Re: Establishing a Parent's Residency for a Child Born Outside of the U.S.
Rules for residency for your citizenship are different from those allowing you to pass it to a child born abroad. I certainly can see why there is a question of you being able to do so since you abandoned your residency so soon after gaining citizenship. Since you apparently have no interest in abiding by US laws (as demonstrated by your failure to file and pay any taxes due), why are you so interested in getting citizenship for your child? You realize that citizenship has responsibilities and not only benefits.
Re: Establishing a Parent's Residency for a Child Born Outside of the U.S.
Without wishing to offend you my dear American fellow, I am a little surprised by your disposable thoughts...---------------
Here is a few explanations, I am back in France because my father had cancer and my mother is an old lady, I am their only child---------.
Since you are ennoyed for my Tax returns, I would like you to know: There is a non-double Tax treaty between the U.S and France since 1964-------------Whether you like it or not please know that I LOVE THE U.S.A-------My baby will be a PROUD UNITED STATE CITIZEN and she will pay her taxes where she will choose to live-----and I hope very much that will be in the USA......------------------------THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SINCERITY.
Re: Disposable Thoughts from a senior member from cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan = free from local, provincial, national ideas, prejudices, or attachement; at home all over the world.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Despite my 3 different passports being a human is my only true citizenship.
Re: Disposable Thoughts from a senior member from cosmopolitan
You want to talk about arbitrary?
I was born outside the US to an American mother and a father who is a citizen of my birth country. My sister, brothers and I were respectively 11, 7, 6 and 5 when we relocated to the US. As we were all minors, we entered the country under my mother's citizenship - we are recognized dual citizens by our birth country. The US, who reluctantly acknowledges that other countries recognize the concept of dual citizenship, recognized us as ex-pats returning home.
Fast forward till I (the oldest) reached majority. I contacted the Consulate of our birth country to ask how to manage things like passports, registering to vote, etc. The Consul told me that if someone in authority asked if I were an American citizen, to say Yes, but not to volunteer anything else unless asked specifically; they would continue to recognize me as a citizen until or unless I signed something saying I wasn't. I passed this information on to my siblings.
Okay, on to arbitrary. Each of the four of us applied for a US passport at various times. My sister sent in her application and received her passport a few weeks later, no questions asked. I had to get an affidavit from my mother declaring that she was a US citizen and confirming various dates that she was in residence in the US. One of my brothers had to provide our mother's school records, which luckily the city still had from the 40's. And my other brother had to get help from his Congressman. Each of us had been acknowledged as US citizens prior and had lived in the US for over a decade, since childhood, before our applications were submitted.
Arbitrary happens. It's a fact of life. Get over it.
Re: Disposable Thoughts from a senior member from cosmopolitan
I think your last sentence is perhaps the perfect advice for this thread.
:)
A real experience : U.S. citizenship for kids born abroad.
OK, that's a real experience of life but not some negative replies from someone who is supposed to give advices on this forum (T53147).-------------
Anyway "OUR" U.S. consulate is only delaying something that I will not give up on it.-------It is also an easy way for them to collect more unjustified fees.
Re: Establishing a Parent's Residency for a Child Born Outside of the U.S.
By all means, continue pursuing it, if you have nothing better to do with your time.