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citizenship for child born abroad
I am a US citizen and my fiancee is not. We are planning on having our baby outside of the US. I had read online that for the baby to obtain US citizenship I will have had to live in the US a minimum of five years, with two of those years being over the age of 14. Well, I lived in the US until I was 15 and 11 months exactly. So therefore, I have the five years, but lived there only 1 and 11 months after I turned 14. Do you think this one measly month will matter? And if it does, what is my next option (I want my child to be a US citizen, but am not planning on living in the states again). I know this is a really specific question, but thanks alot if you can help me.
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I think you should just wait it out until your child is born here.
Why?
They probably WILL make a big deal out of that one month. The immigration people are extremely picky about what they want. They will not even accept a photograph if it is not exactly how they want it.
Second of all, getting your citizenship is a pain in the ass. My mom was a US citizen and I wasn't, and since I was under 18, I didn't have to take the test. We waited for HOURS. And then they walked me through a set of ridiculously annoying personal questions (father's middle name? father's birthday? mother's maiden name?), sign a crapload of documents, etc. And I'm pretty sure you have to wait a LONG time to actually get an appointment, too. This is a BIG hassle.
And if your child is over 18 when he or she applies for citizenship, there's taht stupid test to take. And if you don't plan on living in America, answering those questions may be a problem.
The easiest way is to just give birth to the child here. If US citizenship is THAT important, you should wait it out until the child is born here instead of having to put off the issue.
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You just made this whole situation more complicated than it prolly should to be.
The easiest way for the baby to obtain US citizenship is by being born IN the United States.
Even if you do want the baby to be born in a different country, what difference does it make if you dont plan on having the baby keep his/her citizenship in that country??
The simplest way to go about this situation is to have the baby in the US and THEN move to a different country if you dont want to stay here.
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