India, Sept. 19 -- The US Department of Homeland Security has clarified documentation requirements for a new category of US-born children who may qualify for permanent residence rather than automatically receiving US citizenship at birth.

The clarification follows an interim final rule issued in September that expanded the federal regulations covering children born in the United States to certain foreign government employees. DHS said some evidentiary language was inadvertently removed when the rule was initially codified and has now been restored.

The correction applies retroactively to children born to foreign government employees on or after September 4, 2026, the effective date of the original rule.

Under the revised rules, DHS say...