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wackyteen posted...

But in a 2022 denial letter, the agency stated Klass didnt provide enough evidence to prove his father lived in the U.S. for 10 years before Klass was born, which is a requirement for a child seeking citizenship through a parent.

This is the part that's getting him in trouble, but I don't know where they're getting ten years from. The law states five years.

8 USC 1401:

[The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:]

(e) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1401

If his dad had moved to Canada before he (the father) turned 16 and stayed there until his son was born, then the son wouldn't be considered an American citizen himself.