Proof
of US Citizenship
You may prove US Citizenship with any one of
the following:
- Previous US Passport
- Certified birth certificate issued by the
city, county or state
NOTE: A certified birth certificate has a registrar's raised, embossed, impressed
or multicolored seal, registrar’s signature, and the date the certificate
was filed with the registrar's office, which must be within 1 year of your
birth
- Consular Report of Birth Abroad or Certification
of Birth
- Naturalization Certificate
- Certificate of Citizenship
- A Delayed Birth Certificate filed more than
one year after your birth may be acceptable if it listed the
documentation used to create it and it is signed by the attending
physician or midwife, or, lists an affidavit signed by the
parents, or shows early public records.
If you do NOT have a previous US passport or
a certified birth certificate, you will need:
- Letter of No Record Issued by the State with
your name, date of birth, which years were searched for a birth
record and that there is no birth certificate on file for you.
AND as many of the following as possible:
- baptismal certificate
- hospital birth certificate
- census record
- certificate of circumcision
- early school record
- family bible record
- doctor's record
of post-natal care
NOTES:
- These documents must be early public records
showing the date and place of birth, preferably created within
the first five years of your life.
- You may also submit an Affidavit of Birth,
form DSP-10A, from an older blood relative, i.e., a parent,
aunt, uncle, sibling, who has personal knowledge of your birth.
It must be notarized or have the seal and signature of the
acceptance agent.
NOTE: The following are NOT proof of citizenship
- Voter registration cards
- Army discharge papers
- Birth abstracts from California or Texas
(You need a long-form birth certificate.)
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