Am I a "natural born citizen"... figured I'd ask some lawyer Forum

[gaucholaw]

(disclaimer: no, I don't want to be POTUS, I'm just curious about my status

Situation:

1. born in European country
2. mother is 100% American and imigrated there
3. father grew up in this european country.... but his mother was an American who had immigrated there as well
thus, both parents have U.S. citizenship and always have
4. I was born in said European country.... to two U.S. citizens
and have grown up in the U.S.

am I natural born? ... I'm pretty sure the layman's interpretation of having to be born on U.S. soil is bullshit,

[rinkrat19]

The Congressional Research Service says that "natural born" just means you were a citizen at your birth, not naturalized later, and doesn't have anything to do with the PLACE of your birth. So, yes.

[gaucholaw]

that's what I always thought! Pisses me off when people say that I had to be born here

[rinkrat19]

that's what I always thought! Pisses me off when people say that I had to be born here

I think you'll find that those people are frequently also convinced that Obama was born in Kenya. Reality's a bitch.

[Doorkeeper]

that's what I always thought! Pisses me off when people say that I had to be born here

John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone, and obviously he's considered a natural born citizen.

[gaucholaw]

that's what I always thought! Pisses me off when people say that I had to be born here

John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone, and obviously he's considered a natural born citizen.

yea, although the only difference there is technically he was born on a military base, which i think is considered U.S. territory

[A. Nony Mouse]

Yeah, I was born in England, my dad was American (living there for work, not immigrating), my mom was a Brit, and I'm a "natural born" American. My dad had to file a "Notice of American Citizen Born Abroad" or something called something like that.

[NanaP]

I have to ask, senator Ted Cruz was born in Canada, can he run for president?

[notedgarfigaro]

that's what I always thought! Pisses me off when people say that I had to be born here

John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone, and obviously he's considered a natural born citizen.

yea, although the only difference there is technically he was born on a military base, which i think is considered U.S. territory

it's actually not. Hence why the "natural born" controversy should have pissed off every single military member.

[rinkrat19]

I think Embassies are considered sovereign territory but overseas US military bases are still host country land (and there are agreements/treaties with the host countries to govern which laws apply, etc.)

I am like the opposite of an expert, though.

[The Brainalist]

I think Embassies are considered sovereign territory but overseas US military bases are still host country land (and there are agreements/treaties with the host countries to govern which laws apply, etc.)

I am like the opposite of an expert, though.

"inpert" or "endopert"

As in, "I am a latin endopert."

[NYstate]

(disclaimer: no, I don't want to be POTUS, I'm just curious about my status

Situation:

1. born in European country
2. mother is 100% American and imigrated there
3. father grew up in this european country.... but his mother was an American who had immigrated there as well
thus, both parents have U.S. citizenship and always have
4. I was born in said European country.... to two U.S. citizens
and have grown up in the U.S.

am I natural born? ... I'm pretty sure the layman's interpretation of having to be born on U.S. soil is bullshit,

You don't have to be born on US soil but there are requirements of physical presence in the US for a child to be a citizen.

Are you sure your father is a US citizen? Does he have a US passport? The law changed in 1986. It used to require presence in the US for certain longer time periods. If your Dad is not a citizen and you were born after 1986, then all you need is for your mother to have been present in the US for at least five years, two after she was 14. I think she probably satisfies this
Check this out:

A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) of the INA provided the U.S. citizen parent was physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen, is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen, is required for physical presence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.) The U.S. citizen parent must be genetically related to the child to transmit U.S. citizenship.

The easiest thing to do is apply for a passport if you don't already have one.

[Tom Joad]

I have to ask, senator Ted Cruz was born in Canada, can he run for president?

+1

If he can't run, we should change the law to let him.

[stillwater]

I have to ask, senator Ted Cruz was born in Canada, can he run for president?

+1

If he can't run, we should change the law to let him.

He cannot.

[sublime]

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[Tom Joad]

I have to ask, senator Ted Cruz was born in Canada, can he run for president?

+1

If he can't run, we should change the law to let him.

He cannot.

I guess he will have to settle for SCOTUS.

[A. Nony Mouse]

I have to ask, senator Ted Cruz was born in Canada, can he run for president?

+1

If he can't run, we should change the law to let him.

He cannot.

Sure he can.

[BelugaWhale]

yeah he can, mom was a US citizen

[sublime]

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[A. Nony Mouse]

Age and Citizenship requirements - US Constitution, Article II, Section 1

No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.

So are you saying this means Cruz can or can't run for president?

[BelugaWhale]

Age and Citizenship requirements - US Constitution, Article II, Section 1

No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.

So are you saying this means Cruz can or can't run for president?

quote is pretty much worthless since the whole debate is over what "natural born" means

[stillwater]

only reason i said cannot, in the sense it is debatable, is that people questioned whether or not McCain could, to military parents in the US Canal Zone. So it seems this question is far from settled.

[A. Nony Mouse]

Well, as noted above, people also think Obama was born in Kenya...I would think if anyone really questioned whether McCain could have become president, he wouldn't have been the GOP nominee.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc ... us/275469/

[JamMasterJ]

natural born means in a bathtub HTH

[stillwater]

Well, as noted above, people also think Obama was born in Kenya...I would think if anyone really questioned whether McCain could have become president, he wouldn't have been the GOP nominee.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc ... us/275469/

SAY IT AINT SO!!!!!!!