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Rhen wrote:

Kythas wrote:TAM, you had to send in a birth certificate and not a Certificate of Citizenship? I was born in Seoul to an American father and South Korean mother and my birth certificate was surrendered to the State Department at birth and I was given a Certificate of Citizenship. I sent a copy of that in with my application and had no delays.

Do any of you born overseas actually have your birth certificates?

What a small world. Same here! Born in Republic of Korea; father was in US Army, mom was ROK national. But your state department certificate should read "Certificate of Birth of US Citizen Abroad," so it really acts as your birth certificate, although it contains no info on your birth weight, height, time of birth, etc.

Funny, I'm currently experiencing this delay because I didn't send my "Certificate" in and got a letter requesting it. However, I did send a copy of my military ID card in to get the discounted price. You have to be a US citizen to be an officer in the military, but I guess the bureaucrats don't know that.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

stealthcrf wrote:Just a note: If you were a US citizen born abroad, You will need your state department BC. My CHL was held up almost 4 extra months for this little nugget of info they don't share. (Even funnier when citizenship isn't a requirement)

Yeppers, although mine didn't take an extra 4 months. But I got in just ahead of the curve when DPS got so far behind. Mine took 72 days from when I sent in the paperwork to when I got my plastic. But they didn't ask me for my Birth Certificate until I was about 45 days into the process. I was born in Morocco of an American father and French mother.