Does a child living abroad get automatic citizenship when the parent applies?

I am applying for my naturalization and would like to know how to get it for my 8 year old daughter. She does not live in the US because of the fact she would have been illegal.


If I apply for my citizenship will she automatically get hers? If not what should I do for her to get her citizenship?Does a child living abroad get automatic citizenship when the parent applies?
It all depends on your situation you might be able to summit an N-600. Read the instructions to see if she qualifies. If she does not then you need to petition for her by summiting an I-130, then she will become a resident alien. Once she becomes a resident alien then you can summit the N-600 and she will be a U.S. Citizen. Check out this link for the information:





http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/m鈥?/a>Does a child living abroad get automatic citizenship when the parent applies?
No... Only if one of the parents were a US Citizen and you were legally married before his/her birth....
No, she will not get automatic citizenship under current law. You will have to apply for her.





If you meet the requirments at the bottom of the Department of State website below, you can apply to the USCIS for your child's naturlization also. You would have to get a nonimmigrant visa (tourist visa) for your child to take advantage of this provision.





If not, you will have to do the following: After you get your naturalization you must send in an I-130 immigration form to your local USCIS service center. The current processing time looks to be about 6 months. You do not have to wait for an immigrant visa to become available, since your daughter will be the immediate realtive of a US citizen. After that you will start to receive papers from the NVC (Nation Visa Center). You will have to send in a fee (currently $70) to process the sponsor form. Then you will have to fill out an I-864. You have to make enough to be able to sponsor your daughter. This is based on your last 3 years' tax returns and the size of your family. See form I-864 and I-864p on the www.uscis.gov website for information. After that you will receive a request for you to pay the immigrant visa fee for the consulate. This is normally between $300 and $400. Then you will get a form DS230 in the mail. You have to send that form back and all the additional information that is asked for.





After all this, you will get your appointment in the US consulate or embassy of the country where your daughter is located. After that you must take your daughter to the appointment. Usually you must also take her to a consulate approved doctor the day before so she can get a clean bill of health. Then you can bring her to the US with a temporary green card and you should get the permanent green card within 6 weeks by mail. The whole process could take about a year to 18 months if you work on getting everything done quickly. Also, it depends on how backed up the consulate is in your daughter's country of orgin. You might look in to applying for a K visa after sending in the I-130 if the consualte is way behind on immigrant visa appointments.





According to the Child Citizenship Act of 2000, after your daughter is in the US with a green card, then she can get automatic citizenship. (odd, but that's the way it works). You can request a certificate of citiznenship or just apply directly for the passport. The information is on the link to the Department of State below.
i think she has to apply too





unless you get approved and naturalized and have your child in america, then she gains citizenship by the 14th amendment