Duggedised12:
Some European countries have this laws too ,so i dont see the fuss. And as for those running to give birth in the US, market don spoil o.

babeosisi:
God bless Trump.If you don't like it deal with it!
Non.citizens only need 6 weeks to.make their kids citizens?
He should.have made it 6 years

Cantonese:



If you cannot tell us then you do not know what you are talking about. Since you have the information and you are certain please tell us and let us check. Do no give what is called "follow follow information".

stevodot22:
All these our celebrities wey go get belle for naija come run go USA go deliver, I hope say u guys dey read this. Dem come turn my beautiful naija to fu*king ground only to go get citizenship for their children

oloriLFC:
So no reason for running to the USA again with heavy belle to goan give birth.

Odingo1:
That is not good idea, two American citizens having their child outside US, their child is supposed to be qualified automatically as US citizen if all evidence shows that they are the real owner of the child.

For foreigners giving birth in US, their child should wait till 18 years to qualify, that is the standard in EU.

Nigeria own is the most difficult one and need to amended since you cannot be a Nigerian unless if your parents or grandparents is a Nigerian.

Odingo1:
That is not good idea, two American citizens having their child outside US, their child is supposed to be qualified automatically as US citizen if all evidence shows that they are the real owner of the child.

For foreigners giving birth in US, their child should wait till 18 years to qualify, that is the standard in EU.

Nigeria own is the most difficult one and need to amended since you cannot be a Nigerian unless if your parents or grandparents is a Nigerian.

CanadaOrBust:


Babeosisi, mynd44, nothingdome, sunsets, skelewu, etc. the directive is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The only way is to amend the constitution which is almost impossible. The US constitution clearly states that anyone born on US soil is automatically a US citizen. If it were so easy to undo or modify other presidents would have done it long ago. Trump is playing games

seborrhic:
Soon as I read this here,I knew it couldn't be entirely or LIB didn't really understand what he or she read before writing it on the blog,as happens with many bloggers in Nigeria who don't really understand what they read and thus give it an interpretation based on their shallow understanding.
This policy will affect less than 100,some even say 25 people and is clearly not what LIB understood it to mean.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-administration-clarifies-policy-on-citizenship-of-children-born-abroad-to-american-servicemembers/2019/08/30/1b5d4e22-ca6b-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html?noredirect=on

Odingo1:
That is not good idea, two American citizens having their child outside US, their child is supposed to be qualified automatically as US citizen if all evidence shows that they are the real owner of the child.

For foreigners giving birth in US, their child should wait till 18 years to qualify, that is the standard in EU.

Nigeria own is the most difficult one and need to amended since you cannot be a Nigerian unless if your parents or grandparents is a Nigerian.

Who Nigeria epp?

NothingDoMe:
That's not what the policy is about. Have you read the link I provided on the policy?

CanadaOrBust:


I appreciate your providing a link but your link does not address what the OP posted (See below) which people have been commenting about:

Non-citizens are also expected to stay for at least 6 weeks in the US before their children born in the country will be considered citizens.

NothingDoMe:
Did you see that in the policy?!! I sent you the actual policy and you are still quoting Linda Ikeji? For real?

Odingo1:
That is not good idea, two American citizens having their child outside US, their child is supposed to be qualified automatically as US citizen if all evidence shows that they are the real owner of the child.

For foreigners giving birth in US, their child should wait till 18 years to qualify, that is the standard in EU.

Nigeria own is the most difficult one and need to amended since you cannot be a Nigerian unless if your parents or grandparents is a Nigerian.

CanadaOrBust:


Bros there are discussions all over the internet, people hyperventilating that 6 weeks presence is now required for US born to become citizen. You posted a link of USICS clarifying what “residency” means. I posted a statement that such a requirement would be unconstitutional. Decide for yourself which one resolves the issue.
Here is your post again:

“You got it right. However Linda didn't get the full scope of the policy.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/policymanual/updates/20190828-ResidenceForCitizenship.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjdu9bfwKzkAhXeVBUIHZUGCYMQFjANegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw0KjKKIDIzH3ZAjDuz3enhg “

Stay blessed

Commuters and Temporary Visits to the United States
Residence is more than a temporary presence or a visit to the United States. Therefore, temporary presences and visits are insufficient to establish residence for the purposes of transmitting citizenship.

Vacations or brief stays in the United States do not qualify as residence in the United States. [/b]However, attendance at school, college, or university in the United States for an extended period of time may be considered as residence in the United States depending upon the totality of the circumstances

[b]A U.S. citizen who was born in the United States generally meets the residence requirement as long as he or she can present evidence to demonstrate that his or her mother was not merely transiting through or visiting the United States at the time of his or her birth.9 For example, a long form birth certificate is sufficient evidence if it shows a U.S. address listed as the mother’s residence at the time of the U.S. citizen’s birth.

If a U.S. citizen’s birth certificate indicates that his or her mother’s address was outside of the United States at the time of the birth, USCIS may find that the U.S. citizen does not meet the residence requirement unless the U.S. citizen can prove U.S. residence.

Documents that can help demonstrate residence include, but are not limited to, the following:
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U.S. marriage certificate indicating the address of the bride and groom;
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Property rental leases, property tax records, and payment receipts;
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Deeds;
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Utility bills;
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Automobile registrations;
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Professional licenses;
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Employment records or information;
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Income tax records and income records, including W-2 salary forms;
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School transcripts;
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Military records; and
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Vaccination and medical records.

babytoun:


I had maintained that the policy does not affect those traveling travelling to the US to have their babies until i downloaded the pdf file in this link and read it thoroughly .

I cant find any reference to the 6 weeks requirement to prove residency as even the document cited a 2 month stay that was not sufficient to prove residency .

From what i see except this is challenged in court and set aside they are saying you cant just travel down have a baby and return to you country and have citizenship and residency status given to your child .

except if anyone has a better explanation for the excerpts below

CanadaOrBust:


Bottom line is that the constitution is very clear and gives no room for further interpretation:

The Citizenship Clause is the first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was adopted on July 9, 1868. It states verbatim:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

BTW kudos on your research, could u give a link

CanadaOrBust:


Bottom line is that the constitution is very clear and gives no room for further interpretation:

The Citizenship Clause is the first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was adopted on July 9, 1868. It states verbatim:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside ."

BTW kudos on your research, could u give a link

babytoun:


i think they are ready to test the word "RESIDE" in court taking into cognizance the intent of the framers of the constitution then

babytoun:


Now they are saying the residency status of the mother at the time of birth must be taken into consideration at the time of birth .

simply put a visiting mother is only PRESENT in the states but not a RESIDENT , to this end the child though born in the united states is not qualified . This will require higher legal interpretations but the letter of the amendment makes that clear.

The link is the one you provided above. it is an 11 page pdf document which i read .


https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/policymanual/updates/20190828-ResidenceForCitizenship.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjdu9bfwKzkAhXeVBUIHZUGCYMQFjANegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw0KjKKIDIzH3ZAjDuz3enhg “

Duggedised12:

Lol,OK let me clarify, unlike US where a child is automatically a citizen so long as the child is born there. What the US had was Unconditional citizenship but some other countries have put technicalites like for example ,one of the parent must be a citizen or settled in that country etc. That is what i was driving at.

Cantonese:


No problem bro. Please mention the country or countries.

Mynd44:
Basicaly, a child born to American parents in Nigeria is stateless.

Since they don't have US citizenship yet and Nigeria does not give automatic citizenship to people born in Nigeria and their parents or grandparents are not Nigerians

TS2:


Not true. Anybody born in Nigeria is a Nigerian citizen. You can be a Nigerian citizen through birth, naturalization and conferment of honorary citizenship