At that time, in the bad old days before children were regarded as hardened terrorists, children typically travelled on their parents' passports.
Although several FReepers recounted doing exactly that on the Big Thread, there are still knuckleheads who insist that such a thing never happened.
Or did Ann register Obama’s foreign birth at the closest American Consulate to get his own passport?
Why? A baby in arms didn't need a passport. That would be absurd!
Was it possible for baby Obama to travel on Ann’s passport alone without any documentation? Mind you they had to travel through a few countries.
Yes. Common practice in those days.
State department rules are VERY VERY clear on this point.
But hey, don't trust me! That thing you're sitting in front of right now? It has internet access. Go to the state department's own web site and see for your self.
A "Statement of No Record" and a DS10A signed by an older blood relative suffices.
That's now. Post 9/11. In the age of ID theft. With everyone worried about international child kidnapping and the sex slave trade. With our borders fully secured against saboteurs (OK, I made that last part up!)
It was quite a bit more lax when Barry Toot Barack Hussein Obama got his first passport decades ago...
Ok, thanks.
Now my question is, did Ann play it safe and conscientious by registering baby Obama’s birth at a US Consulate somewhere to guarantee his citizenship or did she tried to pull a fast one by rushing back to Hawaii and registered him as home grown?