State Department Trying to Make Getting a US Passport More Difficult

[thetreble 19]

Read 'em and weep: http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/state-dept-wants-to-make-it-harder-to-get-a-passport/

[Inky 1,110]

SERIOUSLY?? this is a question to get a passport??

“Please describe the circumstances of your birth including the names (as well as address and phone number, if available) of persons present or in attendance at your birth.”

Not even my parents would remember this... lol

Hope that this is not used, even selectively as they say.

[thetreble 19]

It's ridiculous, right? Name your mother's address before she gave birth to you? How is that even relevant?

[decocker 7,198]

how in the world would they even verify that kind of information? seems the process for getting a passport would take years!

honestly, i think they are putting this in place just so they can selectively deny people 'they' have on certain 'lists'. you know like, hippies and other degenerates : )

1984!

[marjus's girl 6]

good God thats awful i was adopted by my grandparents and my "mom" was born at home and i can't get birth certificate to do regular passport how on earth would she able to fill this ####### out..all senior citizens parents are deceased how would they even get this info:( absurd..

[Krikit 1,164]

I think everyone intending to vote "yes" should be made to apply for a passport using the new system prior to voting.

[Inky 1,110]

I think everyone intending to vote "yes" should be made to apply for a passport using the new system prior to voting.

agree!

[Inky 1,110]

This website says theres a question on the form asking - " the name and location of the place where you were circumcised. "

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/04/state_department_passport_application.php

How does THAT have anything to do with a passport!!

[Krikit 1,164]

This has got to be a joke.

[thetreble 19]

Tis not, unfortunately.

I have been reading some more info on it this morning. Especially this.

The passport process should be in such a way that important information is recorded and appropriate documents proving citizenship are required. Providing my first holy communion document (which I do happen to have...my mum kept EVERYTHING) is a joke because it does nothing to prove my actual citizenship. I could have been in any country legally and still had a holy communion or a confirmation, etc.

I'm disappointed though since I was hoping to get a US passport sooner rather than later. There is no way in hell I could complete something like that though.

Edited June 2, 2011 by thetreble

[Inky 1,110]

Tis not, unfortunately.

I have been reading some more info on it this morning. Especially this.

The passport process should be in such a way that important information is recorded and appropriate documents proving citizenship are required. Providing my first holy communion document (which I do happen to have...my mum kept EVERYTHING) is a joke because it does nothing to prove my actual citizenship. I could have been in any country legally and still had a holy communion or a confirmation, etc.

I'm disappointed though since I was hoping to get a US passport sooner rather than later. There is no way in hell I could complete something like that though.

What about people who are adopted after birth and do not know anything of their birth parents? The questions are absolutely redundant for US citizenship..

Has it been passed and is it now part of getting a US passport? or is it still being debated.

[Krikit 1,164]

#######. I guess I should have applied for citizenship last year.

I've postponed it because I'm having a hard time dealing with it.

Mind you, it'll probably take them forever to implement. And I think it said only "certain" applicants had to provide that kind of detail.

[thetreble 19]

Krikit,

If I wasn't trying to get back to Canada so badly I would NEVER apply for it. I really don't like the idea of an oath of allegiance. It just makes me feel weird and almost hypocritical.

Inky,

What I have heard, is that this group The Identity Project is claiming the US State Department is already using a similar form for the passport that has not been approved by the proper authorities.

Name the circumstances of your birth? Well, my mum said I slid out so fast the Doc had to catch me! haha Come on!

[Used to be broken 147]

Read 'em and weep: http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/state-dept-wants-to-make-it-harder-to-get-a-passport/

This application will not be required of everyone, just those with irregular birth recordd.

This application is primarily directed at home birth situations near the southern border. They are trying to document the claim to citizenship. there has been lots of controversy on "mid-wife" birth documents in the border states.

[Darnell 8,478]

Come On, the FBI simply needs MORE data, to lazer-focus it's profiling systems.

Give it up, already, We Need You

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In a lighter note, geez, passport renewal is easier, thank the Poutine Gods...