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Hello, forum! I hope you can help me out with a question. I have done some research and I think I understand most of it. Context As I'm posting this, I'm still a Green Card holder, but I actually have my oath ceremony tomorrow, so I'll officially be a US Citizen tomorrow. I have a daughter that's currently 9 years old and she lives in Mexico (where she was born) with her mom. My daughter currently doesn't have a Green Card, not even an American visa (never had one). I was already a US Permanent Resident years before my daughter was born, but not a Citizen. According to the information I've found, I'm aware my daughter is not eligible for automatic citizenship, I know that in order for that to be an option, my daughter needed to previously have a Green Card, so at the moment I become a Citizen, she would have had an "automatic" status upgrade, but I know this is not the case because of the following reasons: I wasn't a Citizen before she was born. She currently doesn't have a Green Card. Obviously, I'm interested in investing in my daughter's future and giving her this opportunity that a lot of people would like to have and doesn't, so, as far as I understand, the option I have is the following: My assumptions I can't request for her to become a Citizen without being a Permanent resident first. So I need to fill a I-130 form (Petition for alien resident) so she can become a Green Card holder and eventually a US Citizen. My questions Am I correct with my assumption, is that the process I need to follow in this case? If that's the process to follow, would she need to wait the usual 5 years after the Green Card before applying for naturalization or would it be less time in this case? Thanks in advance!