Yes, Obama’s daddy did need documentation that year: he registered his son as a citizen of Kenya.
Yup, Kenya declared independence from England, Dec. 12, 1963 and the Republic was declared Dec. 12, 1964.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya
I think this is correct Satindoll.
Kenya became independent in 1963. By the time he could get out of school to register Obama as a citizen of Kenya, Feb 1962 sounds about right since he was at Harvard. But Obama Sr. would have wanted his son to be a Kenyan, not a British subject.
By the way, something came to me this morning.
Everyone questions Obama getting into Harvard. According to this article http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/golden3.htm Harvard accepts 40% of it’s alumni applicants. Just wondering if that was how he got in.