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I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA

257 points proberts | 3 comments | 16 May 25 15:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source

I'll be here for the next 5-6 hours. As usual, there are countless topics given the rapidly changing immigration landscape and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with. Please remember that I can't provide legal advice on specific cases because I won't have access to all the facts. Please stick to a factual discussion in your questions and I'll try to do the same in my answers.

Edit: I am taking a break now and will return later this afternoon/evening to respond to any comments and answer any questions. Thank you everyone for a great and engaged AMA so far.

1. iama_temp_97 ◴[16 May 25 17:53 UTC] No.44008139[source]▶
I have a US passport and am a naturalized US citizen however due to some sort of clerical error my passport says I was born here (even though you have to staple your immigration cert to the passport application). I never even noticed it until I'd been in and out of the country a few times, my passport is about to expire and I'm worried about having trouble trying to get it fixed, what course of action should I take, I'd really like to have a valid US passport.
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2. proberts ◴[16 May 25 17:59 UTC] No.44008196[source]▶
There's a procedure for fixing such a data error and you should be fine since you are a naturalized U.S. citizen: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/have-pa...
3. saguntum ◴[18 May 25 13:41 UTC] No.44021369[source]▶
FWIW I had the wrong US state on my passport for a long time. Not sure how that happened but it didn't cause any issues traveling at all.

I called the national passport line for advice about this when renewing, and they said to mail in the correction form the other commenter linked along with the renewal form. I also included a letter explaining that I wanted the passport renewed, but that it had my wrong birth state, and I wanted that corrected along with the renewal.

I think I included my birth certificate showing where I had actually been born, also, but I don't really remember. I'd call the State Department national hotline to see what they suggest: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/contact-us/passpo...