Permanent resident gave birth aboard

[amoreno 0]

my cousin is a permanent resident since 2010, she went back to Mexico in December of 2014 and in January she gave birth to her first child, What can she do to bring her baby back with her?

[pdking5000 56]

my cousin is a permanent resident since 2010, she went back to Mexico in December of 2014 and in January she gave birth to her first child, What can she do to bring her baby back with her?

for starters, is the father a US Citizen?

[amoreno 0]

no his not

[Boiler 43,430]

She can sponsor the child, takes a few years.

How has she been maintaining her Permanent Residency when she has been gone for so long?

What about the father, is she married, is she sponsoring him? Is he OK with the child emigration.

[pdking5000 56]

no his not

I believe she can bring back the child to the US within two years of its birth in order to avoid filing an immigrant petition. the child will be a resident, however, not a citizen. The wiser choice would have been to give birth in the US....but I digress

http://www.stephengoldenlaw.com/green-cards-for-children-born-on-trips-abroad/

http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/visa/tvisa-ivlpr-child.html

Edited April 13, 2015 by pdking5000

[Jo Së 200]

How has she been maintaining her Permanent Residency when she has been gone for so long?

She has only been gone for a few months.

Based on the information pdking5000 provided, she can bring the child back before the second birthday as long as that the mother has not entered the US since the child was born, I would suggest that the sooner the better.

[amoreno 0]

Thank you all for you answers, ok another question, can she just get to the border with the baby and bring his birth certificate? or what she needs to do?

[milimelo 4,194]

She needs to go to the US consulate and get a transport letter for the baby. She can't just go to the border with baby and birth certificate. Hopefully she got the baby his/her passport.

[amoreno 0]

Thank you very much I'll let her know

[amoreno 0]

Hi! there everyone, my cousin is asking me another question, can she go to the consulate in Guadalajara or she needs to go to the one in Ciudad Juarez?

Thank you!!

[milimelo 4,194]

Hi! there everyone, my cousin is asking me another question, can she go to the consulate in Guadalajara or she needs to go to the one in Ciudad Juarez?

Thank you!!

Check the websites of consulates and see what they process - CJ covers pretty much every type of petition as far as I know.

[amoreno 0]

Thanks every one for suggested me what to do on my cousin's case.

I have an update and I hope this will help some one else in her same situation.

First I called the US consulate in Mexico City and they told me that if she was going to fly into the US she would need a transit letter but if she was going to go walking thru the border she would just had to let the immigration officer her situation and they would have to process the paper work for her child.

So this past Saturday she arrived to Tijuana with her baby and me and my husband picked her up at the airport. Then we immediately when to the border at Otay mesa, there was a line but it didn't took us long before we arrived to the office (walking). They asked her some questions and they started her baby's paper work, they kept us there or 5 hours because they were short handed, an officer even apologized because it took them so long, he even told us that the best days to cross was Tuesday's Wednesday's and Thursday. Any way after the process the baby's papers they stamped his passport and let us in. Now what she need to do is just wait 30 days and take the baby to the nearest immigration office with 2 passport pictures and they will began the process for his green card.

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

*** Moving from AOS Progress report to CRBA- while this is not the process the Op's cousin will need to do, it is the most closely related forum *****

[Pitaya 2,576]

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