Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320) - USCIS
...The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (CCA) amended INA 320 and removed INA 321 to create only one statutory provision and method for children in the United States to automatically acquire citizenship after birth. [1]...
https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-4
U.S. Citizenship Under the Child Citizenship Act - Travel
...Eligible children who were born or adopted in a foreign country can obtain U.S. citizenship before age 18 under the Child Citizenship Act (CCA). A child who obtains U.S. citizenship under the CCA can apply for a certificate of citizenship and a U.S. passport....
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/child-citizenship-act-of-2000.html
Chapter 7 - Deriving Citizenship Before the Child Citizenship Act of ...
...Persons who were 18 years of age or older before February 27, 2001, do not qualify for citizenship under current Section 320 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). However, such persons may have derived citizenship through the relevant law in effect before the CCA....
https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-7
What Is the Child Citizenship Act of 2000? A Complete Guide
...The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 is a U.S. immigration law that grants automatic citizenship to specific categories of children, mainly foreign-born children of U.S. citizens, who meet a set of requirements....
https://blog.immigrationquestion.com/what-is-the-child-citizenship-act-of-2000-a-complete-guide/
Apply for Child Citizenship Act of 2000 | CitizenPath
...The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 provides an essential pathway for certain children of U.S. citizens to automatically acquire citizenship. However, there are legal nuances that may affect eligibility and application outcomes....
https://citizenpath.com/apply-for-child-citizenship-act/
Child Citizenship Act of 2000
...This new law, which had the strong support of the Department of State, greatly streamlines the process by which foreign-born children of U.S. citizen parents can become U.S. citizens when they did not acquire citizenship at birth....
https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2001/938.htm
Child Citizenship Act of 2000 - American Citizens Abroad
...Children born abroad before 27 February 1983 did NOT and cannot acquire US citizenship under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. This new law was highly encouraged by families adopting foreign children as its main effects are for adopted children entering the US with their new American parents....
https://www.americansabroad.org/child_citizenship_act_of_2000
Child Citizenship Act of 2000 - The Anwari Law Firm, PC
...This new law amended the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to allow certain foreign-born, biological, and adopted children of American citizens the opportunity to automatically acquire American citizenship when they enter the United States as lawful permanent residents (LPR)....
https://anwarilaw.com/immigration-services/united-states-citizenship/child-citizenship-act-2000/
Child Citizenship Act of 2000 - Immihelp
...The Child Citizenship Act (CCA) of 2000 states that certain foreign-born, biological, and adopted children of U.S. citizens are able to obtain U.S. citizenship automatically....
https://www.immihelp.com/child-citizenship-act/
Child Citizenship Act 2000 | Immigration Law Tampa Bay
...The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (CCA) is a U.S. federal law that makes it easier for certain foreign-born children to automatically become U.S. citizens ? without needing to apply....
https://immigrationlawtampabay.com/u-s-citizenship/child-citizenship-act-2000/