Child Citizen Act

This law confers United States citizenship automatically to foreign-born children adopted by citizens of the United States.

Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (PL 106-395) amends the Immigration and Nationality Act so as to confer U.S. citizenship automatically to foreign-born children adopted by citizens of the United States.

The child must meet the following requirements:

• Have at least one American citizen parent by birth or naturalization;
• Be under 18 years of age;
• Live in the legal and physical custody of the American citizen parent; and
• Be admitted as an immigrant for lawful permanent residence.

To read the specifics of this Act, please visit the website link Child Citizenship Act.