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Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean region in which inhabitants were Spanish nationals from 1508 until the Spanish–American War in 1898, from which point they derived their nationality from United States law.
Learn how to obtain a Puerto Rican citizenship certificate and why you should to pass the closer connection test for the Act 22 and Act 60 Individual Resident Investor tax benefits.
Puerto Ricans have been granted three different types of U.S. citizenship over the years, but questions remain about their rights and equal treatment as citizens.
Everyone born in Puerto Rico and living in Puerto Rico became a citizen of the United States in 1917 — unless they chose not to do so. The 1941 declaration also says that everyone born in Puerto Rico after January 13th, 1941, is a citizen of the United States at birth.
Since Puerto Rico is a US territory, there is no such thing as Puerto Rican citizenship. All individuals born in Puerto Rico are automatically US Citizens. There is also a Puerto Rican citizenship certificate, “Certificado de Ciudadanía Puertorriqueña.”
Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship on the eve of America's entry into the First World War. This picture comes from 1906 and shows the officer staff of the Regiment of Infantry.
These archives show that, while Congress enacted laws granting a native-born citizenship status to people born in Puerto Rico, U.S. law still describes Puerto Rico as an unincorporated...
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, yet they live in a sort of colonial limbo. It’s a reality that USC Gould School of Law’s Sam Erman traces back to a 1904 Supreme Court decision over the rights of Isabel Gonzales, who sought to enter the U.S. from Puerto Rico.
People born in Puerto Rico have been counted as U.S. citizens since 1917, but residents of the island can't vote for president and don't have voting representation in Congress.
Because they are statutory citizens, Congress can presumably enact legislation to strip Puerto Rico-born citizens of their U.S. citizenship should Puerto Rico become a sovereign or independent nation.