US citizenship-does it have to be your parent that was born in America, or can it be a grandparent?

Question

For you to get citizenship that way?

Answer 1

I keep wondering why people just make up stuff, or guess. Why bother to answer a question if you don't actually KNOW the answer?

Under certain circumstances, a child can acquire US citizenship through a grandparent. Here is the information:
http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/info/info_456.html

In response to an earlier query, a grandparent might be a US citizen but a parent not be because the grandparent did not live in the US long enough to be able to transmit citizenship to children born subsequently.

And by the way, US military bases are NOT US soil for the purpose of citizenship by birth in the US. The only reason that some children born on bases become US citizens is because one or both parents were citizens, NOT because they were born on the base. Sheesh!!

Answer 2

parent, but if your grandparents are amerian citizens, then so is their child, even if born outside the US, so you have both.
so mexican woman sneaks across border, has child, that child is amercan, no matter if woman gets kicked back to mexico and takes child with her.
that child grows up, has children of own in mexico, those children will be both americans and mexicans...called dual citizenship.. unless of course, your parents gave up their american citizenship. you can do that. if that's the case, then your grandparents won't work for your citizenship directly like you're hoping. but they can sponsor your citizenship application, and that'll help.
if your parents are citizens, you are automatically a citizen, you shouldn't have to go through an application process...just be able to prove that your parent is a citizen and therefore so are you....birth certificate or social security card will work...i don't know any other documents off the top of my head.

Answer 3

I just want to add that you are NOT automatically an American citizen just because your parent is one. The rules depend upon what the US citizenship laws were AT THE TIME OF YOUR BIRTH. The reason I know this is because I am an American born citizen who immigrated to Canada and now have dual American/Canadian citizenship as I was a naturalized Canadian citizen. I subsequently had two children with a Canadian man, who were born in Canada. My son, the eldest at 29 now, has dual Canadian/American citizenship because he qualifies under the rules of US citizenship at the time of his birth. My daughter, at 23, does not have American citizenship because she does not qualify by the US citizenship rules at the time of her birth.

It all depends on a lot of things, most important of which are "what were the rules of US citizenship at the time of your birth" and you will have to enquire with the US Embassy. Give them a call and they will send you citizenship determination forms to complete and your US citizen parent will have to complete a set, as well. If your US citizen parent is deceased, there is likely something else you will have to do to prove their citizenship, like submit their birth/death certificates and gather documentation to prove the periods of time that your US parent resided in the USA, etc.

Good luck, but please look into this as soon as possible.

Answer 4

Parent

Answer 5

grandparents would give you citizenship too. That's actually what happened to one of my aunts. Her grandfather was a US citizenship but she didn't know it. She was living outside of the US at the time; since she wanted to go to a college in the US, she went to a US embassy to apply for student visa. But after the staff at the US embassy did some checking, they found that her grandfather was a US citizen. So, instead of giving her a visa, they gave her a passport.

Answer 6

Only you need to be born in US to have citizenship. Its not based on parents. Illegal aliens that give birth in USA have children that are legalized US citizens

Answer 7

If her mom replaced into borne in Germany she must have a german delivery certificate so at the same time as she got here to the States she replaced into german until eventually she replaced into naturalized, if that ever happend .If she under no circumstances were given her citizenship she continues to be considered german.Now if her moms husband replaced into contained in the service and they were married then she has twin citizenship.

Answer 8

It has to be your parent, however, there can bea special case made. Remeber, too, that if your parent was born on/near a US military base and their parent was an American they are considered American. I don't know the rules about American territories (such as Purto Rico) but I'm sure its a much simpler process than if an ordinary immigrant wanted to enter.

Answer 9

If you were born in the USA, then you are automatically a citizen, regardless of who your parents are of where they were born.

Answer 10

Parent. You need to have 3 generations of your family in this country though before you can call yourself 'American'.