A child born abroad can acquire citizenship at birth when the citizen parent meets the applicable residence, physical-presence, parentage, and date-of-birth rules.
Sources: U.S. Department of State — Citizenship at birth abroad
Federal statute grants citizenship at birth to a person born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction.
Sources: U.S. Code — 8 USC 1401
A permanent resident married to and living with a US citizen for the three years before filing may naturalize after three years, instead of five.
Sources: U.S. Department of State — Citizenship at birth abroad
The standard route requires five years as a lawful permanent resident and at least 30 months of physical presence in that period.
Sources: USCIS — Naturalization for lawful permanent residents
Nonimmigrant status for nationals of treaty countries who invest a substantial amount of capital in, and develop and direct, a bona fide US enterprise. Granted in periods of up to two years with unlimited extensions, but it is not an immigrant category and provides no path to permanent residence.
Sources: USCIS - E-2 Treaty Investors
Employment-based fifth-preference immigrant visa for investors who invest at least USD 1,050,000 (USD 800,000 in a Targeted Employment Area) in a new commercial enterprise creating 10 full-time US jobs. Grants conditional permanent residence, with conditions removed after two years via Form I-829.
Variant of the EB-5 visa for investment through USCIS-designated regional centers, where up to 90% of the 10-job requirement may be met with indirect jobs. Most regional-center projects are structured in Targeted Employment Areas at the USD 800,000 threshold.
Created by Executive Order 14351 of 19 Sep 2025, the Gold Card treats an unrestricted gift of USD 1,000,000 (individual) or USD 2,000,000 (entity-sponsored) to the US Department of Commerce as evidence supporting EB-1 extraordinary-ability or EB-2 national-interest-waiver immigrant classification. Petitions are filed on Form I-140G after registration on trumpcard.gov.
Sources: USCIS - Form I-140G, Immigrant Petition for the Gold Card Program