Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

Re: A way to US Citizenship

Dear Inquirer:

No. US Citizenship is not automatically conferred by adopting US citizen children.

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Re: A way to US Citizenship

Most definitely not! If you give up your parental rights, you're giving up your relationship with your children. I wouldn't do that because someone I'm divorces asks that of me! Your children might get U.S. residence or citizenship, but you and your ex-wife would not get anything legally from them - immigration status, inheritance, or any other legal right permitted by virtue of the parent/child relationship. (Caveat re: inheritance: you can leave to them or they to you in a will or trust, but death without a will/trust would leave the other with no rights under the law due to the relationship.) The bonds of parent and child are severed forever with adoption. Sometimes it can backfire though if the adoption is a fake. In that case, everyone loses, including your kids.