hello, new to the board, just wanted some advice. although i am realistic, i have found that a couple of other boards i have asked questions on have been so negative and quite frankly rude with answering! i am not looking for someone to tell me that something is going to be ok, when it is not, but there are ways to say things if you know what i mean!
basic history - im married, 3 kids, work as an office manager (suppsoe an unskilled worker) hubby is a part qualified accountant and we also run a hobby business on the side which profits about 20K a year so not hugely profitable but ok as its a hobby business!
my mother was born in the states to an american father and an english mother in wedlock. they divorced when my mom was 18 months old and she, her mother and two siblings moved abckto england. mom came back on her brothers us passport.
mom did not go abroad until she was 34 (i was 6 years old by this time) and since her first trip abroad was back to the states to meet her father, she had to go to the us embassy and get a us passport and be "sworn in" as an american citizen.so is called as an american. she has no plans to go back and reisde.
i have been looknig into citizenship transmission and there doesnt seem to be much hope for me as mom didnt live there long enough for me to qualifiy. however i have ehard that grandparents can sponsor you but it doesnt look like they can over the age of 18? i have also signed up as a member of the AARA as they are donig a lot of work on rightful transmission from parent to child.
basically i am wondering if there is anyone on here who could help me look into citizenship via my grandparents (who are still alive) and whether i have any hope of going down this route? if not then we will have to go down the e-2 visa route as this will be our only way in, but i really dont want to! i do feel that i should be entitled to citizenship, especially considering that under 18's can get citizenship through grandparents even if they have never stepped foot on american soil!
please help!!!!
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