How to Get Automatic Citizenship for Child ?

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What is automatic citizenship? Automatic citizenship refers to the process by which certain children can acquire citizenship through their parents, but not at birth. Instead, a series of events occur that cause the child to become a U.S. citizen by operation of law. In fact, it is not unusual for a person to acquire U.S.…

The Child Status Protection Act

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a decision significantly affecting the interpretation of the Act; please see my blog post on this decision for more details. The “Age Out” Problem The Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) is primarily intended to address the “age out” problem resulting from the Immigration and Nationality Act’s definition of a…

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) – Renewal Process Announced

Today, the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the much-anticipated renewal process for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The process is effective immediately, which is important, because the first batch of DACA recipients will have their statuses expire in September of 2014. More details on the renewal process, and…