Yehudayona……..
Yes, I replied to your first post
We adopted in China in 1997
The instant citizenship law (2000) was retroactive for children born after 1986
“Child Born Between November 14, 1986, and the Present
If at the time of your birth, both your parents were U.S. citizens and at least one had a prior residence in the U.S., you automatically acquired U.S. citizenship, with no conditions for keeping it.
If only one parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of your birth, that parent must have resided in the U.S. for at least five years, and at least two of those years must have been after your parent reached the age of 14.
I went into Probate Court with the adoption papers form China and our daughter’s Green Card and the judge ordered a CT Birth Certificate issued that listed China as place of birth. She was instantly a citizen. I used a copy of the law when she had to get a passport as the Post Office employees are clueless in the local branch.