Giving birth before Visa interview

[0arial0 3]

I'm a cr1 applicant currently pregnant with our firstborn, and due any day. My husband is a US citizen, and I'm Canadian. We've been approved at the nvc stage, awaiting an interview appointment at the consulate. Does anyone know if this changes anything as far as filing; now that we're going to have a child, will the consulate require something more of us for the interview like his birth certificate, extra fees, filing, etc.?  Thanks.

[payxibka 10,044]

7 minutes ago, 0arial0 said:

I'm a cr1 applicant currently pregnant with our firstborn, and due any day. My husband is a US citizen, and I'm Canadian. We've been approved at the nvc stage, awaiting an interview appointment at the consulate. Does anyone know if this changes anything as far as filing; now that we're going to have a child, will the consulate require something more of us for the interview like his birth certificate, extra fees, filing, etc.?  Thanks.

If the child has a claim to US citizenship,  then you will need to get a CRBA for the child and a US passport 

[JFH 12,189]

If the child doesn’t have a claim to US citizenship at birth, you will need to file a petition and start the IR-2 visa process for him/her. 

[0arial0 3]

He would have claim to u.s. citizenship since the father/my husband is American, and he's lived in the US his whole life.

[Nitas_man 3,100]

Just the CRBA/passport application for the little one.  Takes 3-4 weeks to process is my recollection.

He’ll be dealing with the Citizens Services section at the embassy

Everyone (mom, dad, baby) has to appear in person.  Getting a good passport photo is a treat.  Good luck!

[payxibka 10,044]

1 hour ago, 0arial0 said:

He would have claim to u.s. citizenship since the father/my husband is American, and he's lived in the US his whole life.

Then you have your path

[0arial0 3]

49 minutes ago, Nitas_man said:

Just the CRBA/passport application for the little one.  Takes 3-4 weeks to process is my recollection.

He’ll be dealing with the Citizens Services section at the embassy

Everyone (mom, dad, baby) has to appear in person.  Getting a good passport photo is a treat.  Good luck!

Thank you

now, do you know if the consulate will require this be done before my cr1 visa interview?

[Nitas_man 3,100]

3 hours ago, 0arial0 said:

Thank you

now, do you know if the consulate will require this be done before my cr1 visa interview?

No of course not.  Anytime before entry.  Hubby needs to bring proof he physically lived in the US 5 years I think, that’s pretty easy.  I used employment data, college transcripts, old passports (didn’t have a passport from 1974 to 2006 so that was pretty painless) and the two of you need to make an appointment and show up with ID, bring the little one and apply for the passport/CRBA/SS card on the same visit.  Also bring the official Canadian birth certificate, we had an Arab one we had to translate into english as the actual birth record.  You prolly want to keep the canadian one, the arab one went to the round file as it has no value.

We were in and out, quick and painless.  Getting the photo was funny because the baby has to be facing the camera, eyes open, typical passport photo and our daughter was sleepy then got ticked off that we needed her to step up for that.  
 

He/she adds 1 to household size but not part of immigration at all. Congrats on the new addition and best of luck to you and your family.

[0arial0 3]

21 minutes ago, Nitas_man said:

No of course not.  Anytime before entry.  Hubby needs to bring proof he physically lived in the US 5 years I think, that’s pretty easy.  I used employment data, college transcripts, old passports (didn’t have a passport from 1974 to 2006 so that was pretty painless) and the two of you need to make an appointment and show up with ID, bring the little one and apply for the passport/CRBA/SS card on the same visit.  Also bring the official Canadian birth certificate, we had an Arab one we had to translate into english as the actual birth record.  You prolly want to keep the canadian one, the arab one went to the round file as it has no value.

We were in and out, quick and painless.  Getting the photo was funny because the baby has to be facing the camera, eyes open, typical passport photo and our daughter was sleepy then got ticked off that we needed her to step up for that.  
 

He/she adds 1 to household size but not part of immigration at all. Congrats on the new addition and best of luck to you and your family.

Thank you so much for all the helpful info! 

Yes, we're very happy. I hear it's a 5 month wait for an interview at our consulate, but it'll be sweet when we can live together as a family once this is all complete. Should also be plenty of time to take care of the crba. Thanks again

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One thing that I did not see mentioned in any of the previous posts; if your baby comes prior to the interview, your husband's household size will change (I.e. will increase by 1) which will require a new I-864 that reflects this to be brought to the interview.

[Thegirl 224]

6 hours ago, 0arial0 said:

Thank you so much for all the helpful info! 

Yes, we're very happy. I hear it's a 5 month wait for an interview at our consulate, but it'll be sweet when we can live together as a family once this is all complete. Should also be plenty of time to take care of the crba. Thanks again

Are you thinking of the wait for immigrant visas etc as being 5 months? This appointment for CRBA is different as it's the citizen section, the child's father is the one making the application, in reality. Maybe it will be sooner for an appointment.

 

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[0arial0 3]

9 hours ago, Thegirl said:

Are you thinking of the wait for immigrant visas etc as being 5 months? This appointment for CRBA is different as it's the citizen section, the child's father is the one making the application, in reality. Maybe it will be sooner for an appointment.

 

Yes, I hear the interview appointment wait for the cr1 spouse Visa (my immigration) at our montreal consulate is about 5mo. I know the crba is sooner, because all the other consulates here take care of that one.