CRBA (split)

[Nadirah Rivers 0]

Thank you for posting this value information. I expect to go through this process soon but my circumstance is that I am both the U.S Citizen and the wife/ one giving birth. I only have 4 years since being a legal adult, so I have my ID and driver’s license from August 2018. I read on the checklist that I can’t use school transcripts, So I really don’t know what else to use. But then again I got my U.S passport in 2020 and I was born in the U.S so I do not understand where they can make up that I was not physically present there for at least 5 years since there’s no way I could have left the country between birth and getting my passport in 2020. Feel free to give me any advice or comment.

 

I also would like to know if you were staying with your wife in Nigeria and for how long before she gave birth?

I do not want to be separated from my child during the process as my Nigerian visa expires November and I’m supposed to give birth next month. Do you think it’ll be easy for them to extend my visa considering that I just gave birth to a baby with a pending crba application?

Short on money and I can’t travel in the interim. There’s really no rush anyway except that I want to re-enroll in school and that my visa is soon to expire. Just don’t want to travel without my baby.

[Bruce Wayne 6]

4 hours ago, Nadirah Rivers said:

Thank you for posting this value information. I expect to go through this process soon but my circumstance is that I am both the U.S Citizen and the wife/ one giving birth. I only have 4 years since being a legal adult, so I have my ID and driver’s license from August 2018. I read on the checklist that I can’t use school transcripts, So I really don’t know what else to use. But then again I got my U.S passport in 2020 and I was born in the U.S so I do not understand where they can make up that I was not physically present there for at least 5 years since there’s no way I could have left the country between birth and getting my passport in 2020. Feel free to give me any advice or comment.

 

I also would like to know if you were staying with your wife in Nigeria and for how long before she gave birth?

I do not want to be separated from my child during the process as my Nigerian visa expires November and I’m supposed to give birth next month. Do you think it’ll be easy for them to extend my visa considering that I just gave birth to a baby with a pending crba application?

Short on money and I can’t travel in the interim. There’s really no rush anyway except that I want to re-enroll in school and that my visa is soon to expire. Just don’t want to travel without my baby.

Hi,

 

You only need to show proof of physical presence in the US of at least 5 years. Two of those years have to be after you turned 14 years old.

 

You can use your current passport since it has a stamp from immigration showing when you left the US. If you have any old passports, use that as well. You can most definitely use school transcripts. High school or college transcripts can work. If your parents or guardians filed taxes, they probably claimed you as a dependent so you could use those as well. You can also use your own tax records if you have any.

 

Yes, I was staying with my wife and I was with her for close to two years before she gave birth.

 

Are you a Nigerian citizen as well? If you are, you should get or have a Nigerian passport. If you do have a Nigerian passport, you don't need a Nigerian visa. If you don't have a Nigerian passport, you should work on extending your Nigerian visa ASAP. These should be your priority because you don't want to be in a situation where you are deported in the lead up to your CRBA appointment and separated from your child. I'm not saying it'll happen but the possibility is there.

 

I can't say how easy it'll be to extend a visa if you aren't a Nigerian citizen but Nigerian immigration is notorious for being difficult so you'll want to get started on it ASAP. Apply for your baby's CRBA while you're working on your Nigerian immigration status so you kill two birds with one stone. 

Edited August 26, 2022 by Bruce Wayne

[Nadirah Rivers 0]

Thanks again. No I’m not a Nigerian citizen however I wanted to know about how to attain a citizenship. My husband and I thought that would be ideal from the beginning so there’s no immigration separating us in our marriage. Did you ever attempt this process? Which embassy or consulate were you dealing with?

How did you get in contact with these people? I tried to email the lagos consulate because I can’t travel to Abuja and their email doesn’t work so now I want to set an appointment directly. And then I’ll just call every number on the website. There’sa link on the website to set an appointment but which method did you use for setting appointments like when you had to extend your visa and get a CRBA for your baby.

[Ontarkie 14,258]

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[arken 4,197]

21 hours ago, Nadirah Rivers said:

I read on the checklist that I can’t use school transcripts,

The US embassies list school transcripts as one of the acceptable documents.

[Bruce Wayne 6]

On 8/26/2022 at 4:32 PM, Nadirah Rivers said:

Thanks again. No I’m not a Nigerian citizen however I wanted to know about how to attain a citizenship. My husband and I thought that would be ideal from the beginning so there’s no immigration separating us in our marriage. Did you ever attempt this process? Which embassy or consulate were you dealing with?

How did you get in contact with these people? I tried to email the lagos consulate because I can’t travel to Abuja and their email doesn’t work so now I want to set an appointment directly. And then I’ll just call every number on the website. There’sa link on the website to set an appointment but which method did you use for setting appointments like when you had to extend your visa and get a CRBA for your baby.

I'm also a Nigerian citizen so I don't need a visa or anything like that.

 

I'm honestly unaware of the process to become a citizen. You would probably have to contact immigration for that.

 

Did you send an email to lagoscrba@state.gov for your child's CRBA? 

[Family 4,025]

On 8/25/2022 at 4:43 PM, Nadirah Rivers said:

I have my ID and driver’s license from August 2018. I read on the checklist that I can’t use school transcripts, So I really don’t know what else to use. But then again I got my U.S passport in 2020 and I was born in the U.S so I do not understand where they can make up that I was not physically present there for at least 5 years since there’s no way I could have left the country between birth and getting my passport in 2020. Feel free to give me any advice or comment.

You misread Checklist Instructions.

Go back and read the checklist again, it says school transcripts CAN be included. see link and citation. 

 

 

https://ng.usembassy.gov/consular-report-of-birth-abroad/

Physical presence in most cases must be at least five years, two of those years after the age of 14, all before the child was born. Documents that may establish your physical presence in the U.S. include school transcripts, old passports, 

[Family 4,025]

On 8/25/2022 at 4:43 PM, Nadirah Rivers said:

considering that I just gave birth to a baby with a pending crba application?

Application is only considering “ pending “ if you already made an appointment and turned the app…

 

Appointments for Abuja are made through this link…so start by making the appointment so you can submit application.

 

https://evisaforms.state.gov/acs/make_default.asp?pc=ABU&CSRFToken=A97286A49EEF490FA7563478594CB62A
 

They probably don’t respond to general questions and simply ignore those emails…