From: jock@soccer.com   
      
   On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 11:16:30 -0700 (PDT), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
      
   >On Monday, June 23, 2014 1:27:25 AM UTC-4, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> Anyone born in the US is a US national.  Those born _in a State_ get US   
   >> citizenship as well.  Those not born in a State may get citizenship as   
   >> well if an Act of Congress specifically grants it to them, but it   
   >> doesn't happen by default like nationality does.  (Those born outside   
   >> the US to a US citizen or non-citizen national also inherit the same   
   >> status by law, with certain exceptions.)   
   >   
   >So, can someone from Samoa freely move to the US mainland, or do they have to   
   be admitted under an immigration quota?  (I thought Puerto Ricans can come and   
   go as they please).   
      
   Yes, as nationals but not US citizens they can come and go (and do) as   
   they wish.   
   >   
   >Once someone from Samoa comes to the US, do they have to formally apply for   
   citizenship or do they get it automatically upon establishing residence?    
   Isn't that how Puerto Ricans get it?   
      
   An American Samoan, even though they're a US national, have to apply   
   for naturalisation as if they're a legal resident from any other   
   country in order to gain citizenship.   
      
   My reading on Puerto Ricans is that there is PR citizenship which   
   entitles a person to US citizenship on settling on the Mainland --   
   relying on Wonkypedia for that.   
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