Foreign diplomatic personnel stationed in the US sometimes have babies while in the US. These children get the same birth certificates as any other child born in the US, but they are not citizens. Ergo, a birth certificate is not proof of citizenship.
I’d be willing to bet that >99.999% of people with US birth certificates are citizens, but it most certainly is not 100%.
It works the other way, too; I know a guy whose parents were US diplomatic personnel stationed in Tehran at the time of his birth. His US passport says he's from Iran, which is technically true, though he's not Iranian and he's never held Iranian citizenship.
The person I responded to thinks a birth certificate is sufficient to prove citizenship. My birth certificate can not be used to establish citizenship even though it was issued by the U.S. government and I’m a natural born U.S. citizen.
Kon-Peki|1 year ago
I’d be willing to bet that >99.999% of people with US birth certificates are citizens, but it most certainly is not 100%.
marssaxman|1 year ago
sympil|1 year ago