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Hello everyone.
I submitted my derivative citizenship passport application in Los Angeles in March of 2010,and the case has still not been resolved.
My father is a US citizen who was born in 1918.I was born in Switzerland in July of 1986.
When I submitted my passport application we were contacted by the LA passport agency telling us that I needed to prove 10 years of residency for my father prior to July 1986.
We obtained my father's US Navy records from January 1942 until August 1945,where he served as a WW2 fighter pilot.We also had documents showing him to be a Navy reserve officer until 1947.
Then we contacted the IRS to obtain old tax returns,but they told us they do not keep any past 7 years,and told us to obtain his Social Security earnings statement,which we did.
His certified SS earnings statement showed that he worked for a US company based in New York and in Illinois from 1948 until 1960.
We also obtained property records for a house in New York state that he owned from 1952 until 1957,and another house that he owned from 1957 until 1959.
We also got birth certificates for 2 of his children both born in New York City,one in 1949 the other in 1951.We also obtained a driver's license for the State Of Illinois for the year 1960.
We submitted all of this to the passport agency.They contacted us back telling me that they only accepted his US navy records from January 1942 until August 1945,giving us approx. 4 years of residency.
They refused to accept his Social Security earnings statement saying that he could have lived abroad and that this document did not prove his US residency.We find this hard to believe as this is a document that the state department website says it accepts as proof of residency,and it is the document people use when old tax returns are unavailable.
Unfortunately my father did not go to school in America,so we cannot use any of those.
I must admit that I am rather despairing of this case,and it is difficult to have so many documents showing that he was in America from 1942 until 1960,and not have the Passport Office recognize them.
I would be very grateful if any of you could give me any thoughts or advice on this case.
Thank you in advance.
I submitted my derivative citizenship passport application in Los Angeles in March of 2010,and the case has still not been resolved.
My father is a US citizen who was born in 1918.I was born in Switzerland in July of 1986.
When I submitted my passport application we were contacted by the LA passport agency telling us that I needed to prove 10 years of residency for my father prior to July 1986.
We obtained my father's US Navy records from January 1942 until August 1945,where he served as a WW2 fighter pilot.We also had documents showing him to be a Navy reserve officer until 1947.
Then we contacted the IRS to obtain old tax returns,but they told us they do not keep any past 7 years,and told us to obtain his Social Security earnings statement,which we did.
His certified SS earnings statement showed that he worked for a US company based in New York and in Illinois from 1948 until 1960.
We also obtained property records for a house in New York state that he owned from 1952 until 1957,and another house that he owned from 1957 until 1959.
We also got birth certificates for 2 of his children both born in New York City,one in 1949 the other in 1951.We also obtained a driver's license for the State Of Illinois for the year 1960.
We submitted all of this to the passport agency.They contacted us back telling me that they only accepted his US navy records from January 1942 until August 1945,giving us approx. 4 years of residency.
They refused to accept his Social Security earnings statement saying that he could have lived abroad and that this document did not prove his US residency.We find this hard to believe as this is a document that the state department website says it accepts as proof of residency,and it is the document people use when old tax returns are unavailable.
Unfortunately my father did not go to school in America,so we cannot use any of those.
I must admit that I am rather despairing of this case,and it is difficult to have so many documents showing that he was in America from 1942 until 1960,and not have the Passport Office recognize them.
I would be very grateful if any of you could give me any thoughts or advice on this case.
Thank you in advance.