My wife who qualifies for expeditious naturalization has two children, age 11 and 16. Can they also apply?
Children who have not yet reached their 18th birthday will automatically become U.S. citizens when their mother naturalizes, if the children are residing in the United States in her legal and physical custody pursuant to a lawful admission for permanent residence. If the American citizen father adopts his wife’s children, they too would automatically naturalize as U.S. citizens provided that (a) they had been adopted prior to reaching the age of 16;(b) had been in his legal custody and had resided with him for two years; and(c) were in his legal and physical custody in the United States as lawful permanent resident aliens.
