A doctor tried to renew his passport. Now he’s no longer a citizen.

[OldUser 6,851]

The Northern Virginia doctor was born in D.C. and given a U.S. birth certificate. At 61, he learned his citizenship was granted by mistake.

 

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/25/virginia-doctor-passport-citizenship-nightmare

 

 

[Leeman15251 36]

I’m surprised that it took them so long to figure out he wasn’t a citizen. He admitted to voting I wonder if that would block him from being able to get residency, even if he did not know he was unable to vote?

[JourneyFromA2 85]

There is another form (I-508) he will need to fill out to explain his A visa status and duties, and to also renounce his diplomatic status.

Similar to what I had to go through.

[Boiler 45,651]

Yep he would have got residency and then could have gone for Citizenship. I assume he still can.

 

Was there not a jihadi bride in the same situation?

 

We have had a few cases where we have had Iranian members who were born elsewhere having issues because they are Iranian, one got really upset and seemed to think not having a passport was relevant.

 

[TBoneTX 45,469]

Here's another report.  I agree that this situation is egregious and needs to be corrected.

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U.S. Doctor Stripped of Citizenship for a Ridiculous Reason

 

Siavash Sobhani, aside from a few years of his childhood when his family moved to Turkey, was born, attended school, and practiced medicine for more than thirty years right here in the United States.  He practices internal medicine, having earned degrees from George Washington University and Boston College before attending Georgetown Medical School.

Thinking ahead, Sobhani applied for a new passport in February since his was set to expire in June.  He needs the passport in order to attend his son's wedding in Portugal next July.  This isn't the first time that he has renewed it.  Over the years he has done so several times, each time establishing the fact that he was a U.S. citizen.

So imagine his shock when he received a letter from the State Department informing him that he never should have been granted citizenship at the time of his birth because his father was a diplomat from the Iranian Embassy.  Instead of receiving a passport, he was directed to a website where he could apply for citizenship.  [story continues...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/miltharris/2023/11/27/bureaucracy-abused-us-doctor-stripped-of-citizenship-n4924245