Do i qualify for us citizen

Question

My dad became a us citizen before i was born but i was born in mexico, I'm a legal resident but I'm 24 do I qualify to be a us citizen.

Answer 1

I think so, but you need to check with a lawyer just to be on the safe side.

Answer 2

Im sorry I cant help you. But I am glad your on the right path to doing things right and becoming a citizen of the U.S.! Dont just be another ******* bro, become a citizen and an American! Props to you, your father, and the others doing it the right way. Dont get discouraged, you will feel like the immigration people DONT want you here, but if you keep trying you will get in. Dont stop! But do it LEGAL! Good luck

Answer 3

This is one of the most complicated questions on whether you derive US nationality based on your father's US citizenship. It depends how long you have lived in the United States. You can learn more at www.uscis.gov; look for section 316 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. It explains how much time you must have lived in the United States to qualify. Then follow to Section 320, which explains:

A child born outside of the United States automatically becomes a citizen of the United States when all of the following conditions have been fulfilled:

(1) At least one parent of the child is a citizen of the United States, whether by birth or naturalization.

(2) The child is under the age of eighteen years.

(3) The child is residing in the United States in the legal and physical custody of the citizen parent pursuant to a lawful admission for permanent residence.

Answer 4

You have to be a legal resident for five years before you become eligible to be a US citizen.

Answer 5

Chances appear to be poor that you're a U.S. citizen based on the fact that you're a permanent resident. If your father petitioned for you to become a permanent resident, either the immigration officer or the visa officer would have had full knowledge of your set of circumstances, and it appears that he did not feel that you qualified for U.S. citizenship.

Look at your green card. What is the classification on it? Is it IR-2 or IR-7? If so, your father petitioned for you. If your father petitioned for you, you did not qualify for U.S. citizenship so the next best thing was a green card based upon the father-child relationship.

If the classification on the green card is F1-1, F3-1, F1-6, or F3-6, again, you obtained your status through your father, and the same reasoning follows. If you had been a U.S. citizen at birth, you would not have needed a green card.

Answer 6

well, we'd need a lot more information to give you an intelligent answer. For example, in order for you to be a citizen at birth, your father would have to have lived in the US as a citizen for at least 10 years before your birth.  The law has changed since then, now only 5 years of US reisidence would be required. If your parents weren't married at the time of your birth, that would complicate things a lot more. Although you are a legal resident now, how old were you when you entered? Again, the law has changed. Now, if an American citizen parent petitions you, you are an American citizen automatically if you enter before the age of 18. So, given your age, I would guess you aren't, but there aren't enough facts.