In order to convey US citizenship to a child born outside the country, ONE parent must be a citizen AND have resided in US for a minimum of five years after the age of 16. Obama’s mother was 19 when he was born and therefore unable to convey citizenship to Obama if he was born outside the country.
ONE parent must be a citizen AND have resided in US for a minimum of five years after the age of 16
Actualy it's now 2 years, but it was 5 when Obama was born, but it's after the 14th birthday, not after age 16. The citizen parent must have resided in US for 5 years total, which was 10 years when Obama was born. Both changes were made in 1986.
283 posted on 07/21/2009 4:05:58 PM PDT by El Gato