WalkingFish
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Okay I am pretty sure I am a U.S. Citizen but after getting into a conversation with someone who thinks they're a know it all i have a tiny bit of question in my mind. Here are the facts.
-Born in March 1989, In Turkey to a U.S. Citizen Mother (Born in NYC)
-Dont know father, left mother after i was born, not US Citizen
-Mother was 16y9mo old when she had me, of that time 16y8mo was lived in America (she was staying with family in turkey during last month of pregnancy with me)
According to that I am a US Citizen by Through birth abroad to one United States citizen, my mom met the requirements by living just over 2 years in the US after the age of 14, just squeezed that in lol
Here is where it gets tricky my family never reported my birth to the US embassy/consul in turkey (dooh, FOOLS! lol) so I entered the US with a perm. resident green card at about 1 years old and now live in the us for the past 18 consecutive years (19 y/o). When trying to go through the steps of naturalization a few years back because my family did not know of my inherent claim to U.S. citizenship we were turned away by the ins because i was already a us citizen. So I got a US passport instead. I have (1 year ago) renounced my turkish citizenship because I am now a contracted cadet in the US army and US DoD regulations state officers in the US military must give up their dual nationality in order to commission, so i did. I am also a registered voter and plan to vote in this upcoming election.
I figure if i were not a US citizen the Department of Defense would have picked up on it somewhere and not allowed me to contract in the us army as a cadet, I would not have been registered to vote when i sent in my online application, and i would not have gotten a US passport for the Dept of state.
Some wise guy tells me because i entered the us under a green card and i was not registered with the consulate that i had forfeited my us citizenship due to my moms mistakes. My Social security card had the INS thing on it but i went to the SSA and showed them my passport and had the INS restriction on the card removed. I just today sent in my application for a new passport since my old one expired and i got it before i was 16.
-Born in March 1989, In Turkey to a U.S. Citizen Mother (Born in NYC)
-Dont know father, left mother after i was born, not US Citizen
-Mother was 16y9mo old when she had me, of that time 16y8mo was lived in America (she was staying with family in turkey during last month of pregnancy with me)
According to that I am a US Citizen by Through birth abroad to one United States citizen, my mom met the requirements by living just over 2 years in the US after the age of 14, just squeezed that in lol
Here is where it gets tricky my family never reported my birth to the US embassy/consul in turkey (dooh, FOOLS! lol) so I entered the US with a perm. resident green card at about 1 years old and now live in the us for the past 18 consecutive years (19 y/o). When trying to go through the steps of naturalization a few years back because my family did not know of my inherent claim to U.S. citizenship we were turned away by the ins because i was already a us citizen. So I got a US passport instead. I have (1 year ago) renounced my turkish citizenship because I am now a contracted cadet in the US army and US DoD regulations state officers in the US military must give up their dual nationality in order to commission, so i did. I am also a registered voter and plan to vote in this upcoming election.
I figure if i were not a US citizen the Department of Defense would have picked up on it somewhere and not allowed me to contract in the us army as a cadet, I would not have been registered to vote when i sent in my online application, and i would not have gotten a US passport for the Dept of state.
Some wise guy tells me because i entered the us under a green card and i was not registered with the consulate that i had forfeited my us citizenship due to my moms mistakes. My Social security card had the INS thing on it but i went to the SSA and showed them my passport and had the INS restriction on the card removed. I just today sent in my application for a new passport since my old one expired and i got it before i was 16.