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I am a natural born American citizen. In 1990, at the age of 19, I was stationed in the United Kingdom, where my girlfriend, a British citizen became pregnant with my child, who was born in December of that year.
I had been discharged from the US Air Force before his birth, and so I was back here in America when he was born.
Now, he is 18 years old (19 in six days), and we have reconnected, and he has come to America and is living here with me.
He initially decided to make this a six month visit, but loves the United States so much, that he feels he may very well like to stay here and become a citizen, get a job, go to school, and eventually start a family.
My question is this:
According to the USCIS website a child is automatically a US citizen if:
# At least one parent is a U.S. citizen or, if deceased, the parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of death.
# The U.S. citizen parent or his or her U.S. citizen parent has (or at the time of death had) been physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for at least 5 years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of 14.
# The child is under the age of 18 years.
# The child is residing outside of the United States in the legal and physical custody of the U.S. citizen parent (or, if the citizen parent is deceased, an individual who does not object to the application).
# The child is temporarily present in the United States after having entered lawfully and is maintaining lawful status in the United States.
The first 2 points are met easily. But in regards to the third, he is not under 18. He IS 18. Soon to be 19. And in regards to point 4, since he is over 18, he is an adult as far as american law is concerned, so custody is a non-issue.
At this point, since he is over 18, what does the citizenship process entail?
If there are some forms that I can fill out and send in to the USCIS, which forms would I need?
Please help, and thank you very much.
I had been discharged from the US Air Force before his birth, and so I was back here in America when he was born.
Now, he is 18 years old (19 in six days), and we have reconnected, and he has come to America and is living here with me.
He initially decided to make this a six month visit, but loves the United States so much, that he feels he may very well like to stay here and become a citizen, get a job, go to school, and eventually start a family.
My question is this:
According to the USCIS website a child is automatically a US citizen if:
# At least one parent is a U.S. citizen or, if deceased, the parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of death.
# The U.S. citizen parent or his or her U.S. citizen parent has (or at the time of death had) been physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for at least 5 years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of 14.
# The child is under the age of 18 years.
# The child is residing outside of the United States in the legal and physical custody of the U.S. citizen parent (or, if the citizen parent is deceased, an individual who does not object to the application).
# The child is temporarily present in the United States after having entered lawfully and is maintaining lawful status in the United States.
The first 2 points are met easily. But in regards to the third, he is not under 18. He IS 18. Soon to be 19. And in regards to point 4, since he is over 18, he is an adult as far as american law is concerned, so custody is a non-issue.
At this point, since he is over 18, what does the citizenship process entail?
If there are some forms that I can fill out and send in to the USCIS, which forms would I need?
Please help, and thank you very much.
