A child, born to American parents, grows up on military bases not in the US, meets and marries another US citizen, can these parents confer US citizenship on their children?
A child, born to American parents, lives and grows up on American military bases in Europe and Asia, but never in the US. This child meets and marries another US citizen with similar circumstances, can these parents confer US citizenship on their children?
Answer
These parents, even though they are both US citizens, will have difficulty conferring US citizenship on their future children because neither of them has acquired “US residency.” They will however, have acquired US presence time and may be able to confer US citizenship because of this.