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2. It's slightly more complicated than that

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 10:01 PM

Mar 2013

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

The basic idea is that the US citizen parent had to have resided in the US, so you don't get successive generations of US citizens born abroad.

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Is the CHILD of an American Citizen automatically granted citizenship regardless of where [View all] cherokeeprogressive Mar 2013 OP

It's slightly more complicated than that jberryhill Mar 2013 #2

I have always thought so. Lasher Mar 2013 #3

Not exactly. Cleita Mar 2013 #4

Ted Cruz mother is American. Therefore, so is he. graham4anything Mar 2013 #7

I'm an American citizen by birth even though I was born in Austria hobbit709 Mar 2013 #8

Kyrgyzstan? First one I thought of with minimal vowels. uppityperson Mar 2013 #11

I thought so, too. Great minds...and all that. :) nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #14

My brother and his wife had two children outside the US liberal N proud Mar 2013 #10

If you're referring to what I think you're referring ... zbdent Mar 2013 #12