DNA and Parentage Blood Testing
Once the Embassy has located the specimen collection kit, we will send it to the panel physician. The parent/guardian in Kenya should contact the panel physician at the International Organization of Migration in Nairobi (Tel: 2720061/2) or Dr. C.B. Patel in Mombasa (Tel:041-2222857/8) to schedule an appointment to have the specimen taken.
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS ON DNA AND PARENTAGE BLOOD TESTING
Establishing a biological and legal relationship to the child: To establish that a child born abroad acquired derivative U.S. citizenship, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) requires that a blood and a legal relationship exist between the child and the U.S. citizen parent. Volume 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 51.40 provides that the burden of proof is upon the applicant to establish a claim to U.S. citizenship. When primary and secondary documentary evidence are deemed insufficient to establish such a claim, parentage blood testing is an option available to applicants. The Department appreciates that this situation may be troubling to parents, but under the circumstances, it appears that there is no other way to establish the child''s claim to U.S. citizenship. Parents are, of course, free to submit any additional evidence they believe pertinent. If such tests establish that fact, the Department of State would expedite issuance of a consular Report of Birth of a U.S. Citizen Abroad and a U.S. passport, provided applicable requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act concerning birth out of wedlock and establishment of a legal relationship (acknowledgment of paternity and legitimization prior to the child''s 18th birthday) have been met.
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