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Follow May. 10, 2021 Many desperate Americans living in Israel say they and their families are trapped in the country, unable to plan long-anticipated trips to visit relatives in the United States. That’s because, due to a massive COVID-19 backlog and remaining restrictions, it is virtually impossible to obtain an appointment at the U.S. Embassy to renew expired passports for Americans – children and adults – whose last passport was issued when they were a minor, or to register a newborn child with American parents as a U.S. citizen and obtain a first passport. Even more frustrated th...
Why Is the State Dept. Still Discriminating Against LGBTQ+ Families? May 08 2021 12:47 AM EDT I’m Allison Blixt, an American citizen born and raised in the U.S. My wife and I have two sons, yet only one of them is recognized by the U.S. government as having U.S. citizenship. Fifteen years ago, I met my wife Stefania Zaccari when she was visiting New York City from Rome. We knew early on in our relationship that we wanted to build a life together. At the time, we couldn’t live in New York because the Defense of Marriage Act prevented me from sponsoring Stefania for a green card, so I left...
Why an Estimated 100,000 Americans Abroad Face Passport Problems Consular appointments for U.S. citizens overseas are nearly impossible to come by as many embassies, plagued by Covid restrictions and staff reductions, remain all but closed. Yona Shemesh, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who lives in Israel, ended up paying $450 to a broker for a booked appointment to renew his American passport. He tried for eight months to do so himself at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.Credit...Tanya Habjouqa for The New York Times By Debra Kamin May 6, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET Yona Shemesh, 24, was born in Los Angele...
Sister's death overseas, State Department paperwork complicate Peoria man's life insurance payout Rebekah L. Sanders, Arizona Republic © Courtesy of Bruce Horton Bruce Horton's mother, Jean Mooney, left a $10,000 life insurance policy to him and his sister when she died at 92. It wasn't easy to collect. Peoria resident Bruce Horton figured it would be relatively easy to collect his mother's modest life insurance policy after she died last summer. His 92-year-old mother had been single. His sister, a classically trained opera singer, had passed away years before. Horton w...