I know. I am defying logic I appreciate all of your help. You've made it all much clearer, even if I am incapable of making the correct decision.

Well, I don't want to bore you with details of our situation, but my wife was very young when she entered the US with her parents and has never been back to Peru. It is a foreign country to her. She doesn't even know anyone there aside from relatives she's never met. While my opinion doesn't change ...

According to the wonderful ABTRAN phone service, I am required to send my actual current US passport and a certified copy will not do, since I am applying for the first time. I think I am out of luck as I cannot abandon my wife in another country. They also say that I cannot apply from Peru, as I am ...

Ah, thank you. I was trying to find out exactly what a certified copy of a passport was.

Thank you very much for your response. My father was born in the UK. I have a birth certificate of his, but I can only assume that it is not what you call "long form." As for my wife, because of our immigration problem, she will probably be in Peru, her country of citizenship. My only concern is ...

I was born in US to a British father and an American mother on October 29, 1982. It is my understanding, although my understanding has been proven wrong on most occasions, that I can register myself as a British citizen. My parents were married at the time and are still married. My father has ...