We received the coveted U.S. passports for Sami and Tsion. We weren't sure if they would come, our office was sure you had to have a social security number. To make it more confusing, to get a social that isn't "flagged with an 'A' status" you have to have a passport. The visa they received upon arrival into the U.S. automatically makes them citizens, but it is very difficult to get a document to prove it. First after arrival we got "green cards" (btw they are not green) on which they say "permanent resident." After the green cards we received 8 "welcome to the U.S." letters per child, in separate envelopes, your tax dollars at work. Next was the re-adoption, which gave us a U.S. birth cert. On the bottom it says "This is not evidence of citizenship." After we had sent our passport info in, with the "green" card, we found out we should have sent in for the Cert. of Citizenship, cuz pretty soon a U.S. passport will no longer be evidence of citizenship. Can you get a U.S. passport without being a U.S.citizen? Oh, and they doubled the $price$ for the Certificate to over $400 for adopted children. They must need to cover the cost of the "Welcome to America" letters!!
Since we have received the passports we have received three letters (for each child) saying "Thank You for applying for a U.S. passport. Your application is being processed................"
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that is just hilarious, we went in circles like that too, our problem was getting SS#'s-it took THREE visits!!!!!!!!! we are still waiting for the CoC's to come, i hear it can take 2 years. :)
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