Help for CRBA Authentications

[rheibss 2]

Hi everyone,

 

My son is a US citizen born abroad and he has his CRBA already. I am looking to authenticate his birth certificate but all I see is the CRBA beeing apostille. 

Can anyone help me to find out how to authenticate his CRBA ? He is in the States now

Your help will be appreciated.

[Mike E 11,739]

Who is telling you his CRBA needs to be authenticated?

 

What are you trying to accomplish?

 

A CRBA is gold standard evidence of U.S. citizenship and arguably superior to a U.S. birth certificate.  

[rheibss 2]

Thanks for your response, we are trying to go to a Non Hague convention country and one of the requirement is to authenticate the birth certificate in his case the CRBA

[milimelo 4,477]

Try this but it will take some time: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/records-and-authentications/authenticate-your-document.html

 

[rheibss 2]

20 hours ago, milimelo said:

Try this but it will take some time: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/records-and-authentications/authenticate-your-document.html

 

Thank you

[jan22 3,052]

On 11/10/2022 at 11:11 AM, rheibss said:

Thanks for your response, we are trying to go to a Non Hague convention country and one of the requirement is to authenticate the birth certificate in his case the CRBA

I'm late to respond to this, but hope tbe OP will see it.  Are you sure it is the CRBA they want authenticated? A CRBA is not a birth certificate; rather, it is a citizenship document that proves the individual was a US citizen from birth.  The birth certificate would be what was issued by the country where the child was born.  It has information on it it that will not be on the CRBA.

Edited December 8, 2022 by jan22

[amooni 16]

Here to ask a similar question - does anyone know if we can make certified copies of the CRBA? So when baby needs to go to the DMV or apply for a passport again in the future, they don't need to provide the original CRBA?

[Mike E 11,739]

The dmv should be happy with a passport card. 
 

Passports and passport cards can be renewed with expired passports and passport cards. Worst case pay a $150 file search fee.  
 

You can order more copies of a CRBA at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/records-and-authentications/requesting-a-vital-record-as-a-u-s--citizen/replace-amend-CRBA.html

[amooni 16]

1 minute ago, Mike E said:

The dmv should be happy with a passport card. 
 

Passports and passport cards can be renewed with expired passports and passport cards. Worst case pay a $150 file search fee.  
 

You can order more copies of a CRBA at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/records-and-authentications/requesting-a-vital-record-as-a-u-s--citizen/replace-amend-CRBA.html

Thanks for this - I've seen the page you shared but the fact that it says order a replacement of the CRBA threw me off. Does that suggest it was lost or you can just order a replacement to have an additional copy? 

[Mike E 11,739]

 The  link I provided  states explicitly that multiple CRBAs can be ordered 

[amooni 16]

5 minutes ago, Mike E said:

 The  link I provided  states explicitly that multiple CRBAs can be ordered 

Oops I totally missed that! Thanks for your help, Mike!!