Right to U.S. Citizenship

Every year about 60,000 children are born overseas to a U.S. citizen parent. Of these, 90% acquire U.S. citizenship at birth while 10% do not if the U.S. citizen parents of these children have not fulfilled certain residency requirement in the United States, then their children are unable to attain U.S. citizenship. Depending on the country in which these children reside, they may be ineligible to obtain citizenship in the country of their birth, leaving these children stateless.

All U.S. citizens should enjoy the same right to transmit U.S. citizenship to all of their children at birth, including all children born to or adopted by a U.S. citizen abroad. Every year about 60,000 children are born overseas to a U.S. citizen parent. Of these, 90% acquire U.S. citizenship at birth while 10% do not if the U.S. citizen parents of these children have not fulfilled certain residency requirement in the United States, then their children are unable to attain U.S. citizenship. Depending on the country in which these children reside, they may be ineligible to obtain citizenship in the country of their birth, leaving these children stateless.

Submit your message by following these steps:

• Click "EDIT AND SEND EMAIL" in the box below to reveal the Contact form.

• Enter your last US residential address and click "Submit"

This is your US voting address – it is the address where you last lived at in the United States, regardless of whether or not you have any current ties to this address. If you aren’t sure what your US voting address is, click here.  Never lived in the United States so no US address? You may still qualify, see how here.

• Under the pre-formatted message, you can add your own thoughts about how citizenship policy affects you personally.  Click "Continue"

• Enter your Full Name and Email Address and click "Send"