[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR50.5]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 50--NATIONALITY PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Subpart A--Procedures for Determination of United States Nationality of 
                             a Person Abroad
 
Sec. 50.5  Application for registration of birth abroad.

    Upon application by the parent(s) or the child's legal guardian, a 
consular officer or designated nationality examiner may accept and 
adjudicate the application for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a 
Citizen of the United States of America for a child born in their 
consular district. In specific instances, the Department may authorize 
consular officers and other designated employees to adjudicate the 
application for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a child born 
outside his/her consular district. Under the supervision of a consular 
officer, designated nationality examiners shall accept, adjudicate, 
disapprove and provisionally approve applications for the Consular 
Report of Birth Abroad. The applicant shall be required to submit proof 
of the child's birth, identity and citizenship meeting the evidence 
requirements of subpart C of part 51 of this subchapter and shall 
include:
    (a) Proof of child's birth. Proof of child's birth usually consists 
of, but is not limited to, an authentic copy of the record of the birth 
filed with local authorities, a baptismal certificate, a military 
hospital certificate of birth, or an affidavit of the doctor or the 
person attending the birth. If no proof of birth is available, the 
person seeking to register the birth shall submit his affidavit 
explaining why such proof is not available and setting forth the facts 
relating to the birth.
    (b) Proof of child's citizenship. Evidence of parent's citizenship 
and, if pertinent, evidence of parent's physical presence in the United 
States as required for transmittal of claim of citizenship by the 
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 shall be submitted.

[31 FR 13537, Oct. 20, 1966, as amended at 61 FR 43312, Aug. 22, 1996]