On Feb 19, 10:22 pm, "RHF" wrote:
On Feb 19, 6:01 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:



"dxAce" wrote in message

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David Eduardo wrote:

"Steve" wrote in message
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We've seen him confused now about his own job title,

A typo is not confusing to me. Apparently it is to you

his ethnicity

Ethnically, I am Irish and Celt. There is no confusion there.

and
now the citizenship of his daughter

She is a born dual national, who never exercised her rights to American
citizenship. Not exercising a right is not the same as not having it.

Then why were you insisting that she had dual citizenship?

By US law, and even by the information posted by a knowledgeable poster this
morning, she does. She chose, however, not to use it Under the laws of her
country, she is only Ecuadorian; apparently the US system sees it
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DE,

Q # 1. First - Was her Mother also an American ?
- - - Usually -if- noth Parents are Native Born Americans
{Physically Born in the USA} - You Are An "America-by-Birth-Right".

That's true as long as at least one of the parents has resided in the
US at some time in their lives.

When only one parent is a US citizen, then the requirements for
passing citizenship to the child vary depending on whether the parents
were married at the time of the birth, as well as how much physical
presence the US citizen parent had, in the US, prior to the birth.
The required amount of physical presence has changed over the years.

It should be noted that IF the requirements for citizenship are met,
then the child is automatically a US citizen from birth. It's not an
option that they can choose to take if they wish.

Q # 2. Or - Was her Mother 'other-than' an American ?
Q # 2a Is she now over the Age of 21 Years ?
IIRC -if- she 'never' exercised the Privilege-of-America-Citizenship
before or upon turning the Age of 21 years - - - She may have 'lost'
that "Privilege" {Option}.

There is no requirement to exercise US citizenship by the age of 21 in
order to keep it. There was, prior to 1978, a requirement for a US
citizen born abroad of US parentage to move to the US and live there
for at least five years by age 28, in order to preserve their US
citizenship. But that law was repealed in 1978. It wouldn't have
affected anyone who didn't reach their 28th birthday by then.