Hereditary Citizenship?

[Ms.Valencia]

Is there such thing as the above mentioned?
My aunt heard there is a way to get your dead parents citenship.
Anyone heard this b4?

[Coventrated]

I do not mean this to be too cruel, but this picture of coffins lined up for a Naturalisation interview came to my mind.

So no, and what would be the point?

[losguerra]

Inheriting citizenship from dead parents kind of exists for other countries (Italy is one that comes to mind), but in the US, no.

[Ms.Valencia]

Lawyers are always out to get people, and this might be a diffrent way to get us.

[milliesmom]

I think I can claim Mexican citizenship although my parents are dead. I haven't tried, but I was reading the regulations for citizenship in Mexico and all it requires is the birth certificate of at least one of the parents.

US citizenship...? who knows!

[Glühbirne]

A soldier who died in the line of duty in the US armed forces can get citizenship after he is dead. It is called "post-humous" citizenship.

[IBMMuseum]

A soldier who died in the line of duty in the US armed forces can get citizenship after he is dead. It is called "post-humous" citizenship.

Or sailor, or Marine (better just to say "servicemember"), and either gender, but I know what you mean...

[Glühbirne]

Or sailor, or Marine (better just to say "servicemember"), and either gender, but I know what you mean...


Sorry. I didn't realize they weren't all considered "soldiers" as a blanket term. I didn't mean to leave anyone out. :shy: Sometimes I forget to do the s/he thing and just type one or the other.

[IBMMuseum]

Sorry. I didn't realize they weren't all considered "soldiers" as a blanket term. I didn't mean to leave anyone out. :shy: Sometimes I forget to do the s/he thing and just type one or the other.

I definately wouldn't call a Marine "soldier" to their (meaning his or her) face...

I haved served with some very good female servicemembers on occassion...

Former soldier and sailor (never a Marine) IBMMuseum...

[discoviking]

Inheriting citizenship from dead parents kind of exists for other countries (Italy is one that comes to mind), but in the US, no.Wouldn't it depend on when the parents aquired citizenship (prior to time of death obviously), and what age the child was at the time?

[Ana Maria Schwartz]

Yes! You can get citizenship through your parents but the laws are complicated on this issue. I usually go to this website: http://www.shusterman.com/toc-usc.html to read up on it. At the end of the page there is a section entitled " OBTAINING CITIZENSHIP THROUGH
PARENTS/GRANDPARENTS" and there is all of the information you may need about this. It's an incredible thing that you can get citizenship potentially without ever having come to the United States!

Annie

[Ana Maria Schwartz]

Oh my! I didn't see how old this thread was! Well, hopefully my information will help someone anyway! :)

Annie

[matt74]

I have helped some people who thought they were "illegal" get citizenship through this route. If they meet the criteria based on when they were born and their parent's residence in the US, all it really takes is applying for a passport which can come back in a week. But one should be careful about this because you don't want to end up making a false claim to citizenship.

[Rosa]

Ok.....so my brother-in-law is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He has been a citizen since 1997 and has lived in the U.S. since 1987. On one of his visits to Mexico he got a girl pregnant and his daughter was born in 2001. In 2003 his girlfriend (now wife) and daughter came across the border illegally. He has an approved I-130 for his wife and is at NVC right now but we're not exactly sure what he should do about his daughter. He was a usc when she was born but right now she's here illegally. So could he submit an N-600 for her? Or would it be easier to do this in Mexico? They figure they'll be there later this year anyways when his wife gets her appt at cdj. What worries me about filing the N-600 is that it asks questions about the mother and we're worried about saying that she's in the country illegally. Any advise? :dunno:

[Ana Maria Schwartz]

Hi- sorry I didn't get back to you earlier on this- so busy at my office! Anyway- the daughter should be a citizen based on what you've indicated and the mother shouldn't worry too much about this. There is always a slight chance immigration will be tipped off and go after someone but I haven't seen it happen and as you know a lot of people here on the immigrate2us website submit their I-130s for relatives in the U.S. who are not here with a visa and never have been. So it's a relatively low risk thing. Hope this helps.

Annie

[Rosa]

Great! I'll let them know. Thanks!!:D