naturalized citizen
Legally adopted countryman
A naturalized citizen is someone who has acquired citizenship in a country where they were not born, through a legal process rather than by birth.
The process typically involves residency requirements, language tests, and loyalty oaths: After five years as a permanent resident, she became a naturalized citizen.
Naturalized citizens generally have the same rights as native-born citizens, with rare exceptions like eligibility for certain offices.
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- legal statusOne's position in law
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- oathFormal binding promise
- oath of allegianceFormal vow of loyalty
pledge of allegiance · immigration law · immigration office · cultural adaptation · language barrier · refugee status · green card · voting rights · ceremony · civic engagement · civic duty · jury duty · founding fathers · diaspora · homeland · papers · birth certificate · integration
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, asylum
- residentsresident, residents, inhabitants, inhabitant, local
- oath takersjuror, soldier, police officer, elected official, commissioned officer
- citizenshipnationality, passport, birthright, renunciation, oath of allegiance
- legal statusesmarried, single, divorced, widowed, adult
- countrymencompatriot, countryman, countrywoman, national, native
naturalized citizennon-citizen
One without nationality status
alien · foreign national · undocumented immigrant · illegal alien · stateless person
naturalized citizendeportee
Person forcibly removed abroad
exile · stateless person · expatriate · émigré · outsider
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