but not native born.