Is it too late to get a citizenship for me

To address your question about being "too late" for citizenship ... unless you lost your LPR status or committed an offense that was serious enough to permanently disqualify you from citizenship, it is never too late. Even if you didn't qualify through your father, you could still qualify on your own merit based on being an LPR for at least 5 years, even if you're 90 or 100.

That is not true. It is never too late for an LPR to get citizenship, but it certainly can get too late to qualify for some other immigration benefits, like becoming an LPR in the first place.

but it certainly can get too late to qualify for some other immigration benefits, like becoming an LPR in the first place


So you are saying there is a time limit on LPR. So if he wasn't a LPR now you are saying it's too late to become one through his father. I don't get what you are saying.....
 
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but it certainly can get too late to qualify for some other immigration benefits, like becoming an LPR in the first place


So you are saying there is a time limit on LPR. So if he wasn't a LPR now you are saying it's too late to become one through his father. I don't get what you are saying.....
In some circumstances waiting too late can make it extremely difficult to become an LPR. For example, if he wasn't an LPR now but was here illegally for years, at 27 it would be too late for him to obtain a GC via his father's sponsorship without leaving the US to wait out the 10-year ban. The ban could be even longer or permanent if they arrested and deported him before he left on his own. And then 10 years later his father might have left the US or not have enough finances to sponsor him. Whereas if he was just 20 he could apply as an immediate relative of a USC and file for AOS.

Or suppose somebody here illegally marries a USC. But they don't immediately file for AOS for whatever reason. Then before they get to file for AOS, they get deported. The marriage goes bad due to the 10 years apart, and they get divorced. The individual now has no other relatives in the US, and may be unable to get a GC via work. But if they filed AOS early enough after getting married, they would have been able to stay.
 
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So in a nutshell, YOU ARE AND HAVE BEEN A US CITIZEN SINCE YOU WERE 17. For jobs, you only need to show your unrestricted SSN and a state ID. So, as a citizen, apply for a US passport which will be proof of citizenship and a way to leave and re-enter the US legally, because you are no longer an LPR. Thai law allows for dual citizenship, so you can probably also remain a Thai citizen, but you cannot use your GC anymore. Good luck.
 
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