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To: longnshort who wrote (607469)	4/11/2011 11:24:15 PM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 1579728

If only one parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of your birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for at least ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16." This is correct. When I applied for passports for my kids I had to prove that I'd lived in the US for five years after a certain age (I thought it was 14, but maybe it was 16). In fact, it appears to be after age 14 "In the case of a child born to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent, the U.S. citizen parent now had only to be physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions prior to the child's birth for 10 years, at least 5 of which were after the age of 14." americanlaw.com In fact, since 1986 it has gotten easier "The Immigration and Nationality Amendments of November 14, 1986 further liberalized the transmitting U.S. citizen parent's physical presence requirements. For children born on or after November 14, 1986, a child born to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent would acquire U.S. citizenship if the U.S. citizen parent was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for at least 5 years, at least 2 of which were after attaining the age of 14 years. "