[null and void]

My question is still: how and what did the State Dept. have to do to issue him a legal US passport?

Per the State Department's own web site, they do not need a birth certificate to issue a Passport.

The minimum requirements are:

1. "Certificate of No Record" from the state that says the state was unable to find a CoLB.
2. A DS-10A filed by an older blood relative that asserts he was born here.

That's it.

I've had to dig this out a dozen times to show people, either trust me on this one, or go to the State department's web site and see for your self: www.state.gov

Please don't piss me off by asking for me to dig it up again.

[taraytarah]

Would you mind digging up the requirements for a passport again, please?