CRBA

[TeresaMay 6]

Hello Visajourney!

      Im new here but so far its been great to have found such great help! I just wanted to share my experiences and see if it will help anyone out there that is going through what i went through. So here goes:)

      I am an american citizen. I got married very young. So i didnt know that children of USC could acquire citizenship through the parent. I found out when i went to the US embassy website to renew my passport. So i already had 2 sons that were 6 and 1. And i was pregnant at the time. So i went through all the requirments and decided i had everything i needed. I got all my prenatal care, kids' shot records, my shot record, proof of physical presence (which were school records) and my passport to take with me to the appointment. I was not married in the courthouse just in the church so thats important because the embassy considers that not being married so i only had to show physical evidence for 1 year. So we went to the appointment went through security got a ticket and waited for an hour. The officer called our number we took all the evidence and they told us to sit down and wait til they called our name. So its kind of nerve wrecking but  we only waited for 30 minutes and then they called us back and told us we were approved to go and pay the passport and bring back the receipt. We also had to pay fedex envelope. They told us congratulations and to wait 2 to 3 weeks to get the CRBA and passport. Well they came 16 days later. We were very happy!

      Well here comes the hard part. After that i married my husband in the courthouse so we could file a petiton for him. I was pregnant at the time. We just thought we will just get the baby a passport like our sons and everything will be fine. Wrong! lol. See its easier to report a birth if the american citizen is the mother and if its out of wedlock. Anyways after i had the baby we went to report her and they denied it saying i needed more physical evidence  Which was very hard because i married at 14. I was very sad so i remembered going back to the US when i was 16 because i got sick. I took that and a apostilled birth certificate and hoped for the best. I went back and this time i got a sweet consulate officer who really helped me out! God bless him! Anyways we got approved and now we are just waiting for the passport and CRBA to arrive