Good evening,
So I’ve been wondering for a few days now, to make this simple,
I’m a US born citizen living overseas, however my parents aren’t US citizens. I study in an American High School in Peru, speak English fluently and so on, (I’m 15)
However the issue is that we don’t have a billing address or residence in the US. We constantly travel there but we sometimes we have some issues in customs, as I have to go with my mother in the non US citizens line, and yes that generates some troubles, in the last 10 times I’ve visited the US, we’ve gotten stopped in customs like 2-3 times, they interrogated us, checked our bags and after some 30 minutes we were free to go.
My questions here are;
If I travel with my mother, can I go through the US Citizens line in customs without any problems by myself? (She’d have to go through the non US citizens line)
Am I considered a US citizen despite not living in the US for quite some time or not at all?
I wanna finish high school here in Peru, do my International Baccalaureate and then go back to the US to find a good university, what are the procedures to re-enter the US, or are there none?
Can I rent/buy a home in the US from Peru so when I go through customs I have an address?
Thank you for your help, it’s really appreciated as I’m really damn confused on what to do.
So I’ve been wondering for a few days now, to make this simple,
I’m a US born citizen living overseas, however my parents aren’t US citizens. I study in an American High School in Peru, speak English fluently and so on, (I’m 15)
However the issue is that we don’t have a billing address or residence in the US. We constantly travel there but we sometimes we have some issues in customs, as I have to go with my mother in the non US citizens line, and yes that generates some troubles, in the last 10 times I’ve visited the US, we’ve gotten stopped in customs like 2-3 times, they interrogated us, checked our bags and after some 30 minutes we were free to go.
My questions here are;
If I travel with my mother, can I go through the US Citizens line in customs without any problems by myself? (She’d have to go through the non US citizens line)
Am I considered a US citizen despite not living in the US for quite some time or not at all?
I wanna finish high school here in Peru, do my International Baccalaureate and then go back to the US to find a good university, what are the procedures to re-enter the US, or are there none?
Can I rent/buy a home in the US from Peru so when I go through customs I have an address?
Thank you for your help, it’s really appreciated as I’m really damn confused on what to do.