What is the Eligibility for the president?

To become a president, you have to... * Be a natural born citizen (born in the U.S.) or be born to at least one parent that is a citizen. * Be at least 35 years of age * Be a resident of the United States for at least 14 years. Point 1 is incorrect: "natural born citizen" means to owe allegiance to this country only. You do not have to be born in the US. The Rhodes case from the late 1800's spells this out for you. Depending on when you were born determines how many parents have to be citizens as well. In the case of Barack Obama he is not a natural born citizen, not because he was born in Kenya, but because his father was a Kenyan citizen and this gave Barack Obama Dual Citizenship, therefore giving him 2 allegiances he owes. He was a British subject at birth and he was diqualified right then.