I think it’s probably a technicality. Obviously, the US government does not know if two Americans have a child abroad unless the parents complete some sort of application or affidavit. My guess is the parents didn’t do that. So, he’s technically not a citizen, but he shouldn’t have a problem becoming one by simply filing the necessary paperwork.
“So, he’s technically not a citizen, but he shouldn’t have a problem becoming one by simply filing the necessary paperwork.”
At 95 years old, he’ll die before the paperwork is processed.
You are right. I had a baby in another country and I got him his American birth certificate from the Embassy tout suite thereafter. He is a full American citizen, but he can’t be President. (too bad for me, huh? I have to miss out on all those free trips the mothers now get to go on...)
This guy’s parents only had to file for his American citizenship, but they did not bother.
Today what this means is that the American birth certificate a child born overseas gets, is his only original copy. There is nothing in the States on file for my son like there are for US born kids. Of course now his passport files exist, based on his BC. (remind you of anyone???)