Who Has Citizenship By Birth?
Persons who are born in the United States are citizens at birth unless they are born to foreign diplomats. A person who is born abroad to TWO US citizens is a US citizen if both parents were …
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What is a motion to reopen?
If a person within the United States has been denied citizenship, a visa, or other lawful means of staying in the country, they may be ordered to leave the U.S. At the point the removal order …
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How Do Most People Become U.S. Citizens?
One way in which citizenship may be achieved is by birth in the U.S., or birth to parents who are U.S. citizens. If neither of these situations applies, one may pursue naturalization: the …
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Overstaying Your Visa
Visitors to the United States come to the US for a variety of reasons such as to work, to explore, to visit family or to get married. Many non-citizens wish to remain in the US beyond their visa time limit, but rather than take the proper legal steps or leave and return to the US, they will take the riskier step of overstaying their visa and staying below the radar of the …
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How do I become a U.S. citizen?
If you are born in the U.S., you are automatically a U.S. citizen. If you are not born in the U.S., however, you still may be able to become a U.S. citizen through the naturalization process. A naturalized U.S. citizen enjoys all of the same rights and protections as a U.S. citizen by birth. Among these rights is the right to vote, the right to hold an elected position or a …
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