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US law has traditionally held that if both parents are US citizens then the child is a natural-born US citizen regardless of where in the world they are born. T
by jandrewrogers 5y ago
US law has traditionally held that if both parents are US citizens then the child is a natural-born US citizen regardless of where in the world they are born. This was specifically in support of diplomats, military, etc. I am not aware of a context in which this wasn’t true.
The only complicated area in law is when only a single parent is a US citizen and the child is born overseas. This was a consequence of the 20th century reality that the US had vast numbers of military personnel stationed globally.
- redis_mlc 5y ago> US law has traditionally held that if both parents are US citizens then the child is a natural-born US citizen No, it just took one US parent in the late 90's to get a US passport (full US citizenship.) Don't know about 2021.
- coolgeek 5y agoIf either of your biological parents is an American citizen, you are automatically a natural born American citizen, regardless of where geographically you are born. This is why Obama, McCain and Ted Cruz are eligible for the Presidency edit: doh. Forgot that Obama was born in Hawaii