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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Ask me about US immigration.
 
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THE AWESOME GHOST
Oct 21, 2005

 Thanks for the chart. I was born in the US so I'm a citizen but I'm 24 and only lived there 6 or so years of my life, good to know if anything really goes bad I can bring my wife and parents and get them all green cards.

That chart says minors of US Citizens can apply for a green card... aren't minors automatically naturalized if parents are citizens? At least I thought that's how it works, that if I have children they'll be US Citizens regardless.

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THE AWESOME GHOST
Oct 21, 2005

Adar posted:

That chart refers to existing children of a foreigner who marries a US citizen. Newborns are usually automatically considered US citizens, but there are a few exceptions if the child was born abroad:

http://travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_5199.html


Check the above link and try to figure out the status of your father and yourself. If you're not citizens, getting in through her is effectively impossible unless she wanted to move back and wait out a fairly long period of time.

Ah, if I'm American and my wife isn't I only transmit it if I lived in the US for 5 years (Which I did) 2 of which were after the age of 14 (Which I'm not sure about)

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