ARIZONA STATEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP & ALIEN STATUS
All applicants must answer questions on the application regarding citizenship. A Xeroxed copy of a document that shows evidence
of your citizenship or alien status MUST BE submitted with your application for licensure or renewal. See List A or List B.
LIST A
Evidence showing U.S. citizen or U.S. national status includes the following:
*If any of the following documents do not contain a photograph of the individual, the individual shall also present
a
government is
sued document that contains a photograph of the individual.
a. Primary Evidence:
(1) An AZ driver’s license issued after 1996 or an AZ non-operating identification license
(2) A birth certificate showing birth in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico (on or after January 13,
1941), Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands (on or after January 17, 1917), American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands
(on or after November 4, 1986, Northern Mariana Islands local time) (unless the applicant was born to foreign diplomat
s
resid
ing in such a jurisdictio
n); *
(3
) A
birth certificate or delayed birth certificate issued in any state, territory or possession of the U.S.; *
(4) A signed United States passport; current or expired;
(5) Report of birth abroad of a U.S. citizen (FS-240) (issued by the Department of State to U.S. citizens); A U.S. certificate of
birth abroad *
(6) Certificate of Birth (FS-545) (issued by a foreign service post) or Certification of Report of Birth (DS-1350), cop
ies of
whi
ch are available from the Department of State;
*
(7) Form N-550 or N-570, Certificate of Naturalization (issued by the Service through a Federal or State court, or throug
h
adm
inistrative naturalization after December 1990 to individuals who are individually naturalized; the N-570 is
a
replacem
ent certificate issued when the N-550 has been lost or mutilated or the individual’s name has change
d);
(8)
Form N-561, Certificate of Citizenship;
(9) Form I-197, United States Citizen Identification Card (issued by the Service until April 7, 1983 to U.S. citizens living near
the Canadian or Mexican border who needed it for frequent border crossings) (formerly Form I-179, last issued in February
1974);
(10) Form I-873 (or prior versions), Northern Marianas Card (issued by the Service to a collectively naturalized U.S. citizen
who was born in the Northern Mariana Islands before November 3, 1986);
(11) Statem
ent provided by a U.S. consular official certifying that the individual is a U.S. citizen (given to an individual born
outside the United states who derives citizenship through a parent but does not have a FS-240, FS-545, or DS-1350); or *
(12) Form I-872 (or prior versions), American Indian Card with a classification code “KIC” and a statement on the back
identifying the bearer as a U.S. citizen (issued by the Service to U.S. citizen members of the Texas Band of Kickapoo
living near the U.S./Mexican bord
er).
(13)
A trib
al certificate of Indian
blood.*
(14)
A
tribal or bureau of Indian affairs affidavit of birth*
NOTE: SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTATION.
b. Secondar
y Ev
idence
If the applicant cannot present one of the documents listed in (a) above, the following may be relied upon to establish U.S.
citizenship or U.S. national status;
(1) Religious record recorded in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico (on or after January 13, 1941)
,
G
uam, the U.S. Virgin Islands (on or after January 17, 1917), American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands (on or
after November 4, 1986, Northern Mariana Islands local time) (unless the applicant was born to foreign diplomats residing
in such a jurisdiction) within three 3 months after birth showing that the birth occurred in such jurisdiction and the date o
f
b
irth or the individual’s age at the time the record was m
ade;
(2) Evidence of civil service employment by the U.S. government before June 1, 1976;
(3) Early school records (preferably from the first school) showing the date of admission to the school, the applicant’s date
and
U.S.
place of birth, and the name(s) and place(s) of birth of the applicant’s parent(s
);
(4)
Census record showing name, U.S. nationality or a U.S. place of birth, and applicant’s date of birth or ag
e;
(5)
Adoption finalization papers showing the applicant’s name and place of birth in one of the 50 states, the
District of
Co
lumbia, Puerto Rico (on or after January 13, 1941), Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands (on or after January 17, 1917
,
Am
erican Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands (on or after November 4, 1986, Northern Marian Islands local tim
e)
(unless the applicant was born to foreign diplomats residing in such a jurisdiction), or, when the adoption is not finalized
and the state or other U.S. jurisdiction listed above will not release a birth certificate prior to final adoption, a statement
from
a state or jurisdiction approved adoption agency showing the applicant’s name and place of birth in one of such
jurisdictions, and stating that the source of the information is an original bi
rth certificate;
(6)
Any other document that establishes a U.S. place of birth or otherwise indicates U.S. nationality (e.g., a contemporaneous
hospital record of birth in that hospital in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico (on or after Janua
ry
1
3, 1941), Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands (on or after January 17, 1917), American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Island
s
(o
n or after November 4, 1986, Northern Mariana Islands local time) (unless the applicant was born to foreign diplomat
s
resid
ing in such a jurisdictio
n);