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In reply to the discussion: @CustomsBorder got on a Greyhound bus yesterday and asked every passenger for their papers [View all]GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)41. Huh? A BC is the document the DoS needs to establish that you were born in the US
According to the Constitution you just need to be born here or naturalized to be a citizen. Just going off of experience of the minimum requirements to obtain a United States passport.
I am not an expert on immigration or Canadian law but it seems if you are going to relinquish your citizenship you probably have to meet some minimal requirements to prove that you were a citizen of somewhere else. The minimum standard is the birth certificate.
I can see this going circular so I'm going to leave it here.
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@CustomsBorder got on a Greyhound bus yesterday and asked every passenger for their papers [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2018
OP
As the grandchild of Irish immigrants, I have an Irish passport and dual citizenship.
Irish_Dem
Jan 2018
#38
Same thing happened to me two years ago on a train near the Canadian border. nt
Binkie The Clown
Jan 2018
#12
The Department of State requires a driver license/gov't issued ID and a birth/naturalization cert
GreenEyedLefty
Jan 2018
#31
Huh? A BC is the document the DoS needs to establish that you were born in the US
GreenEyedLefty
Jan 2018
#41