Diplomat's son citizenship

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rick_hunter

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Hi, I'm a diplomat's son who was born in the US while my father was on duty, so he appears in the Blue List. According to US law, I'm not entitled to US native citizenship. I can only become a US citizen by naturalization. Still, I think this is unfair, because I was born in the same soil as any other US citizen. Yet, I'm not like the rest.

I feel discriminated. I think it is unfair that I have to naturalize to become a citizen. And I don't want to. I feel like a rejected/illegitimate son of this country. Besides, if I have to naturalize, I will never be able to run for president.

Does anyone know any way in which I can become a legal citizen without naturalizing? Can anyone help me?

Thanks!
 
It's not unfair at all. You and your father were not subject to us law at the time, being diplomats, and as such you cannot claim to be a citizen based on the 14th amendment.
 
That's how most diplomatic arrangements work. The children born to diplomats are citizens of their parents' country(ies), not of the country of birth, and the diplomats are exempt from taxes and other laws of the country in which they work.

You could become a US citizen without the naturalization process if you're still under 18 and your parents gave up their diplomatic status and became US citizens. But before that you'd still need to go through the green card process.
 
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