Is it just me, but the second paragraph, the law, doesn't seem to support the first paragraph? There are some quantum leaps of logic there.Should your child also have claim to the citizenship of another country, you should be aware that U.S. law requires that every U.S. citizen enters and exists the United States on a valid American passport:
"Under Section 215(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8U.S.C 1185(b), it is unlawful, except in specific circumstances, for any citizen of the United States to depart from or enter, or attempt to depart from or enter, the United States without a valid passport".
U.S. Dual Citizenship question
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I just got my son's passport from the US embassy. It was way more of a pain in the ass than it should of been (perhaps I'll write about that later). But they include a letter, which states:
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The second sentence is just a sloppy paraphrasing of the law, which actually says this:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1185
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1185
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In your case I read this as:FatherTime wrote:I just got my son's passport from the US embassy. It was way more of a pain in the ass than it should of been (perhaps I'll write about that later). But they include a letter, which states:
Is it just me, but the second paragraph, the law, doesn't seem to support the first paragraph? There are some quantum leaps of logic there.Should your child also have claim to the citizenship of another country, you should be aware that U.S. law requires that every U.S. citizen enters and exists the United States on a valid American passport:
"Under Section 215(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8U.S.C 1185(b), it is unlawful, except in specific circumstances, for any citizen of the United States to depart from or enter, or attempt to depart from or enter, the United States without a valid passport".
Even though your child has US citizenship he/she can only enter and leave the USA with a valid USA passport.
Unlike Cambodia, where your kid can enter / leave with a US passport if your kid has the right (dependent) visa in it.
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I think its just reaffirming that you have to use your US passport to enter/exit the country. The government would consider entering the country under a different passport the same as trying to enter the country without a passport (your US passport). From a practical perspective it would be difficult for you to even attempt to use the Cambodia passport as you'd have to get a US visa or the immigration official must be really clueless and mistaken Cambodia as a country not requiring a visa and stamp your son through.
As an aside, being that we are just beginning to fill out the birth abroad paperwork for our second son I'd be interested in hearing your current experience as it relates to getting the birth abroad report and the US passport. Supposedly new procedures were introduced in June but I haven't yet called the embassy to ask what has changed.
As an aside, being that we are just beginning to fill out the birth abroad paperwork for our second son I'd be interested in hearing your current experience as it relates to getting the birth abroad report and the US passport. Supposedly new procedures were introduced in June but I haven't yet called the embassy to ask what has changed.
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Legally speaking, how would a lawyer/judge interpret this? "To bear" really means "to carry", so in theory one could be carrying his valid US passport but then show and use a different one, no?gavinmac wrote:The second sentence is just a sloppy paraphrasing of the law, which actually says this:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1185
Last time we left the states, they didn't even check our passports! Sure, the airline checked them, and then there was a TSA stooge, but there was absolutely no immigration check for departing. I guess Trump just wanted to get rid of us all.
I know you saw the post, but for others, I started a thread here: http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/view ... =1&t=63937twiceayear wrote:As an aside, being that we are just beginning to fill out the birth abroad paperwork for our second son I'd be interested in hearing your current experience as it relates to getting the birth abroad report and the US passport. Supposedly new procedures were introduced in June but I haven't yet called the embassy to ask what has changed.
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