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Yes. Persons born in Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and other US territories are US citizens.
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Where is the greatest number of US citizens living outside US territory reside?
guam
What is the commonwealth us territory?
A territory is an insular area protected and adminstered by the United States. A commonwealth is a self-governing insular area that elects to be part of the United States. Commonwealths, territories, and protectorates are insular areas whose people are citizens of the United States, with the exception of America Samoa. The Samoans are nationals--free to go anywhere in the United States--but they are not citizens.
When was Puerto Rico established as US territory?
Puerto Rico became a US Territory following the Spanish-American War in 1898, and its residents became US citizens in 1917. It has been a US Commonwealth since 1952.
Can a person born in Guam be a US President?
Yes, because the people of Guam are American Citizens and Guam is a Territory of the United States; therefore, anyone born on Guam is a citizen of the United States.
Can a person from Puerto Rico move to the US?
A person who lives in Puerto Rico already lives in the US because Puerto Rico is an unincorporated organized territory of the US. People born in Puerto Rico as US citizens. So, if you are a legal resident of Puerto Rico you can move to any other part of the US if you want to and can pay for the transportation to get there.
What is Guam?
Guam is an unincorporated organized territory of the US. The indigenous people are called Chamorros. The main languages are Chamorro and English. The people are US citizens.
Are people born in Hawaii prior to 1959 considered natural born US citizens?
Yes, someone born in Hawaii before 1959 is a US citizen. Anyone born after April 30, 1900 in Hawaii are native-born citizens of the US.
Is Puerto Rico considered to be a country?
No, Puerto Rico is a US territory. Its people elect their local government, a legislature and their Governor, but the Commonwealth has no vote on the floor of the US Congress. The people are US citizens and able to travel with US passports.
Can a us citizen live in Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico is a US Territory and its inhabitants are US Citizens! So, if they are US Citizens, any US citizen can live in Puerto Rico.
Where is the greatest number of US citizens living outside US territory reside?
guam
Are Guam citizens US citizens?
Not everyone in a U.S. territory is a U.S. citizen (American Samoans are not), but Guam residents are U.S. citizens.
What country is a territory of the U. S. and doesn't require a passport for travel?
Puerto Rico is a territory of the US that doesn't require a passport for US citizens.
What act declared Puerto Rico to be US territory and all Puerto Ricans US citizens?
The 1917 Jones Act designated Puerto Ricans as US Citizens.
Why are Puerto Rican's US citizens?
Because they can be based on birth in a US Territory, also US citizenship was forced on them after the US invaded Puerto Rico. Today puerto ricans are also offered/given a certificate of Puerto Rican Citizenship.
What makes an American facts?
You can be born in US territory, have parents who are US citizens or become a naturalized citizen.
How does Puerto Rico money looks?
Puerto Rico is an US territory. Puerto Rico use the US dollar($). All citizens born in Puerto Rico are US citizens.
Why are only citizens of the US called American while Mexico and Canada are also on the North American continent?
The terms "Americans" or "American colonists" were used by the British way back when the USA was only a colony of Britain. After the USA was formed, people living in this new country continued to be referred to as Americans. So American people did not choose to call themselves that. If anyone presumed that people in the territory of what is now the USA were the only "Americans," then it was the British. The term is not exclusively used by US citizens either. Many other countries refer to US Citizens as "Americans" also.
