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Hi there,
It seems that I just miss the mark on a couple of technicalities for acquiring US citizenship.
I was born in Canada in 1994 and have always lived in Canada. I am currently 22 years old. My parents were married to each other when I was born (and still are). My father has no ties to the U.S. (never lived in the States, born to two non-U.S. citizens).
My mother was born in the U.S. to a Canadian mother (who was born in Canada and never became an American citizen) and an American father (who was born in the U.S. and lived there until well into his adulthood). She does not meet the residency requirements:
- She lives in Canada and has lived here for most of her life.
- She never renounced her U.S. citizenship.
- She lived in the States from the time she was born until she was about five years old before her family moved back to Canada.
- She returned to the States in her 20's for an eight-month college diploma.
- She has not spent any more time in the States to amount to more than a month or so.
Therefore, she fails to meet the requirement of having two years of presence in the States at or after age 14.
I just found out that I could have been eligible for citizenship through my grandfather (though he was deceased at the time I was born). The residency requirements are, to my knowledge, the same (minimum 5 years presence, two of which after age 14), and I would have been eligible, since he was a U.S. citizen and so was his child, my mother. However, I would have had to file the N-600K BEFORE I turned 18 years old. Is it correct that since I've missed that deadline, I have lost any sort of claim I might have had on citizenship?
Is there any way around this - any sort of amendment form, or post-18 form, or <i>anything</i> that could give me a chance at citizenship? I've also heard of the I-something form where a U.S. citizen relative can vouch for a foreign one. I'm not sure if that requires permanent residency. Are there any other avenues I can take?
Any help is appreciated, but I'm thinking there's no way around this.
Thanks,
refuge912
It seems that I just miss the mark on a couple of technicalities for acquiring US citizenship.
I was born in Canada in 1994 and have always lived in Canada. I am currently 22 years old. My parents were married to each other when I was born (and still are). My father has no ties to the U.S. (never lived in the States, born to two non-U.S. citizens).
My mother was born in the U.S. to a Canadian mother (who was born in Canada and never became an American citizen) and an American father (who was born in the U.S. and lived there until well into his adulthood). She does not meet the residency requirements:
- She lives in Canada and has lived here for most of her life.
- She never renounced her U.S. citizenship.
- She lived in the States from the time she was born until she was about five years old before her family moved back to Canada.
- She returned to the States in her 20's for an eight-month college diploma.
- She has not spent any more time in the States to amount to more than a month or so.
Therefore, she fails to meet the requirement of having two years of presence in the States at or after age 14.
I just found out that I could have been eligible for citizenship through my grandfather (though he was deceased at the time I was born). The residency requirements are, to my knowledge, the same (minimum 5 years presence, two of which after age 14), and I would have been eligible, since he was a U.S. citizen and so was his child, my mother. However, I would have had to file the N-600K BEFORE I turned 18 years old. Is it correct that since I've missed that deadline, I have lost any sort of claim I might have had on citizenship?
Is there any way around this - any sort of amendment form, or post-18 form, or <i>anything</i> that could give me a chance at citizenship? I've also heard of the I-something form where a U.S. citizen relative can vouch for a foreign one. I'm not sure if that requires permanent residency. Are there any other avenues I can take?
Any help is appreciated, but I'm thinking there's no way around this.
Thanks,
refuge912
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