Determination of U.S. Citizenship

Question 1

What are the Outlying Possessions of the United States?

Answer 1

American Samoa and Swains Island

Question 2

Are the Commonwealth Northern Marianas Islands part of the U.S?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

What is Jus Soli?

Answer 3

• Child born in the United States

- “Law of the soil”

Question 4

What is Jus Sanguinis?

Answer 4

Child born abroad to one or two USC parents may acquire U.S. citizenship automatically under certain conditions, including whether parents were married.

Question 5

What does Derivative mean when U.S. citizenship is trying to be acquired?

Answer 5

Child born abroad to alien parent and parent becomes naturalized can automatically derive U.S citizenship under certain conditions.

Question 6

U.S citizenship under jus soli does not apply to a child born when…??

Answer 6

• A visiting foreign sovereign (head of any state) during an official visit
• Foreign diplomatic officers on the State Department’s Diplomatic List
• On a foreign public vessel in U.S waters
• Invading enemy aliens in hostile occupation of the United States.

Question 7

Do you always have to take into consideration if someone claims to be a U.S.C?

Answer 7

Yes.

Question 8

If a LAPR applies to get their citizenship but gets denied what happens to their LAPR status?

Answer 8

They stay as a LAPR.

Question 9

Anyone at the POE applying for admission is considered what?

Answer 9

An applicant for admission.