Originally Posted by
cordelli
There is another thread about it here
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...-even-had.html
Most of the media is missing out that for 99.5% of the people applying for a passport every year (about 14 million), they will be able to prove their citizenship and not need to fill out this form. They expect only 75,000 people to actually need to use this form.
If for example you have a passport already, that proves your citizenship, and you won't need to do this form. If you can produce a birth certificate, that proves your citizenship and you won't need to do this form.
Yep, it's amazing that a lot of people are ignoring the text in section C- it would only apply if you were born in the US, and if your birth wasn't recorded until a year or more after the fact, or if you weren't born in a medical facility. How many people does that realistically apply to?