Refresh my memory . Where is the reference on your 5 year requirement
I remember reading it from a federal statute, but I don’t know it offhand.
Other freepers have informed me that is correct.
8 USC 1401 has US residency requirements for the citizen parent, for birth in wedlock, abroad.
http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1401&num=0&edition=prelim
See specifically section (g) which I quote;
(g) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years