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Hello All, just to provide feedback. I think there was confusion on Department of Health's side. They assumed my step child was a US citizen at birth, and that was the reason they told me to contact Department of State to get a birth record. This was not my case. My stepson was not a US citizen at birth so this falls under the department of health of Florida. After this was cleared I was told to file the following documents: -DH527 -DH1128 -Copy of original birth certificate with original certified translation. -Copy of name changes done in the birth country with original certified translation. (My son had a name change while he was living in Thailand). -Certified court order(s) of any name changes done in USA. (My son had a name change in the USA). -Certified of final court order of the adoption. -Copy of his passport (US) -Copy of the parents photo id. -Statement that says his birth parents were not US citizens at birth, no other birth certificate filed anywhere else in USA and that he was not previously adopted. -Check for 20 dollars, and 9 dollars for the first copy total 29 dollars. While I was at the county clerk office, they told me that they do this all the time and will file everything for me. So I provided them with all the documents and check, and they filed it with the Department of health Florida. Now it is time to wait and cross our fingers everything goes smoothly. The reason we did this is to show that we are now his legal parents (not that he is a US citizen which this would not work for anyways). As you can see we would have to send so many documents every time we have to deal with government (example Passport application) and the risk of us loosing documents is just to great for us. Now we hope that to apply for a passport we would just provide the new birth certificate, plus his old passport (or N600 which we have) and sign the application papers. Thank you all for the help.

Thank you. It clarifies everything and saved me a lot of headache trying to deal with the state department.

Hello, thank you for your reply. I also thought that was very strange to refer me to the state department. The idea is to show that we are the parents of the child and no involvement is needed from the biological father when applying. As I stated previously we could send all the documents (and pray nothing is lost, as getting original birth certificates and and name changes in Thailand is a nightmare) and go that route until the child is 18, and then he can renew the passport without any additional supporting papers. I guess I just wanted to make life little bit easier for the next 10 years. But I do thank you for your inputs, it is really appreciated. Jonny

Hello Mike, Yes. My child has a US passport. Both his birth mother and I are US citizens (naturalized). Are we still eligible to send DH527 Currently, when we apply a US passport for him we have to send the following documents: Thai Birth certificate, English translation, name change that was done in Thailand (with English translation), consent from the father that lives in Thailand (well now I adopted him this will be replaced with court order). and another court order that his name was legal changed in the USA. I was hoping that if I could use the certificate and the court order instead of all these other documents it would make life little easier. But maybe the DH527 cannot be used to apply for passport.

Hello All, my family started our journey 6 years ago and we are almost crossing the finish line (we might already have depending on the answers I might receive :)). We went through all the steps and both my wife and step child are now US citizens. We decided to also go through the stepparent adoption here in Florida and that was completed as well and now I am the boys legal parent. After the completion of the adoption I read that a US birth certificate could be issued for the child, but then read that this was for non US citizen children in the state of Florida (which is not our situation). I contacted the vital statistic bureau of Florida and they recommended me to contact the Department of State in Washington DC. Now before I go down this path I would really appreciate any help in this matter. Specifically if someone else have done this and if this applies to our case. If it is possible, then what forms do I need to submit and where to send them. I am ok if the answer is that we have to keep his foreign birth certificate, but it would be much easier if we could get him a US one. The child is now 9 years, has Thai birth certificate, and is US citizen. Thank you in advance. Jonny