OT: Paging any foreign born citizens

[Ricechex]

Hello All,
Because there is such a wealth of information on this board, I am hoping some of you can provide some feedback.

My BF (who I met on this board BTW–imagine—thanks Rich! Love has been found on Piggingtons!) is a foreign born citizen. Raised in the USA since age 3.

We have been considering taking a vacation together in a foreign country but he has no passport. I also think that a valid US passport is an absolute necessity, as it is the most valid form of ID.

So, he contacts his mother and she provided his original Certificate of Citizenship.

Here is the clincher:
The certificate has a DOB a couple of weeks earlier than all of his other ID (drivers license, social security, student loans, everything!) Year of birth remains the same.

I researched this and he can get the DOB corrected through social security, then get a new drivers license, and then with all of these forms of ID he can get a US passport. Date of birth will change to the DOB to the one listed on the Certificate of Citizenship.

His concern is:
With a DOB change it will affect his credit history, ability to get a loan, etc. His entire life is recorded with a different DOB than what is on the Citizenship Certificate.

Any ideas on this? What to do?

Thanks in advance Piggs.

[Eugene]

That’s a fairly unique situation, I don’t think you will find anyone else who had that kind of experience.

What’s on the birth certificate? Maybe it’s the certificate of citizenship that needs to be corrected?

The concern about credit history is valid, he’ll need to contact all three credit bureaus and ask them to correct his date of birth, to avoid the risk of getting a “fresh start” i.e. a blank credit file with his name and new date of birth on it.

[Eugene]

That’s a fairly unique situation, I don’t think you will find anyone else who had that kind of experience.

What’s on the birth certificate? Maybe it’s the certificate of citizenship that needs to be corrected?

The concern about credit history is valid, he’ll need to contact all three credit bureaus and ask them to correct his date of birth, to avoid the risk of getting a “fresh start” i.e. a blank credit file with his name and new date of birth on it.

[Eugene]

That’s a fairly unique situation, I don’t think you will find anyone else who had that kind of experience.

What’s on the birth certificate? Maybe it’s the certificate of citizenship that needs to be corrected?

The concern about credit history is valid, he’ll need to contact all three credit bureaus and ask them to correct his date of birth, to avoid the risk of getting a “fresh start” i.e. a blank credit file with his name and new date of birth on it.

[Eugene]

That’s a fairly unique situation, I don’t think you will find anyone else who had that kind of experience.

What’s on the birth certificate? Maybe it’s the certificate of citizenship that needs to be corrected?

The concern about credit history is valid, he’ll need to contact all three credit bureaus and ask them to correct his date of birth, to avoid the risk of getting a “fresh start” i.e. a blank credit file with his name and new date of birth on it.

[Eugene]

That’s a fairly unique situation, I don’t think you will find anyone else who had that kind of experience.

What’s on the birth certificate? Maybe it’s the certificate of citizenship that needs to be corrected?

The concern about credit history is valid, he’ll need to contact all three credit bureaus and ask them to correct his date of birth, to avoid the risk of getting a “fresh start” i.e. a blank credit file with his name and new date of birth on it.

[Ricechex]

I think to correct the Citizenship Certificate is going to be a long drawn out bureaucratic nightmare. That is the original document to certify his birth.

[Ricechex]

I think to correct the Citizenship Certificate is going to be a long drawn out bureaucratic nightmare. That is the original document to certify his birth.

[Ricechex]

I think to correct the Citizenship Certificate is going to be a long drawn out bureaucratic nightmare. That is the original document to certify his birth.

[Ricechex]

I think to correct the Citizenship Certificate is going to be a long drawn out bureaucratic nightmare. That is the original document to certify his birth.

[Ricechex]

I think to correct the Citizenship Certificate is going to be a long drawn out bureaucratic nightmare. That is the original document to certify his birth.

[Eugene]

That is the original document to certify his birth.

That is the document to certify his naturalization, that’s a different thing. He probably got it when he was 9 or 10.

Does he have any copies of the green card, and what does it say? He should have gotten the green card shortly after arrival, and his parents probably used it to apply for the social security card right away. If those two have the same birth date that he uses now, a good case could be made for the change of the certificate.

If it were me, I’d rather change the citizenship certificate (one piece of paper that’s never used except to apply for the passport), than contact 20 different companies and organizations that have my birth date on file and try to explain them why they should do me a favor by correcting their records.

[Eugene]

That is the original document to certify his birth.

That is the document to certify his naturalization, that’s a different thing. He probably got it when he was 9 or 10.

Does he have any copies of the green card, and what does it say? He should have gotten the green card shortly after arrival, and his parents probably used it to apply for the social security card right away. If those two have the same birth date that he uses now, a good case could be made for the change of the certificate.

If it were me, I’d rather change the citizenship certificate (one piece of paper that’s never used except to apply for the passport), than contact 20 different companies and organizations that have my birth date on file and try to explain them why they should do me a favor by correcting their records.

[Eugene]

That is the original document to certify his birth.

That is the document to certify his naturalization, that’s a different thing. He probably got it when he was 9 or 10.

Does he have any copies of the green card, and what does it say? He should have gotten the green card shortly after arrival, and his parents probably used it to apply for the social security card right away. If those two have the same birth date that he uses now, a good case could be made for the change of the certificate.

If it were me, I’d rather change the citizenship certificate (one piece of paper that’s never used except to apply for the passport), than contact 20 different companies and organizations that have my birth date on file and try to explain them why they should do me a favor by correcting their records.

[Eugene]

That is the original document to certify his birth.

That is the document to certify his naturalization, that’s a different thing. He probably got it when he was 9 or 10.

Does he have any copies of the green card, and what does it say? He should have gotten the green card shortly after arrival, and his parents probably used it to apply for the social security card right away. If those two have the same birth date that he uses now, a good case could be made for the change of the certificate.

If it were me, I’d rather change the citizenship certificate (one piece of paper that’s never used except to apply for the passport), than contact 20 different companies and organizations that have my birth date on file and try to explain them why they should do me a favor by correcting their records.

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