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I am American, my husband is German. We have been living abroad over a year. I have maintained my US domicile

My son was born in the EU, has his EU citizenship but we have yet to file for his US citizenship.

I would like to DCF for them but since he has traveled to the US and back as an 'Austrian citizen' only, I am wonder what exactly we would need to do for him to DCF for US citizenship as well?

Since he is well under 18 I am having trouble finding much information online other then all US citizens must enter the US with a US passport..

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I am American, my husband is German. We have been living abroad over a year. I have maintained my US domicile

My son was born in the EU, has his EU citizenship but we have yet to file for his US citizenship.

I would like to DCF for them but since he has traveled to the US and back as an 'Austrian citizen' only, I am wonder what exactly we would need to do for him to DCF for US citizenship as well?

Since he is well under 18 I am having trouble finding much information online other then all US citizens must enter the US with a US passport..

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hi here is what they say on the USCIS site concerning the citizen ship for your child

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...000b92ca60aRCRD

as for the DVC you can click on the guide above it will show the DVC section where you can read the full process ,

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File the CRBA and get a US passport at the nearest US embassy ASAP. Once your child obtains US citizenship, you don't have to do anything for DCF for his part.

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A minor clarification. If you're a US Citizen parent who has lived in the US for the required time (I think it's five years, at least two of which were after the age of 14), then your child IS a citizen automatically at the time of birth by the action of the law, and there's nothing you can do or fail to do which will change that. It's as though he was born inside the USA. See INA 301(g).

What your child lacks isn't US citizenship, it's documentation of his US citizenship. For that, file a CRBA, and/or apply for a passport.

Your US citizen child technically violated the law when he traveled to the US without a US passport. Don't worry, though, there's no punishment prescribed in the law, and I've never heard of it being an issue. Just get him a passport before his next trip.

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A minor clarification. If you're a US Citizen parent who has lived in the US for the required time (I think it's five years, at least two of which were after the age of 14), then your child IS a citizen automatically at the time of birth by the action of the law, and there's nothing you can do or fail to do which will change that. It's as though he was born inside the USA. See INA 301(g).

What your child lacks isn't US citizenship, it's documentation of his US citizenship. For that, file a CRBA, and/or apply for a passport.

Your US citizen child technically violated the law when he traveled to the US without a US passport. Don't worry, though, there's no punishment prescribed in the law, and I've never heard of it being an issue. Just get him a passport before his next trip.

I lived in the US till I was about 27, I still pay (quite a bit, might I add) taxes to the US even though my residency is in Europe.. so those requirements should not be a problem. I assumed because he had a passport from the EU going to the US before deciding if we wanted to get him US citizenship wouldn't be violating anything since we had no intentions of moving back (and we still may not be depedning on how messy DCF would be for my husband).. .. I guess that's where I got confused.

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A minor clarification. If you're a US Citizen parent who has lived in the US for the required time (I think it's five years, at least two of which were after the age of 14), then your child IS a citizen automatically at the time of birth by the action of the law, and there's nothing you can do or fail to do which will change that. It's as though he was born inside the USA. See INA 301(g).

What your child lacks isn't US citizenship, it's documentation of his US citizenship. For that, file a CRBA, and/or apply for a passport.

Your US citizen child technically violated the law when he traveled to the US without a US passport. Don't worry, though, there's no punishment prescribed in the law, and I've never heard of it being an issue. Just get him a passport before his next trip.

No violation of law at all. The child is NOT yet a US Citizen and need not ever be. He just potentially is entitled to US Citizenship. Either way, with the current intention, file the CRBA.

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Very simple to do file a report of birth abroad with the embassy in germany. I forget what they require I know a copy of the EU birth certificate. After you get the report, it is sort of like a birth certificate stating the child is a US citizen, you apply for a US passport.

My understanding, since one of my daughters was born in Europe is they will have dual citizenship until they reach 18 at which time they have to pick one or the other. Might want to check that to be sure.

Not a big deal just some paperwork to do.

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As the others said, apply for the passport and the CRBA. For that, you will have to show proof that you've lived in the US for at least 5 years, 2 of which after the age of 14. For this, I used my university transcripts.

Here's the list of documents from the DoS:

(1) an official record of the child’s foreign birth;

(2) evidence of the parent(s)’ U.S. citizenship (e.g., a certified birth certificate, current U.S.

passport, or Certificate of Naturalization or Citizenship);

(3) evidence of the parents’ marriage, if applicable; and

(4) affidavits of parent(s)’ residence and physical presence in the United States.

I think we needed a translation of the birth certificate, but we asked for a normalized birth certificate at my daughters' births, so we didn't need to do that (I live in France).

We also needed 2 US passport photos. You'll have to ask your consular office where you can get those done in your home country.

It all went very smoothly and we had the passports within a month of sending off the application.

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A minor clarification. If you're a US Citizen parent who has lived in the US for the required time (I think it's five years, at least two of which were after the age of 14), then your child IS a citizen automatically at the time of birth by the action of the law, and there's nothing you can do or fail to do which will change that. It's as though he was born inside the USA. See INA 301(g).

What your child lacks isn't US citizenship, it's documentation of his US citizenship. For that, file a CRBA, and/or apply for a passport.

Your US citizen child technically violated the law when he traveled to the US without a US passport. Don't worry, though, there's no punishment prescribed in the law, and I've never heard of it being an issue. Just get him a passport before his next trip.

No violation of law at all. The child is NOT yet a US Citizen and need not ever be. He just potentially is entitled to US Citizenship. Either way, with the current intention, file the CRBA.

No, that's not right. A child born in the circumstances described IS a US citizen. No application is necessary. He is entitled to proof that he is a citizen.

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A minor clarification. If you're a US Citizen parent who has lived in the US for the required time (I think it's five years, at least two of which were after the age of 14), then your child IS a citizen automatically at the time of birth by the action of the law, and there's nothing you can do or fail to do which will change that. It's as though he was born inside the USA. See INA 301(g).

What your child lacks isn't US citizenship, it's documentation of his US citizenship. For that, file a CRBA, and/or apply for a passport.

Your US citizen child technically violated the law when he traveled to the US without a US passport. Don't worry, though, there's no punishment prescribed in the law, and I've never heard of it being an issue. Just get him a passport before his next trip.

No violation of law at all. The child is NOT yet a US Citizen and need not ever be. He just potentially is entitled to US Citizenship. Either way, with the current intention, file the CRBA.

No, that's not right. A child born in the circumstances described IS a US citizen. No application is necessary. He is entitled to proof that he is a citizen.

Correct. INA 301 says the child born under those circumstances IS a US citizen, not that he's potentially entitled to become one. According to INA 301, a child born abroad under INA 301(g) circumstances is treated the same as one born under INA 301(a) circumstances (that is, born inside the United States). In either case, the child doesn't become a citizen when he gets a passport, certified copy of birth certificate, CRBA, certificate of citizenship, or other document. The child becomes a citizen at the moment of birth. The document happens later, and helps to demonstrate the citizenship that existed since birth.

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22 Jan, 2005: Flew home together! CCS->MIA->SFO

25 May, 2005: I-129F finally approved! We won't pursue it.

8 June, 2006: Our baby girl is born!

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I'd absolutely LOVE to learn how a US citizen and a German citizen could pull of to have an Austrian citizen child.

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