Release of Information from Consular Report of Birth Abroad Files
(CT:CITZ-1; 06-27-2018)
(Office of Origin: CA/PPT/S/A)
8 FAM 1203.2-1 Individual Records
(CT:CITZ-1; 06-27-2018)
Information contained in the form FS-240, Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America, including form DS-2029, Application for Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America, the form FS-240, as well as data in the American Citizen Services System, is subject to the Privacy Act. Information in the files may not be divulged to third parties without the registrant’s consent except as provided by the Privacy Act (see 7 FAM 060 and 8 FAM 1203.1).
8 FAM 1203.2-2 Group Records
(CT:CITZ-1; 06-27-2018)
Consular officers may not furnish requestors a list of persons whose birth and citizenship are registered at a U.S. Foreign Service post, nor may you provide any summary of such records. The Privacy Act prohibits this information from being released. (See 7 FAM 060 and 8 FAM 1203.1). This caveat does not pertain to warden lists, which have no relation to birth records (see 7 FAM 070).