The child is under the age of 18. The child must be residing in the United States in the legal and physical custody of the U.S. citizen parent after having been lawfully admitted into this country as an immigrant for lawful permanent residence. If the child has been adopted, the adoption must be final. Children who have immigrated to the United States in order to be adopted become citizens as soon as the adoption decree is final. The order does not matter.
Citizenship is acquired automatically as soon as all of the requirements have been met.
As soon as the law's requirements have been met, the child acquires U.S. citizenship automatically without the need to apply for either a passport or a Certificate of Citizenship. By presenting a certified copy of a final adoption decree. Even though the requirements were met before the Act's effective date, citizenship is only acquired on that date. No. Reports of birth are issued only to children who acquire citizenship at birth. The U.S. citizen parent has been physically present in the U.S. for a total of at least five years, at least two of which are were after the age of 14.