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kaizersose

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For my job I have to get a security clearance and I have to list whether my GF is a citizen or not. She emigrated from Belarussia in 1989 and has a US passport. Her parents are now citizens but she isnt sure if it was before or after she turned 18. What govt. office do you contact to figure it out?
 
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Originally posted by: kaizersose
For my job I have to get a security clearance and I have to list whether my GF is a citizen or not. She emigrated from Belarussia in 1989 and has a US passport. Her parents are now citizens but she isnt sure if it was before or after she turned 18. What govt. office do you contact to figure it out?
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if she wasnt born here she isnt a citizen. she will have to take the test to become one.
 
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kaizersose

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I understand that. However, if her parents became citizens before she turned 18, she automatically receives citizenship. This is why I need a way to check.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: kaizersose
I understand that. However, if her parents became citizens before she turned 18, she automatically receives citizenship. This is why I need a way to check.
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I dont think it happens that way.
 
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amoeba

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Originally posted by: Citrix
Originally posted by: kaizersose
I understand that. However, if her parents became citizens before she turned 18, she automatically receives citizenship. This is why I need a way to check.
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I dont think it happens that way.
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actually it happens exactly that way.

besides, she has US passport, thus she is a citizen.
 
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Originally posted by: kaizersose
I understand that. However, if her parents became citizens before she turned 18, she automatically receives citizenship. This is why I need a way to check.
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I'm in the same situation, I could never get a straight answer. (born out of US, came here when I was young, parents became citizens, got a passport before I became 18, now I'm 24 and I don't know if I'm a citizen. )

I never tested or filled out any papers to become a citizen.
 
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Tiqua

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You don't automatically become a citizen just b/c your parents do. My family emigrated to the US when I was 5. They became citizens when I was 12 or 13. When I turned 18, I had to either accept or reject the citizenship extended to me b/c of my parents. She should have a Naturalization papers if she became a citizen.

Tiqua
 
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Originally posted by: Citrix
Originally posted by: kaizersose
I understand that. However, if her parents became citizens before she turned 18, she automatically receives citizenship. This is why I need a way to check.
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I dont think it happens that way.
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and you thaught wrong.

IF she was under 18 when her parents got citizenship then there daughter recieved it also.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Citrix
Originally posted by: kaizersose
I understand that. However, if her parents became citizens before she turned 18, she automatically receives citizenship. This is why I need a way to check.
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I dont think it happens that way.
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You joking right? If her parents got citizenship before she was 18, she gets it too. Plus, in U.S., you have to be a citizen to get the U.S. Passport unlike some other countries..
 
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kaizersose

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Originally posted by: fivespeed5
I'm in the same situation, I could never get a straight answer. (born out of US, came here when I was young, parents became citizens, got a passport before I became 18, now I'm 24 and I don't know if I'm a citizen. )

I never tested or filled out any papers to become a citizen.
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this is the exact situation she is in.
 
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waggy

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Originally posted by: Tiqua
You don't automatically become a citizen just b/c your parents do. My family emigrated to the US when I was 5. They became citizens when I was 12 or 13. When I turned 18, I had to either accept or reject the citizenship extended to me b/c of my parents. She should have a Naturalization papers if she became a citizen.

Tiqua
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odd. i have known a few family's that came over from germany and there children were automaticly made citizens when there parents were.

edit:seems to agree with me.
 
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I am looking at the passport app form now and the first requirement is proof of US Citizenship.
 
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Tiqua

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Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Tiqua
You don't automatically become a citizen just b/c your parents do. My family emigrated to the US when I was 5. They became citizens when I was 12 or 13. When I turned 18, I had to either accept or reject the citizenship extended to me b/c of my parents. She should have a Naturalization papers if she became a citizen.

Tiqua
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odd. i have known a few family's that came over from germany and there children were automaticly made citizens when there parents were.
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Waggy you might be right. Here what I probably did, found this on the government site. You can get a document to say that you are a citizen.
 
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Shelly21

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We have a lot of retards today. ;)


short answer: IF you have a U.S passport, you are a U.S citizen.

long answer: .... (don't feel like wasting time)
 
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amoeba

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Think of it this way. When citizens go abroad, whats the one document they bring as proof of US citizenship? thats right, a US passport. Its all you need.
 
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Originally posted by: Tiqua
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Tiqua
You don't automatically become a citizen just b/c your parents do. My family emigrated to the US when I was 5. They became citizens when I was 12 or 13. When I turned 18, I had to either accept or reject the citizenship extended to me b/c of my parents. She should have a Naturalization papers if she became a citizen.

Tiqua
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odd. i have known a few family's that came over from germany and there children were automaticly made citizens when there parents were.
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Waggy you might be right. Here what I probably did, found this on the government site. You can get a document to say that you are a citizen.
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um.. where on either of those sites does it state that when the child becomes older than 18 he/she doesn't have to fill out any papers? If I'm blind please point it out!
 
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