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Green card update: DHS details requirements for new applicant category

The update restores evidence requirements and says applicants may need Form I-485, a birth certificate and proof of a parent’s foreign government employment.

Summary by Newsweek
The Trump administration changed who qualifies for birthright citizenship if a parent works for a foreign government.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) clarified the requirements for children born in the country of certain foreign government employees who do not automatically acquire U.S. citizenship at birth and seek permanent residency, known as Green Card.The update seeks to correct an omission in the regulations published when the DHS released in early September a rule amending immigration provisions related to the children of foreign governmen…

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Newsweek broke the news in New York, United States on Friday, September 18, 2026.
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