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![In general, a person born outside of the United States may acquire citizenship at birth if all of the following requirements are met at the time of the person’s birth:
The person is a child[2] of a U.S. citizen parent(s);
The U.S. citizen parent meets certain residence or physical presence requirements in the United States or an outlying possession before the person’s birth in accordance with the applicable provision;[3] and
The person meets all other applicable requirements under either INA 301 or INA 309.
Until the Act of October 10, 1978, persons who had acquired U.S. citizenship through birth outside of the United States to one U.S. citizen parent had to meet certain physical presence requirements to retain their citizenship. This legislation eliminated retention requirements for persons who were born after October 10, 1952. There may be cases where a person who was born before that date, and therefore subject to the retention requirements, may have failed to retain citizenship](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:s22cizhvh5tvdryqu2xoupdi/bafkreia3zcxmutnqpqtemmjknbhyknjw5agmelmtggsostbafcvbxw4fo4)
![The first World Cup was the only one without qualification. Every country affiliated with FIFA was invited to compete and given a deadline of 28 February 1930 to accept. The competition was originally planned as a 16-team knockout tournament with a potential second division if enough teams entered; however, the number of teams failed to reach 16, so there were no qualifications. Plenty of interest was shown by nations in the Americas; Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and the United States all entered. A total of seven South American teams participated, more than in any subsequent World Cup Finals. However, because of the long, costly trip by ship across the Atlantic Ocean and the length of absence required for players, very few European teams were inclined to take part as the effects of the Great Depression set in across the continent.[9] Some refused to countenance travel to South America in any circumstances,[10] and no European entries were received before the February deadline. In an](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:s22cizhvh5tvdryqu2xoupdi/bafkreicvv3c3kqclxpz4axn7doduz6gga5kxg2mvlff6xgwibzjcnzm4d4)
![Two months before the start of the tournament, no team from Europe had officially entered.[14] FIFA president Rimet intervened and four European teams eventually made the trip by sea: Belgium, France, Romania and Yugoslavia. The Romanians, managed by Constantin Rădulescu and coached by their captain Rudolf Wetzer and Octav Luchide, entered the competition following the intervention of the newly crowned King Carol II. He selected the squad personally and negotiated with employers to ensure that the players would still have jobs upon their return.[15] The French entered at the personal intervention of Rimet, but neither France's star defender Manuel Anatol nor the team's regular coach Gaston Barreau could be persuaded to make the trip.[16] The Belgians participated at the instigation of German-Belgian FIFA vice-president Rodolphe Seeldrayers.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:s22cizhvh5tvdryqu2xoupdi/bafkreieqayhn3q7mwv3fdj75xnvwdwiekcprs4ai5o6zb6bdaxbinsyfay)
