Some children of US troops born overseas will no longer get automatic American citizenship

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8. LOL

I hear you (also: I got married in Arlington too)

A friend of mine moved to Dubai for her husband's job (he's a chemical engineer; if I had known, 20 years ago, how much chemical engineers make...) and she had to go through the rigamarole of applying for a driver's license there. She had to get every American document you can think of, and then pay to have a certified translation of them into Arabic. When she had completed the giant sheaf of paperwork, the clerk said she also needed a kitab edmumanea.

A what?

It literally means "letter of non-objection". Her husband had to write a letter saying it was OK if she drives. Her husband was out in Djibouti or something doing chemical engineering work and wouldn't be back for two weeks, and driving in the interim was kind of the whole point of getting the license. She explained, and they said any male immediate family member would do. Her only other immediate family member was her five year old son.

"That will be fine"

So he had him scrawl "It's OK for mommy to drive the car" and sign it. They stamped the kitab edmumanea and she got her license.