Selected physical-presence rule
How does the five years and two after age fourteen calculation work?
For the rule supported in this version, the selected duration is five years of physical presence before the child’s birth, including two years after the transmitting parent reached age fourteen. State Department calculators use calendar-day totals and a 365-day display convention. Older birth dates, different parent facts, or special service abroad can use different law. Select this rule only after checking current official guidance for the case.
Count the total separately
The overall recorded total and the recorded time after age fourteen are separate figures. Both remain visible in the result.
Remove overlaps and absences
The same calendar interval is counted once. Entered foreign absences are subtracted from overlapping U.S. presence periods.
Do not infer the governing rule
This tool does not select a citizenship provision from family facts. The user chooses the supported rule after consulting official guidance.
Stop at the child’s birth
Time on or after the child’s birth date does not enter this calculation. A period that crosses the birth date is truncated and reported for review.
Display leap days honestly
The day total includes leap days. The decimal-year display divides the total by 365, so a leap-year interval can display slightly more than one year.
Keep uncertain months as a range
A month-only start or end can represent more than one boundary. The calculator reports the minimum and maximum possible recorded days.
Practical example
Six recorded years with one foreign absence
A parent records a six-year U.S. period after age fourteen and a four-month foreign absence inside it. The calculator counts the calendar days once, removes the entered absence, and reports the overall and after-age-fourteen totals separately. It reports whether those recorded totals reach the selected durations without deciding citizenship eligibility.
Common questions
Questions this guide can answer
Does reaching both durations mean the child is eligible?
No. The result only compares recorded dates with the selected durations. The governing law, family facts, service abroad, and evidence require official review.
Why are five years shown as 1,825 days?
The selected duration uses five times 365 days. Actual intervals still include leap days, and displayed decimal years divide the recorded day total by 365.
What happens to overlapping periods?
The same calendar interval counts once. Overlaps are merged before entered foreign absences are subtracted.
Limits and official review
This page does not decide citizenship, CRBA eligibility, the governing legal rule, or evidence sufficiency. Check the current official form and serving post instructions. Potentially qualifying overseas service stays outside the automatic total for official review.
Official sources
Sources retrieved and substantively reviewed .
Methodology and review
How this page is maintained
US Expat Desk applies a versioned deterministic calculation to the facts entered. The official-source record, review date, page metadata, structured data, related links and sitemap entry come from the same CRBA registry.