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States; • District of Columbia; • American Samoa • Swain’s Island • *Puerto Rico (if born on or after January 13, 1941 ); • *Virgin Islands of the US (on or after January 17, 1917); • *Northern Mariana Islands (after November 4, 1986 (NMI local time)); or • Guam (on or after April 10, 1899) An amended birth record document that is amended after 5 years of age is considered fourth level evidence of citizenship. Note: If the document shows the individual was born in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the US, or the Northern Mariana Islands before these areas became part of the US, the individual may be a collectively naturalized citizen. Collective naturalization occurred on certain dates listed for each of the territories. *See additional requirements for Collective Naturalization. Certification of Report of Birth (DS-1350) The Department of State issues a DS-1350 to US citizens in the US who were born outside the US and acquired US citizenship at birth, based on the information shown on the FS-240. When the birth was recorded as a Consular Report of Birth (FS-240), certified copies of the Certification of Report of Birth Abroad (DS-1350) can be issued by the Department of State in Washington, D.C. The DS-1350 contains the same information as that on the current version of Consular Report of Birth (FS-240). The DS- 1350 is not issued outside the US Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America (FS-240) The Department of State consular office prepares and issues this. A Consular Report of Birth can be prepared only at an American consular office overseas while the child is under the age of 18. Children born outside the US to US military personnel usually have one of these. Certification of Birth Abroad (FS-545) Before November 1, 1990, Department of State consulates also issued Form FS-545 along with the prior version of the FS-240. In 1990, US consulates ceased to issue Form FS-545. Treat an FS-545 the same as the DS-1350. United States Citizen Identification Card (I- 197) or the prior version (I-179) INS issued the I-179 from 1960 until 1973. It revised the form and renumbered it as Form I-197. INS issued the I-197 from 1973 until April 7, 1983. INS issued Form I-179 and I-197 to naturalized US citizens living near the Canadian or Mexican border who needed it for frequent border crossings. Although neither form is currently issued, either form that was previously issued is still valid. American Indian Card (I-872) DHS issues this card to identify a member of the Texas Band of Kickapoos living near the US/Mexican border. A classification code “KIC” and a statement on the back denote US citizenship. Northern Mariana Card (I-873) INS issued the I-873 to a collectively naturalized citizen of the US who was born in the Northern Mariana Islands before November 4, 1986. The card is no longer issued, but those previously issued are still valid. Final adoption decree The adoption decree must show the child’s name and US place of birth. In situations where an adoption is not finalized and the State in which the