Entering the US with a foreign passport and US birthplace can lead to a bunch of questions from US CBP as US citizens are required to reenter the US with a US passport (helps the IRS).
A number of provisions in the US Immigration and Nationality Act, INA, whereby somebody born in the US could lose citizenship have been repealed or declared unconstitutional. Lost citizenship was not automatically restored when the INA was amended. You would have to apply for reinstatement.
But the obligation and accounting fees to file tax and FATCA forms with the IRS are a major deterrent if you are living outside the US.
I had a long conversation inside a border post on this topic until suspected consultation with higher-ups at the Port office clued in the local officers and they suddenly said "Have a good day!" without further explanation.
Since then I've carried a copy of the State Department 7 FAM 1200 APPENDIX C, but haven't seen further CBP curiosity about my possible US citizenship; I suspect there is now a note in my file entry that I am not a US citizen.
US citizens cannot be denied entry into the country even if they don't have a US passport. (They can be detained until their citizenship is verified though).
When you say "a bunch of questions", what kind of questions? How difficult is it? From my understanding the US can't deny entry to a citizen, passport or no. Can you he charged with a crime for trying to re enter at a port of entry with nothing but a US birth certificate?
I'm a Canadian citizen with a Canadian passport. My US citizenship lapsed over half a century ago under a now repealed provision of the INA. CBP officers today may not be cognizant of historic provisions of the INA.
A number of provisions in the US Immigration and Nationality Act, INA, whereby somebody born in the US could lose citizenship have been repealed or declared unconstitutional. Lost citizenship was not automatically restored when the INA was amended. You would have to apply for reinstatement.
But the obligation and accounting fees to file tax and FATCA forms with the IRS are a major deterrent if you are living outside the US.
I had a long conversation inside a border post on this topic until suspected consultation with higher-ups at the Port office clued in the local officers and they suddenly said "Have a good day!" without further explanation.
Since then I've carried a copy of the State Department 7 FAM 1200 APPENDIX C, but haven't seen further CBP curiosity about my possible US citizenship; I suspect there is now a note in my file entry that I am not a US citizen.