YSK: How to document that you are a US citizen

https://www.usa.gov/prove-us-citizenship

The most common way to show that you are a US citizen is to show a passport. However, only about 50% of US citizens have a passport.

An alternative to a passport is a Certificate of Citizenship.

Certificates of Citizenship and Naturalization show proof that someone is a U.S. citizen. The website https://www.usa.gov/prove-us-citizenship shows how you can get or replace these documents.

Prove your citizenship: born in the U.S. with no birth certificate. If you were born in the U.S. and have no birth certificate, learn how to get documentation to prove you are a U.S. citizen.

Prove your citizenship: born outside the U.S. to a U.S. citizen parent. Prove your U.S. citizenship without a birth certificate if you were born outside the U.S. to a U.S. citizen.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think only 50% of people have passports is because most people can't afford to travel and a bunch of them that do just wanted to visit Canada or Mexico

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Which is also why "self deport" is such a scam. Even were it moral to tell anyone to do that, how are they supposed to board a plane to go to another country without passport or visa?

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Until 9/11 we could visit Canada and Mexico with a drivers license or birth certificate and 3/4 of the time only the driver has to show theirs and just vouch for the whole car.

    We drove through southern Ontario probably 20 times in the more 80s alone.

  • source
  • parent