JimmySeal
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- 5 Mar 2006
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Hello all,
I have a one-year old son, born in Japan, whom I have been planning to bring to Hawai'i on vacation on Sept. 17. Unfortunately, I have just discovered today that since he is a US citizen, he must use a US passport to enter the US and I have not registered his birth with the consulate nor have I applied for a US passport for him (he has a Japanese passport) so now I am scrambling to get these in time for the trip.
My question regards the "Evidence of physical presence" requirement. I lived in the US until I was 22, but haven't lived there for the last 11 years, so I don't have much on hand to demonstrate the period of time I lived there. I have requested a transcript from my university which would cover 4 years of presence, but I need to be able to prove that I was there for 5 and I am trying to figure out what documentation I can get together to prove this. The website says:
And I do have a former passport covering five years of my residence in the US, but I don't know what they mean by "secondary" here and what its significance is.
I know that there are others here who went through this process, so what did you do when you needed to complete this proof of physical presence? I would appreciate any past experiences from people who went through this process.
I have a one-year old son, born in Japan, whom I have been planning to bring to Hawai'i on vacation on Sept. 17. Unfortunately, I have just discovered today that since he is a US citizen, he must use a US passport to enter the US and I have not registered his birth with the consulate nor have I applied for a US passport for him (he has a Japanese passport) so now I am scrambling to get these in time for the trip.
My question regards the "Evidence of physical presence" requirement. I lived in the US until I was 22, but haven't lived there for the last 11 years, so I don't have much on hand to demonstrate the period of time I lived there. I have requested a transcript from my university which would cover 4 years of presence, but I need to be able to prove that I was there for 5 and I am trying to figure out what documentation I can get together to prove this. The website says:
Secondary evidence includes: Credit Card Bills, Utility bills, Tax forms, Airline ticket stubs, and former/current passport showing stamps.
And I do have a former passport covering five years of my residence in the US, but I don't know what they mean by "secondary" here and what its significance is.
I know that there are others here who went through this process, so what did you do when you needed to complete this proof of physical presence? I would appreciate any past experiences from people who went through this process.