[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 22, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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]