My wife's grandfather was a US army veteran assigned in the Philippines during 1943 and got married here. My father-in-law did not chose to be an american citizen but instead chose to be a Filipino. My wife has only 1 picture of their grandpa and a couple of old letters. We tried to search for their marriage certificate but they did not register in civil registry. Can my wife ask for an american citizenship eventhough my father in law waived it.
2006-11-06 00:02:18 · 4 answers · asked by carnage50 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
If she is over 18 and her dad never claimed US citizenship, she is SOL. She is not nor can she claim US citizenship. My wife was the same way, it sucks, but thats the law.
P.S. In 1943 the Japanese ran the Philippines, any American would have been in a POW camp.
2006-11-06 00:05:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes she can apply for it. She is not an American Citizen if she was born in the Philippines. Her father would have had to transferred his American citizenship to his daughter. Witch obviously he didn't.
2006-11-06 00:16:41 · answer #2 · answered by Nastassia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By virtue of your marriage, your wife can obtain US citizenship (it does not come automatically). There is paperwork to fill out and, assuming she has a Green Card already, a $400 fee. I would recommend getting an immigration attorney. The one I'm using only charged me $800 for all the paperwork so its not out of reach for most people.
2006-11-06 00:15:27 · answer #3 · answered by skip 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By virture of your marriage (if you are a US citizen) the she is also a US citizen
2006-11-06 00:05:35 · answer #4 · answered by ntu 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋