Child must have been lawfully admitted to the US. Lawful admission as
a non-immigrant is sufficient. Not required to be a lawful permanent resident.
Must be under 18 at time of naturalization and in custody of citizen parent(s).
Only one parent required to be USC.
Parent and child must be present within state or district of the INS
in the US. Citizen parent must have been physically present in US for
five years, at least two of which after the age of 14.
Note: If citizen parent cannot meet the physical presence requirement,
the physical presence of a citizen grandparent may be used to satisfy
requirement.
Good moral character presumed if child under 14 years of age.
No literacy, education requirements.
Adopted children eligible if adopted under the age of 16 and meet
definition of child at Section 101(b)(1)(E) or (F).
In most cases children of parents, or a parent, who naturalize automatically
becomes a citizen of the United States. INA, Section 320. The conditions
for automatic acquisition are:
