My case is a bit complicated. I haven't really been able to find alot of information about this but my mother just obtained her U.S. passport. Turns out she was always a citizen of the U.S. She obtained citizenship through the naturalization of her parents in 1964. She was a minor at the time and in possession of a Green Card. It wasn't until recently that we discovered that it may have been possible that my mother may have transmitted her citizenship to her children. I was born on November 15, 1978 in Canada to one U.S. parent and one alien parent. My mother lived in the U.S. from 1958 to 1968. She was 19 years old when she left to marry my father in 1968. I currently reside in Canada, born and raised. I recently received a package from the U.S. Consulate in Calgary after I wrote them a letter asking for assistance for application of a U.S. Passport. There was a list of things that were needed to present once an appointment is scheduled with them. We filled out the Affidavit of physical presence for my mother. The period of 1958 to 1968 is pretty easy since she lived in Minneapolis during that period. The Consulate already has my mother's school records, high school and elementary on file, since she needed that for her case, not to mention the letters that she got from my father over a four year period before she left for Canada. However, when she moved here, it was a matter of trying to remember all the periods that my mother came to visit the States on vacation. My parents basically went down on almost every major holiday from 1968 to 1978 (the year of my birth). We have all the required papers signed and stamped by a notary and are basically waiting for appointment. One thing I find curious is that in the package I got there was no mention of having to have further proof after 1968 to prove my mom's presence except for the affidavit. Should I be concerned since records from that period weren't well kept?
Physical Presence (Waiting to schedule an appointment)
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