How to acquire American citizenship?

Foreign citizens need to apply to USCIS and legally obtain permanent residency. After passing the examination, you can join American citizenship.

There are three ways to obtain American citizenship:

1, the principle of place of birth. As long as a person is born in the United States, he can acquire American citizenship, thus acquiring American citizenship. -What Trump wants to cancel is this kind of citizenship.

2. The principle of descent. American citizens are recognized as American citizens as long as they have lived in the United States for 65,438+00 years and lived in the United States for 5 years after the age of 65,438+04, even if their children were born in foreign countries.

3. General principles. Foreigners who want to become American citizens must be at least 18 years old and have permanent residency for at least 5 years. If the spouse is an American citizen, he must hold a green card for at least 3 years, have basic English listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, understand American history and government, and have no bad records. Then apply for USCIS, take the American naturalization test and interview, and you can get American citizenship.