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There's also people stockpiling their basements with canned food in case 2012 happens. I understand it's possible. Obviously that person did obtain the renewal passport...you'd like people who have read the sample you posted to think this person was issued a renewal only after years of...

Again, the Department of State has a permanent database of it and I've been told this is not a concern by people who actually work for these agencies. I've applied for a passport renewal before and had absolutely no difficulties with it. I understand it's possible you get some rogue agent in...

Probably because there is a distinction between someone who came here as an infant or a toddler (and is the child of at least one US citizen), and someone who came here as an adult with the intent of becoming a citizen. Unless you believe it should be the same...and you actually might.

Could be 1 million dollars by next year to prove your citizenship, even if you already are.

I called the Dept of State today, there is a federal database of who is a citizen and who isn't. Some of you here want citizens to believe without that document they run a slight risk of being indistinguishable from an illegal if they don't happen to have their "proof on hand", it comes across...

I'm simply not worried about getting hassled over my legal status. I'm a citizen, and I know that can be ascertained if I need to prove it. Some of you have honestly spent too much time on this forum discussing various theoretical possibilities, that you've convinced yourselves they are very...

Again, very low chance of that happening, and I'm not worried. I've been issued a passport when I was 15, and had no trouble getting a renewal before. Apparently, my citizenship is only temporary. You want me to believe this for some reason.

A meteor could also land in your backyard. I can't see a legal citizen being detained or treated like an illegal alien for not bearing their passport if questioned about legal status. Especially if that person has gone through American schools, university, paid taxes, SSN, and voted here, and...

Yet some here use a tone that they know everything, and every possible little intricacy, and try to strike fear into you. I simply have chosen not to believe that if I lost my passport, that an L.L. Bean catalog addressed to me carries as much weight as the rest of my documents (ID and SSN)...

Like I said, I'm not concerned about it. Theoretically, it is possible, but I'm not concerned. I understand it's preferred. If it were such an important thing, it would be made mandatory. You pass off information here as if you were qualified to do so, when you are not. It wouldn't be legal for...

bobsmyth, I already explained. I live in a smaller community and my family is well known in the area. It's mainly something I don't want to share with the world (or at least not until I feel ready), just because it's been a very personal thing for me. That is it.

You don't sound quite as sure this time. I don't see how any passport office could be "lax". In theory - they could, but I'm sure there is a certain protocol. It's not like buying a gumball. So you know, when I got my current passport in 2005, it was not difficult. You've said it yourself - you...

Thanks for telling me America is a free society and about MLK. I didn't know that and had never heard of MLK before. Google.com sounds like it might be a website, I'll definitely look into it.

So because I didn't use that document there is no record of me as having a passport (being a citizen) if I lose mine, or it gets stolen? I simply don't believe you. You and others here seem to enjoy implying without that document, if I lose my passport, I'm essentially no different from an...

My parents said because I had a passport I didn't need one. You still ignore the main point. I came here as a toddler. Everything I know is "America". I grew up watching Saved by the Bell like all other American kids...you did not so it makes sense you go through a different process than me...

I will just keep renewing passports then. I have no interest in giving them $600 free dollars. You said "It's not discriminatory. Those who went through the naturalization process have to pay more than $600 for it, and they have to go through background checks and study for the citizenship...

Baikal, I'm not here to get into a political argument. While that may be very easy to tell someone, and looks nice on paper, you come across ignorant saying that. If anything, it's seen as a smart remark in movies. "Oh you don't like this...call your congressman". Very representative of a...

Not having an American passport before is enough for them? That just seems bizarre. You think there would be a national database showing who is a citizen and who isn't. It would make it much easier for the person to replace those documents in a time of need. I don't have an extra $600 right now...

So, because I was naturalized by default...I assume I can't go through that process. I admit, maybe it would have given me a better understanding of what it meant to be a citizen, although I came here very young and consider myself American in almost every aspect. The main reason I asked was...

Ok, the n600 does not allow name change. I get that. I still don't understand why brand new citizens are able to get this court-ordered name change when they receive their proof of citizenship papers, yet someone who is already a citizen, but doesn't have these papers cannot. It does seem to...