Question

What are the different methods of acquiring citizenship?

Answer 1

Here is your answer buddy,

To become a citizen at birth, you must:

Be born in the U.S or in certain territories or outlying possessions of the United States, that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.Have a parent or parents who were citizens at the time of your birth.

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Answer 2

METHODS OF ACQUIRING CITIZENSHIP

One can acquire the citizen of a state through two major ways namely by birth and naturalization.

CITIZENSHIP BY BIRTH

This is the commonest methods of acquiring citizenship. Acquiring citizenship by birth can be categorized in two different ways namely,



By law of blood and descent:

This means that any child whose parents are citizens of a particular state whether or not, he or she is born within the territorial jurisdiction of that state is a citizen of that state e.g. child born by Nigeria parent’s resident in United State.

By law of soil or place:

In this case, any child born within the territorial jurisdiction of a state is automatically a citizen of that state irrespective of the citizenship of the parents of the child.

CITIZENSHIP BY NATURALIZATION

Naturalization can be defined as the process of acquiring citizenship through formal legal process. There are four types of naturalization.