I get that, but that wasn't the point. I was only stating what we sent in for my wife. The "certification of birth" from the Consulate was enough for her to get her passport. She needed nothing else. If the OP has that, then it should be good enough to get their CHL as it does state their citizenship as American.tacticool wrote:OP doesn't have a passport. If he did, it would be easy to demonstrate US Citizenship to the satisfaction of DPS. While I agree a CRBA or equivalent should be sufficient, we're dealing with a bureaucracy. However, the simplest approach may be to send in his application with his CRBA and see how DPS responds, if he doesn't mind the risk of some delays.
Personally, I'm a big fan of the Passport Card. I have one in addition to a traditional Passport, which I only use when flying outside the US. On the other hand, I use my Passport Card as ID for domestic air travel, to simultaneously prove identity and right to work for I-9, and as general ID when I don't want to advertise my home address. Basically, if I need ID and I'm not driving, I show my passport card.
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- Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:23 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Born out of Country Requirements
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Re: Born out of Country Requirements
- Sun Jan 20, 2013 6:09 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Born out of Country Requirements
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Re: Born out of Country Requirements
This. My wife was born in London while her dad was stationed there. She has a "certification of birth" that came from the US Consulate. When it came time to get her a new passport 5 years ago (for our honeymoon cruise), that was all that was needed. When she got her CHL, she sent in copies of her certification of birth, Passport, and our marriage license (because her DL still had her maiden name on it) and all was well. Nary a hiccup on her app.JP171 wrote:you should have gotten a certification of birth abroad from the consulates office and a consular birth certificate, those 2 documents are all thats needed not naturalization paper work