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**Yyaqyped** · 08-17-2012, 07:29 PM

If someone stopped me on the street right now and demanded that I prove that I'm an American citizen, I couldn't do it -- and neither could most Americans. The only document that can reliably be used to prove American citizenship is a passport; it's the only document that contains BOTH a confirmation of citizenship AND a photo ID. Citizenship is not required to obtain a driver's license -- the only form of ID most Americans carry, myself included. Beyond that, there's very little. Citizenship can be inferred from a birth certificate, but it would take a second ID to show the birth certificate with the person showing it (and even that wouldn't be sufficient for someone with a common name). A passport is really the only such document -- and fewer that 20% of Americans have passports.

08-17-2012, 07:29 PM	#20
Yyaqyped Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 469 Senior Member	If someone stopped me on the street right now and demanded that I prove that I'm an American citizen, I couldn't do it -- and neither could most Americans. The only document that can reliably be used to prove American citizenship is a passport; it's the only document that contains BOTH a confirmation of citizenship AND a photo ID. Citizenship is not required to obtain a driver's license -- the only form of ID most Americans carry, myself included. Beyond that, there's very little. Citizenship can be inferred from a birth certificate, but it would take a second ID to show the birth certificate with the person showing it (and even that wouldn't be sufficient for someone with a common name). A passport is really the only such document -- and fewer that 20% of Americans have passports.
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