Honorary citizen of the United States
U.S. title of honor
Honorary citizen of the United States
A person of exceptional merit who is not a United States citizen may be declared an honorary citizen of the United States by an Act of Congress or by a proclamation issued by the U.S. president, pursuant to authorization granted by the U.S. Congress. Eight people have been so honored: six posthumously, and two, Sir Winston Churchill and Mother Teresa, during their lifetimes. For the Marquis de Lafayette and Mother Teresa, the honor was proclaimed directly by an Act of Congress. In the other cases, an Act of Congress was passed authorizing the President to grant honorary citizenship by proclamation. What rights and privileges honorary citizenship bestows, if any, are unclear. According to U.S. Department of State documents, it does not grant eligibility for U.S. passports. Despite widespread belief that Lafayette received honorary citizenship of the United States before Churchill, he did not receive honorary citizenship until 2002. Lafayette did become a natural-born citizen during his lifetime...
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