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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS 07/19 CHAPTER C, PAGE 33 VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP Document Explanation 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 the current version of the Consular Report of Birth FS-240. The DS- 1350 is not issued outside the U.S. Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America (FS-240) Issued by the Department of State Consular Office. A Consular Report of Birth can be prepared only at an American Consular Office overseas while the child is under the age of 18. Often issued to children born outside the U.S. to U.S. military personnel. 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, U.S. 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 and issued it from 1973 until April 7, 1983. The I-179 and I-197 were issued to naturalized U.S. citizens