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This is a tough question because it depends upon how long your
mother was in the US before you were born. I have included a
chart you can use. I agree that the chart is unformatted but if
you save it to a file and open it in WORD, it will appear correct
and properly formatted. I could have sent it as an attachment
but to many filters are knocking attachments off their system.
In your case
STEP 1 you will go down the left hand side of the chart and
find the dates Dec 24, 1952 50 Nov 14, 1986 as your time period.
STEP 2 you have one US Citizen parent
STEP 3 you will find that your mother had to have lived in the
US for ten years before you were born AND FIVE of those years
have to be after she turned 14. That means that if she came to
Canada at age 18, you can NOT be a US citizen (have one of those
right now).
STEP 4 If mother came at 20, you just assemble the paperwork
and ask for a US passport.
Remember - to read the chart below, goto File above and save this
whole email as an HTML document.
You should then be able to pick it up in any word processor which
reads HTML.
Aug 16, 2003
www.centa.com
NATURALIZATION CHART
For determining whether LEGITIMATE CHILDREN BORN OUTSIDE The U.S.
acquired U.S. citizenship at birth.
PERIOD | PARENTS |
RESIDENCE REQUIRED OF:
| | PARENT
or | CHILD
STEP 1 |STEP 2
|STEP 3 | STEP 4
Select | Select |
Measure citizen parent's residence |
Determine whether child
period in | applicable
| against the requirements for the | has
since lost U.S.
which | parentage |
period in which child was born. |
citizenship. (The child
child was | | (The
child acquired U.S. citizen- | lost on the
date it became
born. | | ship at
birth if, at time of the | impossible to
meet the
| | child's birth,
citizen parent had | necessary
requirements,
| | met applicable
residence | never before age 26.)
| | requirements.)
|
Prior to | one parent
| Citizen parent had resided in the |
None.
05/24/34 | US citizen
| U.S. (Originally only fathers could |
| | transmit:
mothers added Oct.94) | (see note (5))
On/after | Both are
| One had resided in the U.S. | None.
05/24/34 | citizens
| |
& prior to | One citizen
| Citizen had resided in the U.S. | 5
year's residence in the
01/13/41 | one alien
| | U.S. or its outlying
| parent. |
| possessions between ages of
On/after | One citizen
| Citizen had resided in U.S. or its | 13
and 21. OR. 2 years'
01/13/41 | one alien
| outlying possessions 10 years, at |
continuous presence in
and prior | parent.
| least 5 of which were after age | U.S.
between ages 14 and
to | | 16, or if
citizen parent served | 28. (NONE, if at
time
12/24/52 | |
honorably in U.S. Armed Forces: | of
child's birth, citizen
| |(1) between
12/07/41 and 12/31/46 | parent was
employed
| |(5 of the
required years may | by a specified U.S.
| | have been
after age 12); or note (2) | organization.
This
| | between
12/31/46 and 12/24/52, | exemption is not
applicable
| | parent needed
10 years physical | if parent transmitted
| | presence, at
least 5 of which | under *(1) or *(2)
opposite.)
| | were after age
14. | Notes (1). (2). and (4).
| Both are | One
had resided in the U.S. or its | None.
| US citizens
|outlying possessions. |
On/after | Both are
| One had resided in the U.S. or its |
None.
12/24/52 | citizen
| outlying possessions note (3). |
& prior to | One citizen
| Citizen has been physically present in
| None.
11/14/86 | one alien
| US or outlying possessions 10 years, |
| parent. | at
least 5 which are after age 14 note (3). |
On/after | Both are
| One had resided in the U.S. or its |
None.
11/14/86 | citizen
| outlying possessions |
| One citizen |
Citizen has been physically present in I None.
|
| one alien | US
or outlying possessions 5 years, |
| parent. | at
least 2 which are after age 14 note (3). |
1. Absence of less than 60 days in the
aggregate (total) will not break continuity of physical presence
for this purpose. Honorable service in US armed forces counts as
residence or physical presence.
2. No specific period of residence is
required if alien parent naturalized before child reaches 18
years and child begins to reside permanently in U.S. prior to
18th birthday.
3. Physical presence abroad of dependent
unmarried son or daughter as member of household of a person
serving honorably in U.S. Armed Forces or employed by U.S.
government or international organization may be counted as
physical presence.
4. The retention requirement was repealed
by Act of 10/10/78. Persons who had on
10/10/78 failed to retain are relieved from having to do so.
Those who have previously lost citizenship by a failure to
satisfy retention requirements of the Acts of 1934, 1940, and
1952 may NOT be reinstated.
5. Until Oct 20, 94, only father could
transmit. Changed with President Clinton signing the Technical
Corrections Bill giving citizenship to children of US citizen
mothers.
(Aug 16, 2003 recreated from official US documentation for the
CEN-TA-PEDE. newsletter of the CEN-TA GROUP,
108-100 Park Royal South, West Vancouver, BC, CANADA V7T 1A2
www.centa.com PH (604) 980-0321 [email protected]).
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