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Hello, I was born in London but grew up in Illinois. I lived there between the ages of 5-15. My dad became an American citizen while I lived in America (I was about 12) however never filed paperwork for me. I remained an undocumented immigrant. I wondered whether his change in citizenship would have automatically made me an American or is this not the case since I was undocumented?
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Hello.
If your father naturalized after being a lawful permanent resident then you are not eligible for automatic citizenship unless you had lawful permanent residence living in the US and under the age of 18.
If he automatically received citizenship from one of his parents then there may be a way to transmit his citizenship to you.
Either way he can still file a petition for you to get lawful permanent residence, it just may take a while if you are over 21 years of age.
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Answered on Feb 10th, 2016 at 1:40 PM