Are my children allowed to become US citizens together with me?
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Are my children allowed to become US citizens together with me?
I am a green card holder and I am legally entitled to become a US citizen several years earlier than my children are under 18 years old, unmarried, who also hold green cards but since a later time. Will my children be also eligible to become US citizens along with me even though they will not yet have their 5 years continuous residence requirement fulfilled?
Asked on November 8, 2016 under Immigration Law, New York
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SB Member California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Your children will automatically become US citizens the day that you naturalize if they are under the age of 18 even if they have been permanent residents for only 1 day before that. You will have to get naturalized and then you can apply for their passports or first for the certificate of citizenship if you want to have that as further proof of their status.
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