citizenship?

Question

Father born in pennsylvania,would this make me a u.s. citizen even tho' i was born outside the states

Answer 1

Citizenship of Children

Certain individuals born outside of the United States are born citizens because of their parents, according to the principle of jus sanguinis (which holds that the country of citizenship of a child is the same as that of his / her parents). The U.S. Congress is responsible for enacting laws that determine how citizenship is conveyed by a U.S. citizen parent or parents according to the principle of jus sanguinis. These laws are contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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Answer 2

Possibly yes. If your parents legitimated you before your 21st birthday - then you probably are a citizen. For some reason though it is harder for an unmarried father to pass on citizenship - in situations like that there are a whole different set of requirements he must have met.

The laws also change every now and then, so it also depends a lot on when your father was born, and also when you were born. It's all a bit complicated really. Your nearest US Embassy or Consulate will be able to give you better advice. It's not an easy yes or no answer I'm afraid. :-)

Answer 3

The answer is a definite maybe. To find out you can contact a US consulate and ask them. You may also want to determine whether the country where you currently have citizenship has any restrictions on dual citizenship.

The reason that the answer is a maybe is that it depends on several factors which depend on the answers to the following questions:

1) Was he married to your mother when you were born? This answer is important because the requirements differ depending on whether a child is born in or out of marriage.

2) How much time did he physically spend in the US during his life prior to your birth and at what ages. There is a minimum number of years that he would have had to spend in the US in order to be able to pass US citizenship to you.

3) If he wasn't married to your mother, when you were born, then did he/has he agreed to acknowledge his paternity and to support you until you're eighteen years old?

If he meets the requirements to pass his citizenship, then you are a US citizen.

If he doesn't meet the requirements to pass citizenship to you, but you are under eighteen years old, you may qualify for what is known as expeditious naturalization, but this MUST be completed before you are eighteen.

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Answer 4

In order to pass citizenship tp you your father had to be a reident of US for 10 years,
5 years before age of 16 and 5 years after (If married) and 5 years before age of 18 and 5 years (If you were born out of wedlock).

Answer 5

Check out what aussie and nattie said. You could very well have US citizenship. My son was born in Canada and has US citizenship through me. I was born in the US and immigrated to Canada and I have dual US and Canadian citizenship, same as my son.

Answer 6

if your parent is born in another country and not you even then you are a citizen of the country.

Answer 7

Yes, if you're under 18 and your father reported your birth here in the USA. If he didn't he still can apply for it as long as you're under 18 years of age.
If you're over, you need to apply yourself and find out what the requirements are.

Answer 8

You are not a citizen. You have to be born in the US or you have to pass a US citizenship test getting a green card.

Answer 9

It makes your father a citizen, but not you. It may make it easier on you to apply though.

Answer 10

No you would have to born here.