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@SandyPants604: after some quick researching I have found some documentation that may assist you. You say you were never "legitimized" but I do not know how you are defining that term or if your...

@SandyPants604, when did your father become a USC?

It doesn't matter that you never "applied" for anything before your 18th birthday - you don't have to apply before you were 18 you just need to have met the requirements before you were 18 (I didn't...

@SandyPants604: the laws allowing derivative citizenship change from time to time so I wouldn't be able to know where you potentially stood without those dates. In general, if a child's parents was...

@bomshika, this website lays out extradition to and from Ireland. It seems rather recent being published in June of 2010 and includes the EU. If this info was need for more than just conversations...

Nat_Ber: your questions,
Can this be used as identification, which is one of the requirements outlined on the DS-11 form?
-review the DS-11 section “Proof of Identity”. This will review what...

OK Nat_Ber, if what NYcityboy says is correct, it look like you are good to go. Now, "all you have to do" is file for a US Passport while in the US. I put quotes around "all you have to do" because...

Hi Nat_Ber,

First, unless your step-mother legally adopted you I don't think her citizenship status can assist you. I believe it must be a legal parent-if she legally adopted you then her status...

My situation:
-I am a Dual US/Canadian Citizen
-I work for a Canadian company, pay Canadian income taxes
-I live in the US (at least I am in the US 80% of the year, heading back to Canada once a...

Depends on when the parents became US citizens. If they became US citizens between 2/26/2001 - 5/24/1934 then both her parents had to have become USC before her 18th birthday, and she had to be a...

The rules I listed were for: 10/5/78 to 2/26/01, this would fall in line with when the father became a USC. It does not matter when the mother became a USC because the kids would have been over 18 at...

The rules I listed were for: 10/5/78 to 2/26/01, this would fall in line with when the father became a USC. It does not matter when the mother became a USC because the kids would have been over 18 at...

This is called Derivative Citizenship. Here are the rules:

a. Both parents must naturalize, or if only one parent naturalizes, the other parent must have been either a U.S. citizen at the time of...

Fed-ex just knocked on my door and I have my US Passport Book and my US Passport Card in hand! Happy Holidays!

On more point regarding applying in person: since it was my first passport application I had to apply in person. The rules clearly state that if one has never been issues a passport before they must...

Hi ScottGem,

Thx! In terms of what forms I filled out to apply for derivative citizenship: just to be clear, one does not "apply" for derivative citizenship. Derivative Citizenship is actually...

Hi All,

This should be my last post on this issue. After a long wait, I applied in-person for my US Passport on Oct. 22 2009, I received a call today from Passport Services. My US Passport...

Review the USCIS website for rules on visiting the US from Canada:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1260.html

Visa Requirements - Citizens of Canada, and Permanent Residents
...

This is what's called Derivative Citizenship (as you may have "derived" citizenship through your parent(s)). The laws of derivative citizenship have changed many times throughout the years in the US....

Check out the qualifications for derivative citizenship... simple? I think not: http://www.corporateprobono.org/archive/resources/resource1343.pdf

Anyway, thanks for all your feedback!

Yes, N-600, definitely, just a type-o

Not unsatisfied Scott, this is a very complicated process and what I'm interested in is debate. Yes, the "law" is the law, but what really matters is not what the laws says, but rather its...

Hi again guys, still dealing with the previous post issue. In the USCIS website doc: http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/A4eng.pdf
It also says: "If ONE of your parents naturalized after Feb. 27,...

Hi ScottGem, thanks for the reply. Please review this official USCIS document currently on the USCIS website: http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/A4eng.pdf

As you can see, on the last page, under...

Hi lawanwadee,

Actually, that is not correct. I am making a claim to U.S. derivative citizenship via my father (as I would have gained citizenship through my father before I turned 18). Thus, I...

Hello all, if an Immigration Expert or someone with personal experience or knowledge in the specific immigration issue reads this post I would appreciate any feedback.

ScottGem, I see that you are a computer expert. I was more interested in an Immigration expert answering my question. What is the chance of that?

In case ScottGem does not feel that the help I provided out balanced my punishment, here are the requirements for Derivative Citizenship. It is a URL link to a pdf file that is clean:...

Hi ScottGem, thanks for your reply. I am basically at the point where all I can do is apply for the passport and see what happens, so I guess I'll be doing that.

Regarding the removal of my...

I have been doing some in-depth research, and consulting with a number of attorneys, regarding my potential claim to Derivative Citizenship.

I believe I have broken the issue down to its "bare...