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  • 05-05-2007, 02:26 PM
    zedex
    Child Born Outside Of The U.S.
    My daughter will be born this month and this will be in Canada. I am a US citizen by birth, mother/wife is Taiwanese by birth, but legal citizen of Canada.

    We would like for the daughter, Destiny, to have US citizenship, though she will also live in Canada. How do we go about doing this? The goal is for Destiny to be able to travel between the two countries without issue as my family is stateside and she may choose to live here once an adult.

    Also, on that same note, my wife doesn't want US citizenship, but would like to have the right to live and work here, should we decide that living here is the better option.

    I am awaiting on consent to live and work in Canada right now, but living in states.

    What options are available to us, costs involved, and best course for obtaining the results we are trying for?
  • 05-05-2007, 03:08 PM
    aaron
    Re: Born outside the US
    As is explained on the U.S. Embassy website,
    Quote:

    Quoting Claims to U.S. Citizenship
    The ACS office can provide information and assistance to someone who believes he/she (or his/her children) has a claim to U.S. citizenship, including registration of children born in the Montréal area to U.S. citizen parents and who have a claim to citizenship at birth. We recommend that any claim to citizenship is documented as soon as practical after birth or after someone is first made aware of a possible claim.

    In order to register the birth abroad of child under the age of 18, the U.S. citizen parent must appear in person at the Consulate with the following information in order to complete a Report of Birth Abroad application, which requires payment of a US$40 fee:
    • Proof of U.S. citizenship for one or both parents - at the time of the applicant's birth
    • An original civil birth certificate of the child showing both parents' names
    • Identification for the child (preferably with a photograph)
    • An original civil marriage certificate for the parents, along with original evidence of the dissolution of any prior marriages for both parents
    • Affidavit of physical presence and parentage if the child was born to an unwed U.S. citizen father
    • Based on the birth date of the child and the parents' citizenship, additional evidence will be required.

    In order to register the birth abroad of a child now over the age of 18, the "child"/applicant must appear in person at the Consulate in order to apply for a passport. There is a US$115 fee for adjudication of the claim to citizenship and a US$45 passport fee. The applicant must appear with the following information in order to complete the passport application:
    • Proof of U.S. citizenship for one or both parents - at the time of the applicant's birth
    • An original civil birth certificate of the child showing both parents' names
    • Identification for the applicant
    • An original civil marriage certificate for the parents (if applicable), along with original evidence of the dissolution of any prior marriages for both parents
    • Affidavit of physical presence by U.S. citizen parent (if only one U.S. citizen parent)
    • Proof of the U.S. citizen parent's physical presence in the U.S. prior to the applicant's birth (the number of years required depends upon the date of birth of the applicant)

  • 09-15-2007, 12:46 AM
    zedex
    Re: Child Born Outside Of The U.S.
    I followed your post, Aaron, and went to the consulate in Vancouver with the listed information. The first attempt was in mid-June, but the website did not state appt was required. We were very rudely sent away.
    I complained to the head of that office as to how rude the man was and they made an appt for July 19. We brought back the papers required, but I also had to have the birth registration papers.
    When we got back to Vancouver Island, I called down to Victoria and requested the registration papers. Within a week, I had them.

    The papers were sent back to Vancouver and the man called to inform me he had everything assembled and was working on it. It would take approx 90 days.

    Three and a half weeks later, I have her birth abroad certifiacte and her passport. Her SS card will arrive soon.

    Thanks for the information.
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