§ 2705. — Documentation of citizenship.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2705]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2705. Documentation of citizenship
The following documents shall have the same force and effect as
proof of United States citizenship as certificates of naturalization or
of citizenship issued by the Attorney General or by a court having
naturalization jurisdiction:
(1) A passport, during its period of validity (if such period is
the maximum period authorized by law), issued by the Secretary of
State to a citizen of the United States.
(2) The report, designated as a ``Report of Birth Abroad of a
Citizen of the United States'', issued by a consular officer to
document a citizen born abroad. For purposes of this paragraph, the
term ``consular officer'' includes any United States citizen
employee of the Department of State who is designated by the
Secretary of State to adjudicate nationality abroad pursuant to such
regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, Sec. 33, as added and renumbered title
I, Pub. L. 97-241, title I, Sec. 117, title II, Sec. 202(a), Aug. 24,
1982, 96 Stat. 279, 282; amended Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. B,
title XXII, Sec. 2222(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-818.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 33 of act Aug. 1, 1956, was renumbered section 34 by
section 117 of Pub. L. 97-241, and subsequently renumbered, and set out
as a Short Title of 1956 Amendment note under section 2651 of this
title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-138, title I, Sec. 111(1), Oct.
28, 1991, 105 Stat. 654.
Amendments
1998--Par. (2). Pub. L. 105-277 inserted at end ``For purposes of
this paragraph, the term `consular officer' includes any United States
citizen employee of the Department of State who is designated by the
Secretary of State to adjudicate nationality abroad pursuant to such
regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.''
Record of Place of Birth for Taiwanese-Americans
Pub. L. 103-236, title I, Sec. 132, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 395, as
amended by Pub. L. 103-415, Sec. 1(r), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4302,
provided that: ``For purposes of the registration of birth or
certification of nationality or issuance of a passport of a United
States citizen born in Taiwan, the Secretary of State shall permit the
place of birth to be recorded as Taiwan.''
