Help! Please

[Ivanrdz 0]

So heres the deal,

My mom and my biological dad are mexicans, but my great-grandmother was american, she wanted me to be an american citizen so i was born in texas and got registered with my biological fathers second name, the problem is that a month later my biological dad left my mother and disappeared completely , my mom got married again to a mexican guy and i was registered in Mexico asi his son with his last name, so now i have different names in both countrys, i have lived my entire life in Mexico, I'm 19 years old what can i do? Is it ilegal? How can i mantain my American Citizenship? Do i have to decide between one and other?

[second stage 14]

So heres the deal,

My mom and my biological dad are mexicans, but my great-grandmother was american, she wanted me to be an american citizen so i was born in texas and got registered with my biological fathers second name, the problem is that a month later my biological dad left my mother and disappeared completely , my mom got married again to a mexican guy and i was registered in Mexico asi his son with his last name, so now i have different names in both countrys, i have lived my entire life in Mexico, I'm 19 years old what can i do? Is it ilegal? How can i mantain my American Citizenship? Do i have to decide between one and other?

Do you have any proof that you were born in Texas? like a birth certificate or some other registration document? that will help...

[Ivanrdz 0]

I do, i have my birth certificate along with my social security number

[second stage 14]

I do, i have my birth certificate along with my social security number

Then apply for US passport and give up Mexican citizenship.

[Darth Vader Kuu 5]

Then apply for US passport and give up Mexican citizenship.

Do NOT give up your Mexican citizenship unless you simply feel like doing so. The Mexican government has permitted, since 1998, that its citizens hold dual nationality if they so wish, and that acquiring US citizenship no longer strips them automatically of their Mexican citizenship.

[second stage 14]

Do NOT give up your Mexican citizenship unless you simply feel like doing so. The Mexican government has permitted, since 1998, that its citizens hold dual nationality if they so wish, and that acquiring US citizenship no longer strips them automatically of their Mexican citizenship.

Don't know if that's an option.

OP said he has two different names so there maybe issues holding different passports with different names.

[JimmyHou 613]

Don't know if that's an option.

OP said he has two different names so there maybe issues holding different passports with different names.

That shouldn't be a problem unless Mexican law says that you can't have a passport with a different name. The US doesn't care what your foreign documents say. Here's an example of people traveling with passports with two different names: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/russia/1115341-2-passports-different-last-name-one-put-tickets.html

If the original poster wants to unify things, he can legally change his name in Mexico to match his US birth certificate (if Mexican law allows that) or he can legally change his name in the US to match his Mexican passport.

[razspaz13 30]

you can have a passport in two different names I do and it is legal and travel with both (along with valid reason for name change)

it is not legal if you are trying to commit fraud, identity theft etc....

if you have lived your entire life in Mexico, I would guess you would need to establish some sort of domicile in the USA, work, job, family etc...

am not following how you have new name, he would be your step dad, I think in some instances a step parent may adopt and then name change?

sorry not up on how it is done in Mexico, but I would contact your consulate and probably to make it easier decide one name to go with unless you are happy to be questioned all the time crossing the border, just a thought and if you want dual citizenship keep it

social security number is not meant to be used for proof of identity, or so "they" say, having the birth certificate should be all you need

cheers

[Ivanrdz 0]

Thanks a lot!! I think ill change my american name to match the mexican one cause i want to live in texas but that pops out another question.

I had all my studies done in mexico (currentl halfway my career) what can i do to make them valid in the USA?

Edited July 21, 2014 by Ivanrdz

[Bill and Vicky 25]

I had all my studies done in mexico (currentl halfway my career) what can i do to make them valid in the USA?

You need a copy of your transcript (the courses you've taken and the grades you've received). You should also get whatever the course catalog looks like so that someone can look at it and say, you took ABCD 1234, here's what is covered in that course.

You'll then go to the American college or university and ask if you can transfer the coursework to that university. They will have an office that reviews your transcript and course descriptions and decides if they meet the equivalent coursework at their university. If so, then you will be told what you have already completed and what you still need to do.

If there is more than one university or college in your area, you can try each one and see if your coursework is more satisfactory at one than another.

If you're going to school in Texas, the chances are good that they've seen a Mexican transcript before.

Good luck.

Regards,

Bill