Sections 24 and 25 of the Consular Report of Birth Abroad application show whether  the American parent is able to transmit citizenship; it is therefore extremely important that the American parent(s) completely and properly fill out this information.

List the city and state in the United States where you have lived giving exact from and to dates. Even if you maintaned residence while on vacation, do not list any time periods  that you spent outside of the United States.

Example:

City, State                                                                   From                                     To

Tampa, Florida                                                          01/01/2000                         09/15/2007

Tampa, Florida                                                          12/17/2009                         07/04/2012

Tampa, Florida                                                          08/01/2012                         09/05/2012

Tampa, Florida                                                          10/01/2012                         11/05/2012