§ 12.02-13 - Citizenship requirements.

(a) Any person making application for a continuous discharge book or a certificate of identification or a merchant mariner's document representing a certificate of identification and claiming to be a citizen of the United States shall present acceptable evidence of such citizenship at the time of making application. No original document shall be issued to any person claiming to be a citizen of the United States until such citizenship is established by acceptable evidence.

(b) The OCMI may reject any evidence of citizenship that is not believed to be authentic. Acceptable evidence of citizenship may be an original or a copy certified as true by the agency responsible for issuing the document of the following:

(1) Birth certificate or birth registration;

(2) Certificate of naturalization (original must be presented; photocopies are unlawful);

(3) Baptismal certificate or parish record recorded within one year after birth;

(4) Statement of a practicing physician certifying the physician's attendance at the birth and who possesses a record showing the date and location at which it occurred;

(5) State Department passport;

(6) A merchant mariner's document issued by the Coast Guard after February 3, 2003, that shows that the holder is a citizen of the U.S.;

(7) Delayed certificate of birth issued under a state seal in the absence of any collateral facts indicating fraud in its procurement; or

(8) Certificate of Citizenship issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services or by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services;

(c) If the applicant can not meet the requirements set forth in paragraphs (b)(1) through (8) of this section, the applicant must make a statement to that effect, and may submit data of the following character for consideration:

(1) Report of the Census Bureau showing the earliest available record of age or birth.

(2) Affidavits of parents, other relative, or two or more responsible citizens of the U.S. stating citizenship.

(3) School records, immigration records, or insurance policies.