[devattel]

Why is this gentleman not considered a citizen by the State Department if his father was a citizen of the United States, regardless of where he was born?

According to the State Department web site:

Early Public Records

If you were born in the United States and cannot present primary evidence of U.S. citizenship, submit a combination of early public records as evidence of your U.S. citizenship. Early public records must be submitted with a birth record or Letter of No Record. Early public records should show your name, date of birth, place of birth, and preferably be created within the first five years of your life. Examples of early public records are:

• Baptismal certificate
• Hospital birth certificate
• Census record
• Early school record
• Family bible record
• Doctor's record of post-natal care

I agree with others on here. Something clearly does not add up.

[rxsid]

According to the article, it sounds like they confiscated his original copy of his birth certificate. And, that they don’t believe his copy to be true. How can they (the gov’t) know who his father is, or where he was born...if they don’t think his copy of his B.C. is genuine?