Embassy of the United States

American Citizens

Reports of Birth of an American citizen

The official record of a child’s claim to U.S. citizenship at birth for a child born abroad is a Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America. This document is considered a basic United States citizenship document.

The U.S. citizen parent must complete the DS-2029 application form and sign the application before a U.S. consular officer or a U.S. Notary Public. Personal appearance of the child and the U.S parent is required when the application is signed. The following documents must also be submitted:

• Passport of the U.S. citizen parent(s)
• Valid identification (passport or driver’s license)for the non-U.S. citizen parent (if applicable); bank cards and old, expired Norwegian driver’s licenses are NOT valid for identification.
• The child's original birth certificate from the Folkeregister (not the hospital), which must show the child's full name and full name of parents;
• Parents’ original marriage certificate (if parents are married);
• The original documents ending prior marriages (divorce or annulment decrees, death certificates).
• A large self-addressed envelope with stamps for NOK 130 for return of the completed Consular Report  of Birth by registered mail. If you are applying for a passport for the child at the same time, do not send an additional envelope with stamps for NOK 100. The Consular Report of Birth and passport will be mailed together.
• Proof of at least five years (two of the years after the age of 14) of the U.S. parent’s physical presence in the U.S. is required. Physical presence is the actual time when the American citizen parent was physically within the borders of the United States. This means that any travel outside the United States, including vacation, should be excluded. Maintaining a residence in the U.S. does not constitute physical presence. Please submit old passports if available, as evidence. If unavailable, other evidence, such as school transcripts or tax returns, may be accepted. Note: Any periods of time spent overseas with the United States Military/Government or qualifying international organization (such as the United Nations) may be computed as physical presence in the United States for transmission of citizenship purposes. Time spent as a dependent of such person may also be computed as physical presence. Military records or other proof may be requested.
  

The fee for a Report of Birth Abroad of a U.S. Citizen is $65.00 the equivalent in Kroner. (See box on the right for the current exchange rate) Your child will also need a passport.  The fee for a child's first passport is $85.00 or the equivalent in Kroner. See HERE for more information about the passport application.

U.S. law requires that U.S. citizens use U.S. passports to enter and leave the United States. A child born abroad who has a claim to U.S. citizenship should be documented as such with a Consular Report of Birth Abroad and obtain a U.S. passport before traveling to the United States. He or she should not travel to the U.S. on a Norwegian or other foreign passports. A child cannot be included in a parent's U.S. passport.

To determine a child’s possible claim to U.S. citizenship when the child is born outside the United States, please read the information here:  http://travel.state.gov/law/acquisition.html.