Citizenship and Births
Acquisition Of United States Citizenship
Except for the children of diplomats accredited to the U.S. government, persons born in the United States are U.S. citizens at birth.
A person born outside the United States usually acquires U.S. citizenship at birth if both U.S. citizens natural parents were married at the time of the child’s birth.
A person born outside the United States may acquire U.S. citizenship if at least one natural parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of the child’s birth and the U.S. citizen natural parent had resided in the U.S. for a required period of time prior to the child's birth.
A person may obtain U.S. citizenship by immigrating to the United States and applying for naturalization after residing in the U.S. as a legal permanent resident for a minimum required period of time (usually five years).
An adopted child of a U.S. Citizen does not aquire U.S. citizenship automaticlly. The child will need to travel with an Immigrant visa. Please contact the Immigrant visa unit at: BuenosAires-IV@state.gov
For any other situation, please contact the Consular Section at: BuenosAires-ACS@state.gov
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Rosario Appointments
- On February 28, 2013, the Consular Section will be providing passport services in Rosario. If you are a U.S. citizen and would like to renew your U.S. passport, add pages in the passport, or register the birth of your child, set up an appointment by sending an e-mail (before February 25) to BuenosAires-ACS@state.gov; the subject line should read “Rosario Trip”. Include your name and phone number and we will call you back to confirm an appointment.