<P> Although all U.S. citizens are also U.S. nationals, the reverse is not true . As specified in 8 U.S.C. § 1408, a person whose only connection to the U.S. is through birth in an outlying possession (which is defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1101 as American Samoa and Swains Island (which is administered as part of American Samoa)), or through descent from a person so born, acquires U.S. nationality but not U.S. citizenship . This was formerly the case in only four other current or former U.S. overseas possessions . </P> <Ul> <Li> Guam (1898--1950) (Citizenship granted by an Act of Congress through the Guam Organic Act of 1950). </Li> <Li> the Philippines (1898--1935) (Immigration rights of National status rescinded in 1935; granted independence in 1946; United States citizenship never accorded, with specific requirements allowing for naturalization) </Li> <Li> Puerto Rico (1898--1917) (Citizenship granted through the Jones--Shafroth Act of 1917). </Li> <Li> the U.S. Virgin Islands (1917--1927) (Citizenship granted by an Act of Congress in 1927). </Li> </Ul> <Li> Guam (1898--1950) (Citizenship granted by an Act of Congress through the Guam Organic Act of 1950). </Li> <Li> the Philippines (1898--1935) (Immigration rights of National status rescinded in 1935; granted independence in 1946; United States citizenship never accorded, with specific requirements allowing for naturalization) </Li>

If you live in guam are you a us citizen