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Question about Child Citizenship Act of 2000
Kyougu
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This is a bit of a strange situation, and I'll preface it by saying that a lot of it is on me due to just not taking care of this years ago.
I was born in 1983 in Mexico, my mom being an American Citizen (though one that was only born here, not living here) and my dad Mexican citizen, who eventually became American Citizen.
We eventually moved here to the U.S, where I became a permanent resident, and that has been my status till now. I also had a resident card that had no expiration date and has been considered valid still, even if my picture is of me as a kid (And yes, I know I should have gotten that renewed years ago).
We now my DL expired, and my local DMV won't let me renew as they don't consider my Permanent Resident Card Valid. So I finally renewed it back in May, but it looks like it'll be months before i'll get my replacement. So I started looking at citizen options and came across the Child Citizenship Act of 2000; which I think I fall under.
I was under 18 before 2/2001 (by just a few months), lived with my parents and in the U.S (been living here since 2nd grade). Is it that easy? I'm just now a citizen?
If so, how does it affect it that I been acting as a Permanent Resident all this time, without realizing that I was possibly a citizen?
I was born in 1983 in Mexico, my mom being an American Citizen (though one that was only born here, not living here) and my dad Mexican citizen, who eventually became American Citizen.
We eventually moved here to the U.S, where I became a permanent resident, and that has been my status till now. I also had a resident card that had no expiration date and has been considered valid still, even if my picture is of me as a kid (And yes, I know I should have gotten that renewed years ago).
We now my DL expired, and my local DMV won't let me renew as they don't consider my Permanent Resident Card Valid. So I finally renewed it back in May, but it looks like it'll be months before i'll get my replacement. So I started looking at citizen options and came across the Child Citizenship Act of 2000; which I think I fall under.
I was under 18 before 2/2001 (by just a few months), lived with my parents and in the U.S (been living here since 2nd grade). Is it that easy? I'm just now a citizen?
If so, how does it affect it that I been acting as a Permanent Resident all this time, without realizing that I was possibly a citizen?
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Permanent resident cards with no expiration dates haven't been issued in a couple decades, and in 2007 USCIS proposed new rules requiring all residents with a non-expiring permanent resident card 120 days to apply for a new, term limited card (10 years). Since then, they haven't declared the cards invalid, but they have made every attempt to suggest they intend to do so and really dislike the non-expiring cards. The status of the non-expiring cards is debatable at this time, and you may get mixed results attempting to reenter the country with it. At this time, you may not considered to be carrying valid ID depending on the mood of the immigration control agent. USCIS is strongly advocating that these cards be pulled and denied going forward.
You are probably fine but this is absolutely not something you want to delay.
Lawyer. ASAP.
Oh yeah, I already renewed my permanent resident card for all the reasons listed above, just waiting for it to be processed.
But yeah, during my research I came across the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 thing act which made me question my whole status.