How to obtain American citizenship

According to the relevant laws of the United States, there are three main ways to obtain American citizenship:

1. Obtain American citizenship according to the principle of birthplace. According to the birthright principle, a person can acquire American citizenship as long as he is born in the United States, regardless of his parents' nationality. However, children born to families of foreign embassies and consulates in the United States cannot obtain American citizenship according to this principle.

2. automatically acquire American citizenship according to the principle of descent. That is, as long as American citizens have lived in the United States for 65,438+00 years, and among them, they have lived in the United States for 5 years after the age of 65,438+04, their children born in foreign countries also become American citizens at birth. Therefore, the original nationality of American citizens is actually a mixed principle, that is, the principle of birthplace and the principle of descent are adopted, and the principle of birthplace is the main one.

3. Obtaining American citizenship after applying for American citizenship for naturalization and other reasons is approved. Both of them are commonly referred to as native Americans, and both of them automatically acquire American citizenship because of their birth, that is, their original citizenship. But the United States is an immigrant country, with a large number of naturalized people, that is, foreign-born "Americans." According to the relevant laws of the US Congress, the basic conditions for naturalization in the United States are: at least 65,438+08 years old, must be a non-enemy national and legally enter the United States, obtain permanent residency and live in the United States for more than 5 years, and live in a state for at least 6 months. Those who meet the above requirements and wish to become American citizens should apply to the Citizenship and Immigration Bureau, which will examine them to prove that they have good moral character, reliable credit, basic English reading, listening, speaking and writing skills, and basic knowledge of American history, government structure and constitution, mainly important events, figures, government organizations and rights in American history, as well as the principles of the American Constitution and important amendments. It does not belong to any totalitarianism, extremism, terrorism or underworld organization. Naturalized citizens must swear allegiance to the United States, fulfill their obligations as American citizens, and give up their original nationality and loyalty to their original country (the swearing-in procedure is generally held irregularly, and people from different countries, nationalities and religious beliefs in the world will swear at the same time). After the swearing-in procedure, they can formally obtain a written document approved by the US government on the same day, which is also commonly known as "citizen paper".