Question

To become a legal U.S. citizen, the United States has

Answer 1

First, there are people that are born in the United States, but have lived most of their lives outside of the U.S. Some of these people mistakenly believe that they may lose their citizenship and naturalization by living outside of the country for an extended period of time, but this is not true.

Next, there are some who believe they are not citizens even though they have ancestors that were citizens of the United States. It may be that, even though an individual was born outside of the U.S., that person is a citizen if their parents or grandparents were U.S. citizens.

Lastly, some minor children of naturalized U.S. citizens may mistakenly believe that they may not be U.S. citizens. However, when parents become naturalized citizens, their kids with green cards will also acquire American citizenship. This is true because children under the age of 18 cannot usually apply to become citizens through the naturalization process.