Immigration Equality: New USCIS Policy Acknowledges Marriages of Same-Sex Couples and Their Right to Confer U.S. Birthright Citizenship to Their Children
August 11, 2021
August 11, 2021
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 -- Immigration Equality issued the following news release:
Last week, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a policy alert and updated their policy manual, removing the requirement that in order to confer U.S. birthright citizenship to their child, a married U.S. citizen parent must be biologically related to the child. Now, USCIS recognizes a child as a citizen from birth if they are biologically related to either a U.S. citizen spous . . .
Last week, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a policy alert and updated their policy manual, removing the requirement that in order to confer U.S. birthright citizenship to their child, a married U.S. citizen parent must be biologically related to the child. Now, USCIS recognizes a child as a citizen from birth if they are biologically related to either a U.S. citizen spous . . .