page_title: Honorary citizenship of the United States
hierarchical_section_title: Honorary citizenship of the United States
caption_attribution_description: Churchill's Honorary Citizen of the United States passport
context_page_description: A person of exceptional merit, a non-United States citizen, may be declared an honorary citizen of the United States by an Act of Congress or by a proclamation issued by the President of the United States, pursuant to authorization granted by Congress.
  Eight people have been so honored, six posthumously, and two, Sir Winston Churchill and Mother Teresa, during their lifetimes.
context_section_description: A person of exceptional merit, a non-United States citizen, may be declared an honorary citizen of the United States by an Act of Congress or by a proclamation issued by the President of the United States, pursuant to authorization granted by Congress.
  Eight people have been so honored, six posthumously, and two, Sir Winston Churchill and Mother Teresa, during their lifetimes.
caption: Winston Churchill's identification document as an honorary citizen of the United States, provided as a gift from President John F. Kennedy.  Though similar in appearance, it could not function as a passport.[1]
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