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Immigration Attorney in Annandale, Virginia Counsels on Citizenship

MARK MONACO HELPS ESTABLISH BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

The U.S. Constitution sets the requirement that any person serving as President or Vice-President of the United States must be a “natural-born citizen,” but does not define the term. The 14th Amendment declares, “All persons born…in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens….” But is “born in the United States” the complete definition of “natural-born”? Not according to Title 8 U.S. Code § 1401, which lists several circumstances under which children born outside the United States are nevertheless “citizens of the United States at birth:”

  • Anyone born outside the United States, both of whose parents are U.S. citizens, as long as one parent has lived in the United States
  • Anyone born outside the United States, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the United States for at least one year and the other parent is a U.S. national
  • Anyone born in a U.S. possession, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the United States for at least one year
  • Anyone found in the United States under the age of five, whose parentage cannot be determined, as long as proof of non-citizenship is not provided by age 21
  • Anyone born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a U.S. citizen who lived in the United States for at least five years (with military and diplomatic service included in this time)
  • A person born before 5/24/1934 of an alien father and a U.S. citizen mother who has lived in the United States

Each of these conditions creates an opportunity for a person to establish birthright citizenship, provided the circumstances can be precisely documented. Mark Monaco can assist in gathering the crucial facts to make a compelling case for birthright citizenship.

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To schedule a consultation with Mark J. Monaco, Esq., PLLC in our Annandale office, call us at 703-575-8488 or contact us online.

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