From: jishnu@nospam.verizon.net   
      
   On 6/23/2014 8:04 PM, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
      
   > The State Dept has to figure out who is a US national when they receive   
   > a passport application, and the State Dept has to figure out who is a   
   > non-citizen national when producing a non-citizen national passport.   
   >   
   >> That's up to Justice and Homeland Security, not State.   
   >   
   > I didn't have to gather any paperwork from Justice or Homeland Security   
   > when I applied for my first passport, yet State managed to figure out   
   > that I'm a US national/citizen just fine without it.   
      
   The State Department typically  wants to see a Birth Certificate or a   
   Naturalization Certificate before agreeing to issue a Passport, no?   
      
   I guess one of them involves Justice or DHS, not the other one.   
      
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