BORN IN THE AMERICAS 87 X + jus sanguinis Venezuela* X X X X * Member of the Organization of American States ~ Parties to the American Convention on Human Rights X + jus sanguinis X United States* Uruguay*~ X Surinam*~ X + jus sanguinis X Paraguay*~ Peru*~ X Panama*~ No X + jus sanguinis X + jus sanguinis X + jus sanguinis Honduras*~ Mexico*~ X + jus sanguinis Guyana* Nicaragua*~ No X + jus sanguinis Guatemala*~ No No No No No No No No No No No No X + jus sanguinis JUS SOLI OR JUS SANGUINIS EXCLUSIVELY X + jus sanguinis OPTIONAL JUS SANGUINIS Ecuador*~ AUTOMATIC JUS SOLI El Salvador*~ COUNTRY Nationality by descent is granted to those born to two citizen parents who have resided in the US or its outlying possessions prior to the birth; to a citizen parent who has been physically present in the US or its outlying possessions for a continuous period of 1 year prior the birth, and other parent is a national but not a citizen360; to a foreign parent and a citizen parent who has been physically present in the US or its outlying possessions for a total period of 5 years, at least 2 of which were after attaining the age of 14. NOTES