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6. Lawful Permanent Resident; "Green card" holder

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 29, 2019, 02:30 AM

Aug 2019

Non-citizens can and do serve in the military and generally get a green card as part of the recruitment process. If they are stationed overseas and have a child, they have not had to apply for citizenship for that child before now.

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Some children of US troops born overseas will no longer get automatic American citizenship [View all] Recursion Aug 2019 OP

Ridiculous ArizonaLib Aug 2019 #1

Well, McCain's parents were citizens, but this is a half-step towards that, a dumb Trump-revenge... RockRaven Aug 2019 #2

Why are so many misreporting this change? mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #3

There was such a rule, actually Recursion Aug 2019 #4

Okay, I'm listening ... first off, what's an LPR? nt mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #5

Lawful Permanent Resident; "Green card" holder Recursion Aug 2019 #6

I'm sure this will get worse DFW Aug 2019 #7

LOL Recursion Aug 2019 #8

Useless bureaucrats DFW Aug 2019 #9

Hey, great things happen and embarassment avoided if you look at the LBN column on Home first. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2019 #10

Was this a problem? treestar Aug 2019 #11

Locking as a Duplicate Yonnie3 Aug 2019 #12