This service is available by appointment only in at the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy Botswana

If you are over 18 years of age, and if you were born to a U.S. citizen parent abroad who did not declare your birth at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate, you may have a claim to U.S. citizenship.  You will need to provide the following original documents, as well as a photocopy of each original document:

• your local birth certificate
• your identification or passport
• your parents’ marriage certificate
• if you were born out of wedlock, your father’s affidavit of parentage
• your U.S. parent’s U.S. passport or notarized true copy of U.S. passport
• your U.S. parent’s precise list of physical presence in the U.S. prior to your birth abroad
• evidence and proof of your U.S. parent’s physical presence in the U.S. such as: school/high school/university transcripts, military honorable discharge showing dates of service, Social Security Earning Statement, IRS W-2 forms, employers letters or certificates, salary slips, bank records (checking account statements), credit card statements, previous passports with stamps, etc.