We’re hearing news that Wednesday, Trump’s administration announced that children of military servicemembers born overseas may no longer be granted automatic US citizenship… the details are still unfolding, but here is a round up of what is being reported on this breaking topic:
Task and Purpose reports:
“Children born to U.S. service members and government employees overseas will no longer be automatically considered citizens of the United States, according to policy alert issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Wednesday.”
From MSN.com:
“The new rule will not apply to children who acquire citizenship at birth or while residing in the United States, according to the guidance. That includes children born abroad to U.S. citizens who have resided in the United States at some point in the past five years.
The new policy guidance states that USCIS “no longer considers children of U.S. government employees and U.S. armed forces members residing outside the United States as ‘residing in the United States’ for purposes of acquiring citizenship under INA 320.”
The guidance states that “U.S. citizen parents who are residing outside the United States with children who are not U.S. citizens should apply for U.S. citizenship on behalf of their children under INA 322, and must complete the process before the child’s 18th birthday.”
From CBS.com:
The agency will no longer consider children of U.S. government employees and the U.S. armed forces residing outside of the United States as “residing in the United States” for purposes of requiring citizenship.
From Business Insider:
According to USCIS, previous legislation also explicitly said that spouses of service members who were living outside the US because of their spouses were considered residing in the US, but “that no similar provision was included for children of U.S. armed forces members in the acquisition of citizenship context is significant.”
This new policy is supposed to take effect beginning October 29th, 2019.
We will continue to update this page as the story unfolds.