Hi - Brand spanking new to this and needing some advice/direction!

I am a female Australian citizen planning to move to the United States next year via the K-1 Visa process to be with my Sweetheart, who is a USC. Put simply, due to the preference for the Australian Health system, family support and the maternity benefits associated with my work here in Aussie land, we have decided that I should have the baby BEFORE moving to the U.S. We are aiming for him to be here for the birth and hopefully I could follow him to the U.S a few weeks later. We are both in our mid 30's and for obvious reasons, don't wish to delay falling pregnant.

My questions are these:

1. Would I have to wait until the baby is born until I commenced the K-1 process as the child would be fathered by a USC OR would I need to just prove paternity and use some other simpler process to take our baby back to the U.S after I had already had my part of things approved?

2. If I wanted to commence the K-1 process DURING my pregnancy, are there provisions for including an unborn child?

I have read extensively on the K-1 application process and cannot find anything on pregnancy. I really do not want to have to start the process AFTER the baby is born as it could take several months and I don't want to miss out on sharing those special moments. Surely there must be an easier way if the child is fathered by a USC?

Feedback would be much appreciated!!!

Is there any reason your partner can not transfer US Citizenship, the easiest way would be for the child to enter on a US passport.

If you enter pregnant then obviously there is no child and no additional issue.

Can dad-to-be come over there for 6+ months?
That could make a lot of things a lot easier.

Thanks for the response Boiler! Excuse my ignorance but are you saying if my partner who is a USC has proof of paternity and is registered as the child's father on the baby's birth certificate here in Australia, that it is possible to apply for a US passport for the child whilst we are still in Aussie land? Do you know where I could read up on this?

Meauxna, it would ideal if he could be in Australia for 6 months but unfortunately his work commitments stand in the way of that.

Cheers.

HI

Yes even if your baby is born down under, then the baby can become a USC. I think the consolate would want a parent test to prove it. I think he can just feel out paper work their and then the baby will be a USC.

I think some requirments also fall in place, I think he has to lived in the USA for 5 year or so to claim a baby to USC.


Good luck

Yogi

Yes, assuming one parent is a US citizen who has lived in the US for five years, at least two years of which were after the citizen's 14th birthday, then the child is automatically a US citizen from birth. A consular report of birth abroad provides proof of this US citizenship. With documentation of the US Citizenship, you can apply for a US passport.

The nearest US consulate should have info. Here's the web page from Sydney: http://sydney.usconsulate.gov/consular/birthreport.html

Thankyou for the input. I have now accessed the info I needed. :-)

I'm pregnant and we started the K1 process after we found out I was pregnant....So far, everything's been fine....Planning to go to the US at 32 weeks pregnant and have the baby there.