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How to apply for a Report of Birth

If your child has a claim to U.S. citizenship, it will be necessary for the U.S. citizen parent to execute an application for a "Consular Report of Birth Abroad" before a consular officer. This Report is official evidence of citizenship issued to a person under the age of 18 who was born abroad to U.S. citizen parent(s) and acquired citizenship at birth. At the time you report the birth of your child, you may also submit an application for his or her U.S. passport.

Note: If only one parent is a U.S. citizen, and that parent is not presently in this country, please contact this office for further instructions.

Note: The parents of an American citizen children born outside of the United States must report the child's birth to the Embassy or Consulate General. You may apply for the child's first passport at the same time you make the report of birth.   Please be aware that you must have a separate appointment for each of your children for whom you are making a report of birth and/or requesting a passport.  For example, if you have four children and want to report all of the births at the same time and want also to apply for their passports, your family will need four appointments -- one for each child.  You can make these appointments on the same or different days.  If you need to make seven or more appointments for you children and want them to be at the same time, please email us at amctelaviv@state.gov for a special appointment.

Application Requirements for the Report of Birth

Please bring the following:

1) Child: the child who is being reported must appear at the Embassy;

2) U.S. citizen parent: the U.S. citizen parent(s) must appear at the Embassy;

3) Birth Certificate: Please bring the child's original, official birth certificate listing both parents’ names (abstracts of birth, also known as birth abstracts, and hospital birth certificates are NOT accepted);

4) Marriage Certificate: If the parents of the child are married, please bring an original certificate. If your marriage certificate is in a language other than English, you must translate the document yourself or have it translated before coming to the Embassy;

5) Evidence of Parents' Citizenship and Identity: Parents' current U.S. passports must be submitted at time of application.  The non-U.S. citizen parent should also present their foreign passport;

6) Divorce Decrees/Death Certificates: It will be necessary to show termination of all prior marriages for both parents (and certified translations, if appropriate).

7) Form DS-2029.

8)  Affidavit of Physical Presence:  If only one parent is an American citizen, that parent must fill out this affidavit fully and completely.