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Subject: Re: Citizenship

Author:
Ian

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Date Posted: 07:35:38 06/01/15 Mon
In reply to: Freddy 's message, "Citizenship" on 21:22:23 05/29/15 Fri

> As
>the child of a US citizen (Matt), he is a citizen of
>the United States.

It is my understanding it is not quite as simple as that (see below), and the death of Matt before Matty's birth would seem to me to possibly complicate matters.

A person born abroad on or after November 14, 1986, is a U.S. citizen if all of the following are true:

The person's parents were married at time of birth
One of the person's parents was a U.S. citizen when the person in question was born
The citizen parent lived at least five years in the United States before the child's birth
A minimum of two of these five years in the United States were after the citizen parent's 14th birthday.

Ian

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Freddy
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Date Posted: 17:11:05 06/02/15 Tue

Yes, there are some rules, but as I understand it Matt's death does not factor in. If the mother had remarried, perhaps. As usual, if there is any kind of complication, in real life you would have to ask a lawyer. In this case, it is the same as Cruz's situation except for Matt's death and the gender of the parent.

>> As
>>the child of a US citizen (Matt), he is a citizen of
>>the United States.
>
>It is my understanding it is not quite as simple as
>that (see below), and the death of Matt before Matty's
>birth would seem to me to possibly complicate matters.
>
>A person born abroad on or after November 14, 1986, is
>a U.S. citizen if all of the following are true:
>
> The person's parents were married at time of birth
> One of the person's parents was a U.S. citizen
>when the person in question was born
> The citizen parent lived at least five years in
>the United States before the child's birth
> A minimum of two of these five years in the United
>States were after the citizen parent's 14th birthday.
>
>Ian