Archival Evidence Expert Specializing in Complex U. S. Citizenship Cases
Rich can help individuals and immigration law firms locate and obtain historical records, especially hard-to-find immigration and naturalization documents, that can:
Substantiate U. S. derivative citizenship claims
Help to clarify legal status
Strengthen legal filings and U. S. passport applications
Rich has built his career on understanding the systems others find impenetrable – USCIS, the National Archives, the Department of State – and how to uncover records many assume are lost or don’t even know to search for.
When cases hinge on missing or unclear documentation, Rich provides the archival expertise that can make the difference.
Recent citizenship assistance documentation projects:
Eritrea: Gathering supporting evidence for a client born on a U. S. Army base in Eritrea in the 1970s without a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) or local birth record, supporting client’s intention to file an N-600
Philippines: Documenting derivative citizenship for a client born as a U. S. citizen in the Philippines in the 1950s, as part of his broader K-1 visa strategy for his fiancée
Argentina: Documenting limited physical presence in the U. S. in the 1960s and 1970s to determine eligibility for native-born individuals who later resided in Argentina to pass on U. S. citizenship to their children
Venezuela: Obtaining Venezuelan-born father's 1947 CRBA and later presence in the U. S. to support application for a U. S. passport
Philippines: Documenting Filipino parents' naturalizations during an individual's minority in the 1980s so client could obtain a Real ID
Italy / Ireland: Gathering documentary evidence for hundreds of clients with successful Italian or Irish citizenship applications by descent