citizenship papers

plural noun

1. a certificate of citizenship, as one issued to a U.S. citizen born abroad.

2. (loosely) a certificate of naturalization conferring citizenship on a resident alien.

Example Sentences

At the end of that journey, they receive an American flag, copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, their citizenship papers — and a welcome letter from the president.

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That is how efficient the Customs and Border Patrol officials were in dealing not only with immigrants who did not have proper citizenship papers, but with citizens of the United States who had brown skin.

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For Indigenous people — particularly elders, who may have been born at home — citizenship papers can be hard to come by, though tribal IDs are sufficient.

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Crapser revealed his plans for his lawsuit during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press in 2019, where he described being abused and abandoned by two different sets of U.S. parents and then being deported after run-ins with the law because none of his guardians filed citizenship papers for him.

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“I’m looking at these citizenship papers I got, all in German,” said Shuff.

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