Beneficiary and Child

[aaron2020 11,651]

5 minutes ago, Aris & Kismet said:

Can you clarify when you say physical presence requirements, do you mean physical requirements to be present in the Dominican Republic or the U.S. ?   If he completes the affidavit, does that allow him the privilege ro being the son the the United States?

Thank you for responding to my questions and for providing the links.  

In order for a US citizen parent to pass on citizenship to a child born abroad, the parent must have been physically present in the US for at least 5 years prior to the child's birth and at least 2 of those 5 years must be after age 14.

A CRBA has to be filed with the US Embassy to record the child's birth and US citizenship.  The father will need to send in proof of his physical presence in the US meets the requirements to pass on citizenship.  School transcripts are best.  

 

Google CRBA US Embassy Dominican Republic.  

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

16 minutes ago, Aris & Kismet said:

Can you clarify when you say physical presence requirements, do you mean physical requirements to be present in the Dominican Republic or the U.S. ?   If he completes the affidavit, does that allow him the privilege ro being the son the the United States?

Thank you for responding to my questions and for providing the links.  

Aaron has explained the physical presence requirements above.

 

The affidavit does not give the father privilege to do anything. It is required to be submitted for the child to be recognized as a citizen. Once the child is confirmed to be a US citizen, either parent can take him to the US, subject to usual custody/legal etc factors if they remain unmarried. 

[Aris & Kismet 14]

9 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

In order for a US citizen parent to pass on citizenship to a child born abroad, the parent must have been physically present in the US for at least 5 years prior to the child's birth and at least 2 of those 5 years must be after age 14.

A CRBA has to be filed with the US Embassy to record the child's birth and US citizenship.  The father will need to send in proof of his physical presence in the US meets the requirements to pass on citizenship.  School transcripts are best.  

 

Google CRBA US Embassy Dominican Republic.  

Thank you. The father does meet all

of those requirements.