How can a US citizen mother bring her biological non-US citizen child to America?

Question

I'm a US citizen and gave birth to a baby boy in another country, who's father is a non-US citizen.

what i meant was...would the child be automatically become a US citizen?

Answer 1

Your situation is NOT tricky; it is very straightforward and simple. You do not need the father's permission or even his cooperation. He doesn't even need to know you're applying for US citizenship for your child. The child will never have to choose US citizenship at 18 - that's a law in some other countries, but NOT in the US. In addition, the father's citizenship and your marital status are irrelevant to the process. I have no idea where people get these idiotic ideas.

If you have been a US citizen long enough, and lived in the US long enough, to transmit citizenship, then your child can derive US citizenship from you alone. Here is how you apply:
http://www.travel.state.gov/family/family_issues/birth/birth_593.html

The easiest thing to do is call or visit the nearest US embassy or consulate, ask for American Citizen Services, and they will guide you through the process. It is not difficult. There are thousands of babies documented as American citizens every day through this process.

Once the baby receives the FS-240 Consular Report of Birth, you can apply for a passport and take him (her) home, or anywhere.

You didn't say where you are, so here is a list of all US embassies and consulates and their web sites, with phone numbers:
http://usembassy.state.gov/

Answer 2

The child will not automatically become a US citizen. With the military in Germany this comes up from time to time. A US citizen will go into labor off base and have their kid in a German hospital. After they come back to the states it is not uncommon for the kid to be drafted into the German army at 18, happens quite a lot actually.

This is a tricky situation, it depends on if the father wants the child to become a US citizen, if he is OK with the kid leaving the country, if the host nation will relenquish citizen rights. The best thing to do is to get a lawyer who specializes in citizen cases to help you. If both parents were US citizens it wouldn't be so hard but with dual citizen parents it could be very problematic.

Answer 3

if you are a US citizent you should have no problem bringing your child here as long as the fahter is ok with it.go to the US consolate in that country and get a US birthcertificat for your child and you will be able to get a US pasport too.you will have to fill out lots of paperwork i think but you should be ok.the father has to be present there to for u to be able to get that.make sure that you get something from the father in writing and notarized that he is ok with you taking the kid to the states.good luck!!the consulates usually have websites to and you can read up on it.

Answer 4

You may have to deal with the laws in that country first. Does the father give you permission ? if that is cleared up go to the American Embassy and or if you live here go to a lawyer who specializes in these affairs.

Answer 5

Your best bet would be to use one of the international airlines. You
could save money in some cases by traveling by sea but the sailing
schedules of various sea carriers may not be conducive to your travel schedule.

Answer 6

No--except the mummy famous a sponsor(in many circumstances an significant different). To be a sponsor for the mummy, the toddler must be 18 years or older. My son became into born distant places in the previous I have been given married and his father signed criminal papers that this became into his son--yet embassy instructed me that the only thank you to improve him in the U.S. became into if I became a criminal resident and to try this I had to have an significant different of criminal age, via fact a toddler can not take accountability for me. My husband and that i've got been given married besides, even nonetheless it became into exciting to appreciate that--via fact certainly they provide custody to the dad until eventually the toddler is eighteen to the daddy. even nonetheless, i will inform you that a father of a toddler it relatively is born distant places has to rfile the toddler to the embassy as his toddler, via fact the toddler is entitled to U.S. citizenship besides via fact the citizenship of the rustic that's born in(cual citizenship).

Answer 7

if you are a citizen then you can bring you child into the state, he will have duel citizenship till he is 18, then he has to chose

Answer 8

no