Today a Policy Alert has been issued by USCIS: The USCIS no longer considers children of U.S. government employees and U.S. armed forces members residing outside the United States as “residing in the United States” for purposes of acquiring citizenship under INA 320. This would also impact families registered as habitually residing abroad (missionaries or those living and working abroad) and expecting to register birth of the child abroad as a US citizen. The same for international surrogacy whereby the genetic material of one parent is a US citizen. It is strongly recommended that ALL intercountry adoptees secure their Certificate Of Citizenship immediately.
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