2006-07-25 10:37:40 · 10 answers · asked by ahmad r 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
A U.S CITIZEN IS SUBJECT TO THE FED. INCOME TAX. AND A U.S. NATIONAL IS NOT.
WHEN A U.S. NATIONAL FILLS OUT A W-4 WITH HIS/HER SSN AND SIGNS IT. OR OPENS A BANK ACCOUNT WITH A SSN, HE/SHE IS NOW A U.S. CITIZEN AND IS NOW SUBJECT TO THE U.S. JURISDICTION.
Constitution of the United States of America
Amendment 14
Section 1
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
Section 4
The validity of the public debt of the United States,shall not be questioned.
2006-07-25 10:44:14 · answer #1 · answered by rhett_madison 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
US law makes a distinction between "citizenship" and "nationality." All US citizens are also US nationals; however, some US nationals are not US citizens. Section 308 of the INA [8 USC § 1408] says (more or less) that a person born in an "outlying possession" of the US -- or a foreign-born child of such a person -- is a US national, but not a US citizen. At the present time, the only "outlying possessions" of the US, as defined in 8 USC § 1101(a)(29), are American Samoa and Swains Island (in the South Pacific). Note that people born in the following places are defined in Sections 302-307 of the INA [8 USC §§ 1402-1407] to be US citizens: Puerto Rico; the Canal Zone; Alaska and Hawaii (before they became states); the US Virgin Islands; and Guam.
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2006-07-25 19:20:22 · answer #2 · answered by jojo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A citizen is someone born here or who has already become a citizen. Someone can be naturalized to become a citizen. So they (someone being naturalized) are in the process of becoming a citizen. The only other thing I can think of is when you are abroad you are called a US National because you are from the nation of the US, but don't quote me on that.
2006-07-25 17:46:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
None really, it's just a term. |US National, is generally used, when that person is abroad.
But either term is used. Both are Citizens of the United States.
2006-07-25 17:43:44 · answer #4 · answered by johnb693 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
US citizen speak Amenglish mixed. US national don't
2006-07-25 17:43:57 · answer #5 · answered by Love America 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a U.S citizen and I live in Puerto Rico and I have never lived up there.
Thanks alot!
2006-07-25 18:29:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a US national is someone born in the USA but who doesn't live there.
2006-07-25 17:40:54 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. PDQ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no difference. Both were either born in the US or in US territory in a foreign country.
2006-07-25 17:43:19 · answer #8 · answered by Jim T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the spelling
2006-07-25 18:13:49 · answer #9 · answered by ssgtusmc3013 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me and my cousin!
2006-07-25 17:40:48 · answer #10 · answered by tripledigit67 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋