{"id":2418,"date":"2016-08-25T01:23:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T01:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.designbytracy.com\/roselawA\/?page_id=2418"},"modified":"2023-05-25T00:14:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T00:14:30","slug":"citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roseimmigration.com\/citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"leftbar-verdant\">The immigration officer looked suspiciously at our client \u2014 a young man of Mexican descent \u2014 and exclaimed: \u201cThere are only two ways to be a U.S. citizen. Either you were born here or you naturalized!\u201d The officer couldn\u2019t have been more wrong. Our client was a U.S. citizen at the time of his birth in Mexico, by way of derivation. His great grandfather had been born in the U.S. in the 1890\u2019s. Under the laws of derivation, his U.S. citizenship was passed down to our client\u2019s grandmother and later to his mother. And our client was a U.S. citizen as well. That\u2019s how a <a href=\"https:\/\/jmblawfirm.com\/deportation-defense-1\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;deportation defense attorney&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:4226,&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:11982760},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;}\">deportation defense attorney<\/span><\/a> saved him from being deported.<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Derivative Citizenship:<\/strong> Not everyone is as fortunate as our client described above, that is, to be born a U.S. citizen by way of derivation. Citizenship by way of derivation is one of the most complicated areas of citizenship law. At Rose Immigration Law Firm, we\u2019ve developed a niche in this area. In fact, we get great satisfaction from finding out someone is a U.S. citizen and doesn\u2019t need our services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Naturalization:<\/strong> Indeed, U.S. citizenship comes in many forms. The standard, of course, is birth in the U.S. That\u2019s citizenship guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Then the next most common way of obtaining citizenship is through naturalization. But the \u201cpath to U.S. citizenship\u201d is a rocky one (for a real-world example: go to the \u201cNews\u201d page of our website and click on the article \u201cLinda Rose Citizenship Op-Editorial\u201d). To become a citizen by naturalization, the foreign national must first be a Lawful Permanent Resident for five years (only three if married to a U.S. citizen). But that\u2019s not all. He must also prove a majority period of physical presence in the U.S. But that\u2019s not all. He must prove good moral character. But that\u2019s not all. He must prove knowledge of the English language. But that\u2019s still not all. He must prove knowledge of U.S. government and U.S. history, too. And then there are exceptions and variations to these rules depending on whether the foreign national is a military spouse, a religious worker, or of senior-age. As you can see, naturalization is a complicated process.<\/p>\n<p>But whether a citizen by derivation or eligible to naturalize, we look forward to assisting our clients in this final stage of the immigration process<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The immigration officer looked suspiciously at our client \u2014 a young man of Mexican descent \u2014 and exclaimed: \u201cThere are only two ways to be a U.S. citizen. Either you were born here or you naturalized!\u201d The officer couldn\u2019t have been more wrong. 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