OBTAINING CITIZENSHIP THROUGH PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS

Immigration Attorney Carl Shusterman (Former INS Attorney 1976-82) discusses the laws which determine which persons born abroad are U.S. Citizens. In this video, Attorney Shusterman explains how persons can obtain U.S. Citizenship through U.S. Citizen parents and grandparents. The beneficiaries of such a process are known as derivative citizens.

Further information is available on our Citizenship page.