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• US Coast Guard Merchant Mariner card • data matches with other federal or state agencies if the agencies establish and certify true identity of individuals. Such agencies may include food stamps, child support, corrections, including juvenile detention, motor vehicle or child protective services.

Children who are age 16 or younger and cannot provide one of the documents listed above may present one of the following documents:

• School record that shows a date and place of birth and parent(s) name • Clinic, doctor or hospital record showing date of birth • Daycare or nursery school record showing date and place of birth, or • If none of the documents listed previously are available, an affidavit may be used. An affidavit is only acceptable if it is signed under penalty of perjury by a parent or guardian stating the date and place of the birth of the child and cannot be used if an affidavit for citizenship was provided.

Exception: Do not accept a voter’s registration card or Canadian driver’s license as listed in 8 CFR 274a.2(b)(1)(v)(B)(1).

Collective Naturalization

The following will establish US citizenship for collectively naturalized individuals:

• Puerto Rico o Evidence of birth in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899, and the applicant’s statement that s/he was residing in the US, a US possession, or Puerto Rico on January 13, 1941; or o Evidence that the applicant was a Puerto Rican citizen and the statement that s/he was residing in Puerto Rico on March 1, 1917 and that s/he did not take an oath of allegiance to Spain. • US Virgin Islands o Evidence of birth in the US Virgin Islands and the applicant's statement of residence in the US, a US possession, or the US Virgin Islands on February 25, 1927; o The applicant’s statement indicating residence in the US Virgin Islands as a Danish citizen on January 17, 1917; residence in the US, a US possession, or the US Virgin Islands on February 25, 1927; and that s/he did not make a declaration to maintain Danish citizenship; or o Evidence of birth in the US Virgin Islands and the applicant's statement indicating residence in the US, a US possession or territory, or the Canal Zone on June 28, 1932. • Northern Mariana Island (NMI) was formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) o Evidence of TTPI citizenship; residence in NMI, the US, or a US territory or possession on November 3, 1986 (NMI local time); and the applicant's statement that s/he did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986 (NMI local time); o Evidence of TTPI citizenship, continuous residence in the NMI since before November