Help Please! Birth Abroad to a US citizen Mother

[Bluefishie]

Hi I have a couple of questions regarding below statement. Would appreciate if anyone with experience could help. Thank you!

Birth Abroad Out-of-Wedlock to a U.S. Citizen Mother: A child born abroad out-of-wedlock to a U.S. citizen mother may acquire U.S. citizenship under Section 301(g) INA, as made applicable by Section 309(c) INA if the mother was a U.S. citizen at the time of the child's birth, and if the mother had previously been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year.
1. if other conditions met, and the mother was naturalized in July 2004, is her abroad born child eligible for acquiring a US citizenship through birth?

2. As for the "continuous period of one year", does the time spent in US prior to naturalization under permanent residency count?

Thanks in advance. Pls. help!

[Xkuger]

1. Based on your post it seems that the mother receved her citizenship thru naturalization, I though that for naturalization you needed to show 5 years of continous residency.

2. To show continous residence she must have lived in the US 5 years.

I do not believe continous residency applies to countinous residency as a US citizen... but to get legal help.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Not familiar with that one year clause. My son was born overseas and I (father not mother) had to show residence in the US for 5 years (3 before age 14, and 2 after). Regardless, I doubt the time she spent in the US prior to naturalization would count.

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(g) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years:

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After re-reading that clause, I suppose you could show all 5 years after the age of 14. That would have been easier than trying to dig up documents for before the age of 14 (in my case).