My biological father is a US Citizen. How do I ask the court to grant me US Citizenship?

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A dear friend of mine's biological father left for the USA as a refugee a couple of days after she was born.  As he is Cuban we're aware that they are treated different.  We believe that he might be a US Citizen by now.
Her biological father did legally recognizer her as his daughter, and it shows on her birth certificate in our country.
She would like to start any sort of legal proceeding to have her father recognize her in the US as his daughter so she's able to claim US Citizenship.  What would be the proper way of going about this.  I'm aware that she will need to retain an attorney so you can elaborate more than that.

Penny · Accepted Answer

Sorry...but she can not obtain US citizenship--her father may/may not be a citizen.. but he was not born in the US and therefore she has no right to claim citizenship through decent.  She does not even know where he is?  If he would of been a citizen at the time of her birth--that would be a different situation.
It is good that she is going to obtain a lawyer-they will be able to assist her better.
She will need to enter the U.S. the same way every one else does,  through the immigration process.
good luck.

Anonymous · Answer

You have to be born in the US (if you are not a dependent of a diplomat) in order to claim US citizenship. Whatever your biological parents did is not relevant when they didn't form a family. The father can recognize anyone he likes as an offspring, but that would not automatically mean that he can transfer US citizenship (which he may have acquired in the meantime) to them.
Your friend can start the process and apply to emigrate to the US. For this there is enough information on the Internet.

Mandy · Answer

Regardless of where her father was born, SHE was born in Cuba making her a Cuban, NOT an American.  The court will not grant citizenship.  .

Ed · Answer

She would have no claim to citizenship since he was not a citizen at the time of her birth.  If she
communicates with him, she could ask him to petition for an immigrant visa for her.

pianojangee · Answer

Father has to file Petition for her immigrant visa. She doesn't get automatically US Citizenship through father, since his father was not US Citizen when she was born.

My biological father is a US Citizen. How do I ask the court to grant me US Citizenship?

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