I am american citizen but my parents are mexican how i can get my doble nationality?

Question

i have both birth certificates american-mexican, but it wasnt my fault now i want to fix this situation thaks

Answer 1

Sorry I forgot to mention, just because you have the both birth certificates doesn't mean you're automatically a dual citizen. You still have to apply for dual-citizenship, it just won't take as long for you, since you already have a Mexican birth certificate. You'll have to get the documents notorized, and then register it in the "Registro Civil".  And a side note here, this all pertains to if you do it in México. 

Like I said, it's a long process. Some of these people don't know what they're talking about. I did it, I have dual-citizenship. I applied for it last June (2010). I was born in Pennsylvania, but now live in Michoacán. I don't mean to sound like the know-it-all, but I actually have dual-citizenship and filed the neccessary paperwork.

Answer 2

 Some of the people here are very unhelpful. Even if one of your parents were Mexican, you would still be entitled to obtain your Mexican citizenship.  

That I know of, there are 2 ways of getting your Mexican citizenship.

1. I don't know where you live, but you can go to a Mexican consulate. Here's a link with a list of consulates in the US and Canada. Just find the nearest one.  http://www.mexonline.com/consulate.htm

2. You can go and do it in México. 

I tried doing it through the consulate, but they just gave me a bunch of bureaucratic bull. I was on my way to México in a matter of weeks, so I just waited instead. 

They'll tell you what documents you'll need in order to get the ball rolling. But in my honest opinion, the citizenship alone is useless. Since I went to México, and I am currently liviing here, and I've applied for all the necessary paperwork in order to work here. Unless you're going to live here, it's somewhat pointless. Because you'll need to apply for various other things for your citizenship to even be worthwhile. The petition for dual-citizenship takes a little over a month in order to be completed. 

Among the other things that you'd need for it to worthwhile.

1. Credencial para votar, which is called an IFE (Instituto Federal Electoral)

2. C.U.R.P (Clave Única de Registro de Poblacíon), which a akin to your Social Security Number.

3. Register for IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social) It's obligatory, but mainly for political purposes. 

4. And once you were to get a legitimate job, your employer assigns you a RFC (Registo Federal de Contribuyentes) Which is for taxation purposes. 

So unless you're going to get all that, it's pointless to get dual-citizenship, plus it's a rather arduous process. All in all it took about 2 and half months for me to get everything in order

Hope this helps.

 

Answer 3

There sure is a lot of rubbish being thrown around here in a way that would imply that it is fact rather than whims.

Guest5462 in particular seems to really be shoveling it.  Those who are born in a foreign country to a military family have their U.S. citizenship because the U.S. government allows it as an arrangement for military personnel.

I am a U.S. citizen, born and raised here.  But if my child is born in a foreign country, I have to petition the government to adjust their status in the process to make them a U.S. citizen.  It is not automatic.  If my child was not born on U.S. soil, they are not U.S. a citizen, even though they may be born of "American" parents.

Another thing, Guest5462, a citizen's "descent" is irrelevant.  If you look back far enough, you are descended from someone who was not born on U.S. soil.  But get real--does anyone go around saying, "I'm American, of British descent" or "I am American, of Norwegian descent"?  No, we're Americans.  And if someone is a naturalized citizen, they are Americans too.  If they were born here, they're Americans.

And Mexico DOES allow dual citizenship, as does Canada, and many other countries.  If you are Canadian, and become a U.S. citizen, you do not give up your Canadian citizenship in the eyes of the government there.  You do, however, swear at your U.S. citizenship ceremony that you pledge allegiance to the U.S. only, and the U.S. does not recognize the protections or other benefits of your citizenship for any other country.

As for the statement that being born in the U.S. does not make you American, that is flatly not true.  If you or born on U.S. soil--at this point in time, anyway-- you are in fact a U.S. citizen.  It has been that way for 200+ years, and it is the way than most people become U.S. citizens.

I say "at this point in time" because there are people who would like to change that.  They have the "I've got mine" mentality.  I see this mostly in 2nd generation immigrants.  That is, their parents came from a foreign country and became citizens, they were then born here and thus are U.S. citizens, but they don't want to see anyone else become citizens that way.

I'm not a lawyer, but I've gone through the immigration process with my family and friends over the past 12 years and have picked up a few things.  I am the world's expert on my opinion, and much of what I wrote above is just that.  This advice is worth exactly what you paid for it.  Maybe less...