Children Born Overseas to US Active Duty Service Members No Longer Automatically Granted US Citizenship

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Children born overseas to United States active duty service members will no longer be automatically granted U.S. citizenship. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new policy change today, which states “two U.S. citizen government employee or U.S. service member parents” will no longer “transmit citizenship to their child at birth.” As a result, “parents of such children must [file certain forms and apply to] obtain a Certificate of Citizenship for their children.” The USCIS’s policy change causes a child “born to two U.S. citizen parents on a military base” to no longer be automatically granted United States citizenship. The update will go into effect on October 29, 2019.

  1. https://www.uscis.gov/news/fact-sheets/uscis-policy-manual-update
  2. https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12
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