Does this legislation allow the actions of a foreign government to result in the granting of U.S. citizenship?
The simple answer is “no.” In order to become a citizen under the language of this bill, several criteria have to be met. First, the child has to be adopted by an American citizen. Second, the child has to be under the age of 18. Third, the adopting parent/s have to have been found eligible and suitable to adopt a child by the U.S. government. And finally, the U.S. government must determine that the child is eligible for adoption under the eligibility criteria provided in the bill. Citizenship would not attach until ALL these criteria were met with the final criteria being a determination by the United States government that the child is eligible for adoption. If the child is determined to have been fraudulently adopted or ineligible for adoption under the criteria provided in this bill, citizenship would not attach. It wouldn’t matter if the first three criteria were met, including an adoption decree being issued by the child’s country of origin, the child still would not be considere
