Rights by status

Read the row matching the status you would hold. Domestic citizenship rules remain country-specific.

TR

n/a

PR

n/a

CIT

Birth citizens of FSM/RMI/Palau (and former Trust Territory citizens from the compact effective dates: 1986 FSM/RMI, 1994 Palau) may live/work/study in the US indefinitely as nonimmigrants. Americans may settle in all three Pacific states.

Member countries

Open a country for its domestic naturalization, birth, ancestry, and investment rules.

Scope notes

US citizenship carries worldwide taxation.