can Amercian born child of the 5 years old help make their father and mother an Amercian citizen?
607646
The answer is no to your question. When the child is 21 years of age he/she can file an I-130 immigrant visa petition for the parents.  Please make correction to the earlier answers the minimum age requirement to file for parents is 21 years and not 18 years.
680633
You are born a citizen, but you can change it later.
61980
People become American citizens automatically either by being born in America or to an American citizen (either mother or father). People not born citizens can also naturalize through a fairly lengthy process.\n\nThe president is required to be a natural citizen (aka born in America or to American citizens), but for all other offices, the person must merely be a citizen, no matter how they became that way.
872191
your son would be a citizen, but you need to prove it to the immigrations, unless you take your son to the US or file documents before your son is a certain age (i think 18) it will not be automatic. He will automatically be allowed into the country and get citizenship as long as you follow the correct procedures, but if you wait til he passes a certain age, it is too late, but this does not pass on to his children, unless he was a us citzen...\nMy cousin's father was a US citizen, he had her with a woman in another country. She visited the US all the time, but he never once filed for her to become a citizen, she offically lived in the country she was born, and her father died while she was a young child in the country she was born, which then made her in ineligible to claim her citizenship because now she is too old (now that she can do what she wants).\nThe US citizen parent though can still apply for the child, but it does not make the child a citizen, only a resident, but there are other criteria that would need to be actknowledged.
807936
you must be 24 or married or have children or support children or parents died (mother and father), estranged from parent for a significantly long time
298582
Just the citizenship.  That person will still have the same nationality as his parents.
396352
It could work.  The only problem I see that could occur, would be if the father of the child wants to be part of the child's life.  How would he handle that?  Only time is going to answer your question.
1181180
Regardless of where a child is born, they automatically get the citizenship of whatever country their parents' are citizens of.  For most countries, they are also considered citizens of whatever country they are born in.  So, in theory, you could have a Mother from one country, a Father from a second country, and they could be traveling or whatever and have a baby in a third country, and the child would have citizenship in all 3.  \n\nSome countries allow a person to maintain their dual citizenship their whole lives, and others require them to choose an allegiance when they reach the age of majority in that country.  For example, my daughter.  My husband and I are both US citizens, and she was born while we were stationed in Newfoundland.  So, she has dual citizenship - US and Canadian.  Canadian law allows you to have dual citizenship, but the US requires her to pick when she's 18.  As long as she picks the US, she basically gets to retain her dual citizenship.\n\nSo, if a child was born truly in international waters on an international plane, then there would be no "home country" - just the country(ies) of the parents'.  Unless the country that the airline in question was based out of, or the country that the flight was going into decided to grant the child citizenship as well.
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It depends on South African laws, I suppose you can. In most countries, when at least one of the parents was born there, their  children are automatically citizens of that country. Just like in my case. I was born in the US, my parents were born in Brazil. I have dual citizenship. One American passport, one Brazilian passport. I go back and forth without needing a visa. Soon I will have a third citizenship and passport when the process is finalized...my great grandparents went from Italy to Brazil. Italian law says that up to 3 generations down,or kids, grandkids, and great grand kids of Italians born outside Italy have a right to Italian citizenship. Check up on the SA laws... good luck.
799657
Hi there!  It looks like you may have a few questions and in the end you're going to need people who have gone through this or are going through this to help.  I believe your baby can have a Canadian citizenship as well as the dual thing works well for children of Canadian/American parents.  Please check out the group link below they are many people there that will definitely answer your question that know the answer!
213930
Well, RayOfDarkness, during those 35.5 years another half-billion people may well get born, but many of them will be born to parents who have already filed past you. Are those babies yanked from their parents and put at the end of the line just so you can have a line that never ends?\n\nHow can people f**k and give birth while walking at a steady pace anyway?
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Hypothetically speaking, that depends, if the father was absent or present for that matter, and the mother put his name down on the BC, then, no.  If the mother was smart and only put her name on the BC, go for it.  \n(This is not legal advice, please consult a lawyer concerning laws in your area.)\nGood luck!
18060
You can become a citizen if you meet the following requirements: \nyou have been a legal permanent resident for five years, or three years if you are married to a U.S. citizen \nyou have lived in the U.S. for at least 2-1/2 years (50%) of the five year period, or 1-1/2 years (50%) if you are married to a citizen \nyou have lived for more than three months in the state where you apply for citizenship \nyou are 18 years or older \nyou have good moral character
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You need to wait until those children are adults.  Once they are adults, they can sponsor your green card application.  After you get your LPR status, you need to reside in the US for a certain length of time, you may then apply for citizenship. \n\nGranting of American citizenship is not automatic - you need to pass some tests as well as fulfill some requirements set forth by CIS.\n\nThe only people that can get their citizenship directly from being related to an American citizen are minor children of American citizens.
673222
Generally, because you have a child who has the US citizenship due to the birth in the US, does not grant you the US citizenship at all.  I have not heard any cases due to a sole reason that a parent was granted the permanent residency status, because the child was the US citizen.  (I caution you that I do not practice immigration law full time, however)\n\nHaving said that, your status as being a student (assuming legally student for 5 years) should not affect your green card application status, barring some unknown facts.   I suggest you apply for the permanent residency through the work permit (H-1) or apply for the lottery program (50,000 slots every year for qualified applicants).
586321
No there is not nor does it directly affect their status as an illegal immigrant.\n\nMarriage to an American citizen may allow the illegal entrant to more easily adjust his status but it does not, as the previous answer stated, grant him or her citizenship.
806505
There is a law stating what constitutes American citizenship.  If you are born of an American Parent(s) or born on US territory (including territories that are not states) you are automatically as US citizen.  If you immigrate, register, take the required courses in English and US History, pass the tests, pass medical exam, after 10 years you can be made a Naturalized citizen.  Naturalized citizens can not become President (unless there is a change in the Constitution).\n\nIt is difficult for many Americans to break up a family (ie send one or both parents home and allow the US child to stay, or deny the US Child by having the child go home with its parents.  I think it's time to change that law to only children born of US citizenS, not just one US citizen.  Children of one US citizen get a front place in line to immigrate legally.