how can i have my daughter that was born here USA but was taken by her mother at 8 months old to Mexico?

Question

she's has been in Mexico for 14 year's so she does not apeak English and does not have my last name.

i did not know that i had a daughter that's why i visited her and she wants to come her on her vacations and her mother approves.

i did not know that i had a daughter until rumors came about so i vivited her and she wants to come here on her vacations and her mother approves it for her to come here

Answer 1

Well you can take it to an American court and seek a paternity test, which you will have to pay for. The international part is trickier... if you can get cooperation to get a paternity test and once you have paternity established, even if they grant you custody or partial custody in the US, you would most likely have to go to Mexico and request custody in their court system, and since you haven't contested this in 14 years, they may not help you much unless you can somehow show that you have been working to make a life for your daughter. Good luck to you.

Answer 2

Your question is a bit vague- I'm not sure if you want your daughter to visit or to live with you.

Two issues- her passport and her mother's permission for your daughter to get here.

To get this girl a passport, you've got some work.

Step one: Determine if you were able to transmit citizenship. Have you been a citizen for 10 years, five of which were after the age of 14? (I'll assume the answer is yes.)

Step two: Speak to your daughter's mother and get details about your daughter's birth so you can find her birth certificate. If the woman listed no father, you've got more work ahead of you. But if you're listed as the father, that's a big help. You can get her a passport. Go to your local post office and get the application.

Step Two point Five: Even if you're not the father on the birth certificate, the girl can get her own passport based on being born here. The applications from the post office will tell you how the parent (not you) can apply for this girl's passport.

If the mother is OK with your daughter visiting you after you resolve the passport thing, then it'll be up to her mother to do what's needed for allowing the girl to travel and leave Mexico. (I'm guessing a notarized permit signed by the mother is appropriate, maybe more.)

Fourteen years is a long time. Before investing too much emotional currency in this situation, I'd want some scientific proof that she's really mine. This will be delicate. You'll have to talk to her gently, ask her to do some DNA testing. But that's a different matter altogether. Good luck!!

PS - You might want to get legal help at any point along this path.

Answer 3

You don't need to do the whole immigration thing if you have a birth certificate.

For 14 and over the child has to appear in person. Sometime a parent does not have to be present. If she has no ID you must appear. And since this is outside of the US you might have to appear or maybe be able to sign an affidavit and send it to her. Or you apply for her here and then send it to the US embassy there. Maybe you will just have to fly to Mexico. This is all easily done at the embassy.

So checking the State Dept. website and making a few calls should get it all taken care of.

Answer 4

Well, whats the problem?

If she was born here, she must have a birth certificate.

All you need is that and a couple of picture of her and you can get her a passport. That is, if she wants to come here.

But just talk to a lawyer to see all your legal options. If you live next to the border, you can easily find lawyers that know everything about the immigration process. But they don't come cheap.

Hope this helps

Answer 5

If she was born here than she is an American citizen, she just needs a passport. But her birth certificate should work. Call the INS and ask how she can get one.

Answer 6

Since her mother has custody and lives in mexico, you're screwed. The mexican government isn't going to help you in the least either if you're an american citizen.

Answer 7

Reality is that there is no proof that she is yours biologically. I would think that a DNA test would have to be done proving this point before you can go any further.

Answer 8

Hire a good lawyer and be ready to pay for it...and even then, no guarantees. Mexico doesn't enforce US custody arrangements.

Answer 9

Have her where? And where were you for 14 years.? I think she is probably old enough to decide where she wants to be.

Answer 10

IF THERE IF A BIRTHCERTIFCATE THEN YES SHE CAN COME TO STAY, SHE WOULD BE CONSIDERED A NATURALIZED CITIZEN WITH HAVING TO PARENTS BORN IN DIFFERENT COUNTRY'S.