Jean Danhong Chen In some cases, you already have legal temporary residence status, for example because you have received your Green Card from another country such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Canada.

A person born in a foreign country and not entitled to citizenship can become a citizen through the naturalisation procedure. A person born outside the United States or who, as the child of a citizen parent, has not acquired US citizenship is subject to citizenship through either the immigration or naturalization process, but not both.