US CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Under United States Federal law (8 U.S.C. § 1401), a person is a United States national and citizen if: the person is born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

Detailed explanation-2: -Amendment XIV, Section 1, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution directs that all persons born in the United States are U.S. citizens. This is the case regardless of the tax or immigration status of a person’s parents.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to INA 320, a child born outside of the United States automatically becomes a U.S. citizen when all of the following conditions have been met on or after February 27, 2001: The person is a child of a parent who is a U.S. citizen by birth or through naturalization (including an adoptive parent);

Detailed explanation-4: -Under the 14th Amendment’s Naturalization Clause and the Supreme Court case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 US. 649, anyone born on U.S. soil and subject to its jurisdiction is a natural born citizen, regardless of parental citizenship. This type of citizenship is referred to as birthright citizenship.

Detailed explanation-5: -Children are legally considered US citizens if they are born to Indian parents with American citizenships. Apart from that, parents can generate derivative citizenship for children born in the US. Children are legally considered US citizens if they are born to Indian parents with American citizenships.