I just talked to my mother today and we discussed this since my parents had six children including two under three years old in the early sixties.... children travelled on the Mothers passport then. My parents and us kids travelled internationally every six months. Hers was a German passport.
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 7:03 PM, smrstrauss <[email protected]> wrote: > > Re: "I doubt very seriously that an infant was required to have had a > Visa when traveling > abroad with his mother. ' > > I suppose that you are thinking of a US infant traveling out of the > USA. No, what you are talking about in this scenario is a Kenyan > infant traveling to the USA. And infant born in Kenya would be > considered a Kenyan (British subject at the time), or it is possible > but less likely that he could be considered a US citizen born in Kenya > (though many point out that his mother was not old enough to confer > citizenship). In the latter case, he could get a US passport in Kenya > or be added to his mother's US passport. BUT he could not travel to > the USA without any travel document. He would have to have either a > visa or a US passport. > > So who would decide? Not the US consulate in Kenya. It would have to > be at the Sate Department in Washington--so cable traffic back and > forth (long before e-mail). And it was in August, when Washington DC > slows down to a crawl. > > > > > -- Mark M. Kahle, , www.filacoffee.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
