INSTANT U.S. CITIZENSHIP

Christopher de Leon with his Attorney, Michael J. Gurfinkel, after emerging from the U.S. Embassy on May 11, 1999 with a new U.S. passport.  Attorney Gurfinkel was able to locate INS records dating back to 1918, and demonstrated to the Embassy that Christopher was considered, under the law, as being a U.S. citizen since birth, through his grandfather and mother.  After a brief interview at the Embassy, Christopher was issued his U.S. passport in 15 minutes, completely bypassing the process of being petitioned, filing for naturalization, fingerprinting, answering citizenship questions, etc.