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Generally, If either one of your parents is a U.S. Citizen, you can derive citizenship through them. Derivative Citizenship is citizenship conveyed to children through the naturalization of parents or, under certain circumstances, to foreign-born children adopted by US Citizens. The law that currently governs derivative citizenship is the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. If you are under 18 years of age, to become a citizen, you must meet the requirements.

You are most likely not under a 10 year bar if you travel overseas and return to the US. That is because F-1 status is not considered time specific and so neither the three nor ten years bars generally apply to F-1 students. Although the OPT EAD card may have expired, the time to count illegal presence for purposes of the bars only begins if you received a denial from U.S.C.I.S. or an immigration judge. I do note, however, that adjudication of a future F-1 visa by an American consular officer is discretionary and he or she may question you on why you remained in the US following the ending of your EAD.Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.  

I hope your company filed amended H1 to reflect the part time status otherwise it is on the hook to pay you the full salary. You should be still in status even if you are "benched', let alone on a reduced time basis.