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"The document lists Barry Soetoro as a Indonesian citizen, born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu"
Honolulu, Hawaii?
Isn't that part of the USA?
4. December 24, 1952 to November 13, 1986
If, at the time of your birth, both your parents were U.S. citizens and at least one had a prior residence in the United States, you automatically acquired U.S. citizenship with no conditions for retaining it.
If only one parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of your birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for at least ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16. There are no conditions placed on retaining this type of citizenship. If your one U.S. citizen parent is your father and you were born outside of marriage, the same rules apply if your father legally legitimated you before your 21st birthday and you were unmarried at the time. If legitimation occurred after November 14, 1986, your father must have established paternity prior to your 18th birthday, either by acknowledgment or by court order, and must have stated in writing that he would support you financially until your 18th birthday.
Am I a U.S. citizen?
You are if you were born in the United States, which is the easy way, or if you have been naturalized, which is the hard way.
The easy way is to have been born in the United States, no matter where your parents were born. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says you are a citizen of the United States and of the state in which you were born. That gives you two levels of legal protection, two levels of democratic participation, and two levels of laws to obey.
Honolulu, Hawaii?
Isn't that part of the USA?
4. December 24, 1952 to November 13, 1986
If, at the time of your birth, both your parents were U.S. citizens and at least one had a prior residence in the United States, you automatically acquired U.S. citizenship with no conditions for retaining it.
If only one parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of your birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for at least ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16. There are no conditions placed on retaining this type of citizenship. If your one U.S. citizen parent is your father and you were born outside of marriage, the same rules apply if your father legally legitimated you before your 21st birthday and you were unmarried at the time. If legitimation occurred after November 14, 1986, your father must have established paternity prior to your 18th birthday, either by acknowledgment or by court order, and must have stated in writing that he would support you financially until your 18th birthday.
Am I a U.S. citizen?
You are if you were born in the United States, which is the easy way, or if you have been naturalized, which is the hard way.
The easy way is to have been born in the United States, no matter where your parents were born. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says you are a citizen of the United States and of the state in which you were born. That gives you two levels of legal protection, two levels of democratic participation, and two levels of laws to obey.