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Prooving Citizenship/Eligibilty to work in the US - Any advice?
So DH was born in Germany to a German mother and an American father. He was born off a military base and his Dad's name wasn't listed on the birth certificate because they weren't married and he was deployed from Germany to Vietnam when DH was born. Once he came back, his Dad and Mom married and DH was "adopted" by his Dad in the German court system.
DH had to go through a hearing after he had been in the US for a while to show that he was a US citizen. He's gone to school, been on unemployment previously when his job laid him off 10 years ago, went back to college, worked again and been on unemployment recently after being laid off again.
Today he went to a temp agency to apply and when they ran his social security number they told him he was listed as ineligible to work in the US again. Is this something that we should be getting an attorney to help us with to settle? The temp agency told him that they had to inform unemployment who would likely stop his benefits and demand repayment.
Re: Prooving Citizenship/Eligibilty to work in the US - Any advice?
I'm not an expert or anything ... but ...
Does he have a passport? Because you have to prove citizenship to get a passport, so if he has one, he should be able to show that, right?
What kind of documentation did he get after that hearing where he was deemed to be a US Citizen? Did he get a certificate of citizenship? Or one of those reports of U.S. citizen birth abroad (I think it's called a consular report of birth abroad or something like that). It seems like he would have been provided with some kind of document stating the results of that hearing.
Mr. Sammy Dog
For peace of mind, I would see an attorney. There are so many forms and loopholes in the immigration process - you could do it by yourself, but it is so much easier to hire an attorney to make sure everything gets done correctly . At the very least you could go for a consulation and see what he/she advises.
We used David Wilson (www.wilsonlg.com) for all of my husband's immigration stuff. David was great and made the process so easy. Our friends have used him too and loved him.
Good luck!
I sent you a pm.
(And David - or anyone in his firm - is a fantastic lawyer. He's very well respected by other immigration attorneys, too.)
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Thanks! I replied.
Tired after a long morning of hiking and swimming.
Ditto. Hope you are getting things figured out.
Tired after a long morning of hiking and swimming.
Thanks for all the help! He found some paperwork in his Dad's files and some he had. He spent the morning in the INS office and has to head to the Social Security office this afternoon.
The agent told him that there was some new legislation signed about a month ago that involves a computer matching of citizenship and social security numbers. The information doesn't match the SSN is deemed invalid and a note attached to it that the holder has to proove citizenship again. In my DH's case, his was flagged because the new computer system didn't like a number on his citizenship paperwork.
It's all straightened out (hopefully) and the agent told him to get a US passport immediately and it should solidify his citizenship and this shouldn't happen again.
Interestingly his sister is having the same issue with her SSN. However, she was born on the military base in Germany. Her first 2 sets of numbers don't match with the area/group for the base and the time that she was born.
What a mess. Thankfully it was simple though.
Yay, I'm so glad to hear that he got it figured out!
I haven't heard about the legislation. I need to ask around and see if others have.
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