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(1) A U.S. passport, including a U.S. Passport Card issued by the Department of State, without regard to any expiration date as long as such passport or Card was issued without limitation; (2) A Certificate of Naturalization; (3) A Certificate of U.S. Citizenship; (4) A valid State-issued driver's license if the State issuing the license requires proof of U.S. citizenship, or obtains and verifies a SSN from the applicant who is a citizen before issuing such license; (5) Documentary evidence issued by a federally-recognized Indian Tribe identified in the Federal Register by the Bureau of Indian Affairs within the U.S. Department of the Interior, and including Tribes located in a State that has an international border, which identifies tribe that issued the document; the applicant by name; and; confirms the applicant’s membership, enrollment, or affiliation with the Tribe; (6) A data match with the Social Security Administration. b. Secondary evidence – If primary evidence of citizenship is unavailable, the following must be accepted as satisfactory evidence to establish citizenship if also accompanied by an identity document listed in § 3.10(A)(3) of this Part: (1) A U.S. public birth certificate showing birth in one of the fifty (50) States, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, Swain's Island, Puerto Rico (if born on or after January 13, 1941), the Virgin Islands of the U.S. or the CNMI (if born after November 4, 1986, (CNMI local time)). The birth record document may be issued by a State, Commonwealth, Territory, or local jurisdiction. If the document shows the application was born in Puerto Rico or the Northern Mariana Islands before the applicable date referenced in this paragraph, the applicant may be a collectively naturalized citizen. In such instances, the State accepts the evidence identified in 42 C.F.R. § 435.945; (2) At State option, a cross match with a State vital statistics agency documenting a record of birth; (3) A Certification of Report of Birth, issued to U.S. citizens who were born outside the U.S; (4) A Report of Birth Abroad of a U.S. Citizen;