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Regulation & law · 05/07/1996Updated: 10/18/2026 · 1 min read

Acquisition of Citizenship; Equal Treatment of Women in Conferring Citizenship on Children Born Abroad

Summary

The U.S. government has issued an interim rule allowing certain U.S. citizen women to confer citizenship on their children born abroad before May 24, 1934, at noon Eastern Standard Time, ensuring equal treatment under nationality laws. This rule aims to enable foreign-born children to obtain certificates of citizenship previously ineligible.

Original source language: Federal Register — Justice DepartmentOpen original release →

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