Born in the Philippines but now a US citizen

[defeedme 4]

Hi not sure if I'm in the right place but maybe someone can help.. we just got back from sm north satellite immigration office & they refused to extend my 13yr old step daughter visa.. 

She was born in Philippines and is a naturalized u.s. citizen and has both valid passports, but not yet a dual citizen..

At first I thought she had a balikbayan stamp but they put "PP" 1year in her u.s. passport.

According to the rude lady at the satellite office she does not need an extension? Then why does it say "PP" 1 year ??? Any help is greatly appreciated 🙏

[Chancy 6,241]

4 hours ago, defeedme said:

She was born in Philippines and is a naturalized u.s. citizen and has both valid passports, but not yet a dual citizen..

 

Answered your other post --

 

[IWander 589]

On 10/6/2022 at 8:36 PM, Chancy said:

 

Answered your other post --

 

Which is a form of naturalization

[defeedme 4]

13 hours ago, IWander said:

Which is a form of naturalization

According to other experts here that's not true, there's a big difference. #1 there is no oath

#2 she is automatically a dual citizen

[IWander 589]

1 hour ago, defeedme said:

According to other experts here that's not true, there's a big difference. #1 there is no oath

#2 she is automatically a dual citizen

Naturalization is the acquisition of a citizenship that was not gained upon one's birth.  There are many forms of naturalization and not all require the taking of an oath.  Resident experts are not always correct

[defeedme 4]

12 minutes ago, IWander said:

Naturalization is the acquisition of a citizenship that was not gained upon one's birth.  There are many forms of naturalization and not all require the taking of an oath.  Resident experts are not always correct

Not sure who to believe at this point, according to other experts naturalization only occurs if you take an oath. You must give up your previous citizenship to get a "naturalization" certificate. They are 2 different things in my opinion.

[top_secret 2,399]

The difference is, the child automatically "acquired" US Citizenship by virtue of having a US Citizen Parent, being a minor, lawful permanent resident present in the US, in the custody of a US Citizen parent.  For the child it doesn't matter if the US Citizen parent naturalized or got their US Citizenship any other way.  All that matters is now they have a US Citizen parent and the other conditions are met, so voila ...... instant "acquisition" of US Citizenship.

 

Now for the Filipino Citizenship law side of it, the child was a Filipino Citizen at birth, "by blood" due to birth from a Filipino Citizen parent.  The child never did anything that would change that status.  There was no action by the child that in anyway would forfeit his birthright citizenship.  The fact that one day the child suddenly "acquired" US Citizenship by no action of his own does not impact their birthright Filipino Citizenship.