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As someone who meets the third condition (one parent a US citizen and lived there for more than 5 years), it was really hard to convince the US that I was a US citizen. Every one I talked to told me to go to a country I hadn't been in since I was 5 and apply for citizenship through family sponsorship. This was more than 20 years ago and no one threatened to deport me.

After trying to get citizenship without leaving the country for about a year, I went to the post office and applied for a passport again, with every document that could possibly be relevant. The post office person looked through my pile of documents, declared my mother's passport good enough, stuffed it in the envelope, and a passport came in the mail for me. I think you may have explained to me how that worked out.



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