Derivative US Citizenship
For Children through their Parents
US Citizenship Chart 3

The Derivative US Citizenship Chart below shows how a child born abroad who immigrates to the United States as a minor, and whose parent(s) become naturalized citizens of the US before the child reaches a certain age may derive US citizenship. The applicable laws changed in 1934, 1940, 1952, 1978 and 2001. Attorney Carl Shusterman […]