Tag: FS-240


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Jun 2014

I am a US citizen. My child was born in England. She is 6yrs old. Do I have to file anything to get her US citizenship?

A: The acquisition of American Citizenship when born abroad has always been dependent upon the satisfaction of preliminary requirements imposed by law. An indispensable prerequisite to the transmission of citizenship by descent under the laws of the United States is the requirement that the transmitting parent or parents must have resided in the United States. Regarding persons born on or after November 14 of 1986, (the case...