Comments on: Still no passport if you were delivered by a midwife in Texas

By: Mariagarcialopez100

Mariagarcialopez100 — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:26:00 +0000

Veronica,
Hy My name is Maria Garcia and my passport was also dined. Although i have all my documents in place with my birth certificate from Austin. I applied back in 2007 and in 2008 and both applications were rejected. Any ways do you know about E-VERIFY???? E verify is a new system that verifies if someone can work in the USA!!!! Do you know if because we were delived by a midwife is this going to complicate just like the US Passport??? Please get back to me thanks!!!

By: Veronica 5475

Veronica 5475 — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:30:00 +0000

Hi,
I just received my birth certificate after I requested a copy from Austin Tx and was denied. I hired the services of an attorney in Brownsville and in 4/2011 I attended a telephone hearing in my attorney’s office. In 10/05/2011 my attorney emailed me to inform me that he had received my birth certificate and to offer his services to help me obtain my passport. I live in Georgia so I immediately sent him a check for 50% of what his fee is going to be and as soon as he received it he completed my packett and will mail it back to me and I will go apply for the passport in my city. According to my atty, I will most likely be submited to investigation but he will help me in case I’m required more information. I hope this has a good outcome. I will keep y’all posted and if the outcome is good, I will share the attorney’s info in case anyone is interested in hiring his services. I’ve heard he is really good but until then, I won’t recommend him to anybody. Got to see to believe.
Good luck to everyone struggling with the passport issue.
God Bless!!!

By: Annette Mejia

Annette Mejia — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:52:42 +0000

My sister and brother in law have been saving for a trip to Europe, and is costing them $6,000. They are both U.S. Citizens. My brother in law was born in Texas through a midwifery. He is getting the run around by these people, it seems like everything he is sending in not enough. They are suppose to leave Friday, April 15, 2011, and no passport. My sister tried to reschedule, because it is a special tour price she can’t. If he doesn’t get his passport by Thursday, they lose out on $6,000 that they’ve been saving for. My opinion, this is outrageous, and I am ashame of the U.S. My brother in law served and retired from the Army, served in Vietnam and is a Veteran. And now he can’t travel because they are questioning his citizenship. He was good enough to serve for his country, United States of American, but not good enough to get his passport. This may be his last opportunity to travel, due to his age. With this economy who can really travel? They have saved and saved, only to lose it all. My prayer is God will intervene and turn this around for them. They are good people and he deserves this trip.

By: Frustrated

Frustrated — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:44:02 +0000

Has anything changed? I’m still with no passport contacted everyone i can think of. I talked to an immigration lawyer and they want $10, 000 dollars to start my case and they don’t guarantee i will be receiving my passport. I have already applied and paid twice to the Los Angeles Agency. Has anyone had any luck? Are we just going to gorget about this and not travel?

Still frustrated!

By: Mark Ciulla

Mark Ciulla — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 06:19:24 +0000

Hi,
My name is Mark ciulla and I live in Holly Hill, Florida.
I am having a very bad time getting my passport issused.
I recieved a letter from the “department of state” asking me for way too much personal infomation.
I filled out the DS-11 that I got from the post office, then I went back to them and I gave them my valid florida ID card,a Louisiana birth certificate with a raised
seal on it,and they copied my social security card number.

The lady at the post office said I should expect to get the passport in 4 to 6 weeks.

Then on january 21st. 2011 ( the letter is dated January 18th. 2011 ) I get the letter from the “department of state” saying
” Unfortunately, the identification you provided is not sufficient for passport purposes”.

I then went to my Congressman’s office (John L. Mica), the lady there (an aid of his), after i left, she contacted the Miami branch of the department of state.
The next day she called and said that the department of state said that my florida state ID that i gave was too newly issused, do you have an older one?
And the answer to that is YES.
So I bring her my old florida ID card, my ss card, my library card, my voter id card,my old florida voter card from 1996,
a birth registration card from “New Orleans board of health and vital records”,a state of florida “department of revenue card” tax number dated 1993,
an old “national rifle association” membership card from 2001, an old vaccination paper from louisiana by a “Dr.Bertha N. Wexler” dated 1976,
a photo copy of the original birth certificate that the department of state has right now (the department of state has the original),
a certificate of baptism from “saint alphonsus church” which is in New Orleans Louisiana and it has a raised seal on it,
and an old “free Congress” research and education foundation membership card from 1999.
My Mother even gave the lady at”John L. Mica’s office” infomation about herself,
like my mom’s “drivers license card” and some other stuff to prove who she is, so that she could be a witness for me.

The lady at “Mica’s” office said that the amount of extra infomation and documents that I gave her was “OVER KILL”, she looked excited that this would fix it.
But the next day she called and said they wanted even more info.

The reason I have a Florida ID card and not a florida “drivers license” is because I don’t want to drive and I don’t have a car.
I am an American citizen, I do not have a criminal record. I am not here illegally, I was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 02/08/1970.
All My ancestors have been/lived in this country at least 100 years, most arriving here in the 1880′s from Sicily, Italy.
I have e-mailed my two Senators, but they have not responded yet.
I am trapped in america.
P.S. I have proved my identity, I am tired of jumping through hoops for them.

By: Ned Levi

Ned Levi — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 04:24:18 +0000

I understand your anguish and frustration. I strongly suggest you contact the office of your Representative in Congress in the morning, and the office of at least one of your state's US senators. Call their offices. You can find out the phone number of your Representative's office at the website of the House of Representatives Office page. You can find out the phone number of your Senators' offices at the US Senate - Senators' page.

By: Frustrated

Frustrated — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:52:43 +0000

I’m so frustrated! I have submitted all of my paperwork to the Los Angeles passport agency and they to denied my passport. I gave her everything she asked for except prenatal records of my birth because i don’t have it. My birthcertificate says i was born in Los Angeles by a midwife. I can’t leave the country and it’s difficult when you have ill family members that you can’t see. HELP HELP. I left a couple of messages to the ACLU in San Diego and they don’t return any of my calls. Does anyone in San Diego know where else i can go?

By: Friend

Friend — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:50:48 +0000

This message is for Maria Garza
I sent my birth cetificate and i was denied and I have not received it back yet after 1yr. I called and they told me that it should have been sent out however, if I had not received it I had to write a letter asking for it back. It is ridiculous and stupid if you send anything out make sure you make copies of everything.

By: Angelica

Angelica — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:39:25 +0000

I was born in Laredo, TX by a midwife. It took me more than a year to get my passport after a stressful research about my childhood. I still don’t receive my papers that I submitted back to me.

Just be patient if you were born here you will get your passport.

By: Ned Levi

Ned Levi — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:01:09 +0000

Maria, contact the local ACLU. They have taken on the problem. They can give you solid legal advise.

If it were me, I’d send copies (high quality ones) and see what happens, but then, I’d contact an attorney first.