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Do International Surrogacies Give Children Dual Citizenship?

January 3, 2022 by Donald C. Cofsky

Does an International Surrogacy Mean Dual Citizenship for Your Child? The U.S. State Department has long upheld a policy that denied citizenship to those who were born via surrogacy or IVF (in vitro fertilization), preventing children who were born in this way from obtaining dual citizenship. But now, thanks to the recent update in the […]

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Expansion of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000

February 2, 2016 by Donald C. Cofsky

In 2000 the Child Citizenship Act was passed which granted automatic US citizenship to children who were adopted abroad. Unfortunately the Act did not apply retroactively and therefore children who were already 18 when the Act went into effect would not obtain automatic US citizenship. This had many negative effects and as such Senators Jeff […]

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