Birth and Naturlization
Birth and Naturlization
There is not 4 ways, but two. If you are born in the US you are a citizen and if you are from another country you can be naturalized a citizen. Children born to an American citizen are automatically citizens and children born in places like a military base are also citizens no matter where the base is located.
Yes, I myself have two birth certificates. The first is where I was actually born, New York. The second birth certificate is from Mexico and was requested by my father after I was born (apparently this is okay since I am a child of a Mexican citizen and therefore considered to be a citizen by the Mexican government).
There are two different ways in which a natural born citizen can be created. By American law, all people born on American soil are considered natural born citizens. In addition, people who are born overseas to American parents are also classified as natural born citizens.
Initiatives and referendums
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One way to be declared a citizen by birth is if you are born in a country that follows jus soli (right of the soil) citizenship, which grants citizenship to anyone born within the country's territory. Another way is if you are born to at least one parent who is a citizen of a country that follows jus sanguinis (right of blood) citizenship, which grants citizenship based on descent.
By birth and by naturalization.
two ways, live birth or lay eggs
There are two effective ways to gain U.S. citizenship at birth: have either (or both) of the parents be U.S. citizens, or be born on designated incorporated U.S. sovereign territory. The first method is sufficient for citizenship according to current U.S. law (US Code Title 8, Section 1401), and the second method is proscribed according to the 14th Amendment. In both cases, the child qualifies as a "natual-born" citizen, and is eligible to run for the Presidency. As the question stands, the answer is an obvious YES, as the mere fact that a parent was a U.S. citizen provides citizenship to the child, and the location of the birth is irrelevant. On a related note, however, as foreign U.S. military bases are NOT considered sovereign U.S. territory (unlike U.S. Embassies which are, though Consular Offices are not), children born on-base are NOT eligible for automatic U.S. citizenship via the 14th Amendment. Thus, if a foreign worker gave birth at the U.S. base's hospital, the child would not be a U.S. citizen.
1) to be born in the country where you want to be a citizen 2) to go to the Voter Registration office and go through the process of completing citizenship papers
Yes, there are two ways. I'm sure you can name them.