CRBA Question about Physical presence

[iamwhatiam80 92]

Friends,

I have a question about CRBA. I was reading the requirements to file CRBA on the New Delhi US Embassy website.

Read here

In one of the requirements it mentions that the USC parent should have lived in the US for 5 years cumulative physical presence.

In the case of a naturalized US citizen, does this mean that after becoming a USC, the parent should have lived in US for 5 years physically or could it be any status like Green card or H1B wherein the parent lived physically for more than 5 years before becoming a naturalized citizen.

And secondly what exactly does cumulative mean ?

Thank you very much for your answers.

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

It has to be 5 years of legal presence- greencard holder is fine, as long as you are a US citizen before the child's birth.

Cumulative means added together- so for example if you were born in the USA, spent one year there, then your parents left, then you came back and did 3 years of college in the USA, then left again, then came back in your thirties for another year that would be 1+3+1= 5 and you have enough physical presence.

[iamwhatiam80 92]

Thank you Penguin_ie

Much appreciated.

[Angeljay 8]

hi good eve. in filing DS-11, what permanent address is to be placed? the local abroad address? or the US address? thank u!!

[newacct 688]

Note that the 5 years requirement is only if only one of the parents is a U.S. citizen. If both parents are U.S. citizens, any amount of presence by either parent will be enough.