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.