(a) General. A person born outside the United States must submit documentary evidence that he or she meets all the statutory requirements for acquisition of U.S. citizenship or non-citizen nationality under the provision of law or treaty under which the person is claiming U.S. citizenship or non-citizen nationality.
(b) Documentary evidence. (1) Types of documentary evidence of citizenship for a person born outside the United States include:
(i) A certificate of naturalization.
(ii) A certificate of citizenship.
(iii) A Consular Report of Birth Abroad.
(2) An applicant without one of these documents must produce supporting documents as required by the Department, showing acquisition of U.S. citizenship under the relevant provisions of law.
Notes of Decisions
Zivotofsky v. Kerry, 135 S. Ct. 2076 (2015).
· cites it 2× “See 22 CFR §51.43 . Once acknowledged as U. S.”
United States v. Usama Sadik Ahmed Abdel Whab, 355 F.3d 155 (2d Cir. 2004).
· cites it 2× “We reject defendant’s argument that 22 C.F.R. § 51.43 (b) can only be construed to limit the Passport Agency’s consideration of baptismal certificates to those issued within five years of birth.”
Alzokari v. Pompeo, 973 F.3d 65 (2d Cir. 2020).
“See 22 C.F.R. § 51.43 (b)(1)(i). Moreover, a certificate of naturalization is “evidence of identity” that may be used to obtain a passport because it is a “federal government officially issued identification with photograph.”
United States v. Sandoval-Gonzalez, 642 F.3d 717 (9th Cir. 2011).
“The jury instruction on alienage described, correctly, two types of “natural born United States citizen[s]”: a person “born in the United States,” and a person who is born to a United States citizen parent “if, before the birth of that person, [the] United States citizen parent…”
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