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Originally Posted By peteIn 1976 I was adopted in Korea while my adoptive father was stationed there with the army. He brought me to the states with a visa. The only documentation I have is a driver's license, a social security card, and a one page adoption paper (the visa was lost in one of our moves). My dependent Military card expired when I turned 18. What were the laws then for citizenship? Am I automatically a citizen since I was adopted by military American citizens? Is there a residency law that will protect me since I've been in the states for 23 years? How do I find out for sure that I am a citizen? (I don't have money for a lawyer and I'm afraid to go to Immigration for fear of deportation.)
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Dear Friends:
My biological father had been in the ARMY in Vietnam and Germany.
I was actually conceived in the barracks in Heidelberg!
My bio. mother (with whom I was reunited in 1998) remembers only my father's first name (Dennis).
I have written to the military records center in St. Louis several times, but they claim they need more details in order to provide any information on my father.
I have NOT told them that I am an adoptee on a mission, as I don't want them to think I plan to disrupt Dennis' life. Really, I just want to meet him, or at least get medical information from him or extended family.
The center in St. Louis claim they need Dennis' rank, unit, etc., but I know very little about the ARMY's structure.
Why they can't simply send me a list (however lengthy) of everyone stationed at Heidelberg in April or May of 1971 I do not know.
If you can help me in any way, PLEASE e-mail me at ASSAILANTPOODLE@YAHOO.COM.
Best wishes, Annika
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