slamice

Hello,

My wife and son came over to the US over five years ago and both have green cards. My son is 6 years old. He was born in Japan and I couldn't pass citizenship to him (I'm American through my parents but can't prove I was in America for over five years total). I'd like to get my son Citizenship.

I am wondering what would be quicker:

- Getting the citizenship through Grandparents (N-600K)

- Getting citizenship normally after 5 years with a green card

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Thank you

I'm an American citizen through my mother and stayed in the states a total of 2 years.

For a while we decided to stay in Japan. However I just got a job in the U.S. starting in August.

We're currently writing up the I-130 and G-325A and gathering the papers to submit for it. We have:

- Two I-130's, for my son and my wife

- Two G-325A's, for myself and my wife

Gathering these documents:

- Translated Marriage certificate

- My son's translated birth certificate

- Translated Common residence document

- A few Affadavits confirming my wife and I's relationship

Some questions come up:

- Does my son also need a G-325A?

- This is asking for my residence. So I need to file this once I'm in the U.S?

- Does my son need a passport photo too?

Thank you both, it was much appreciated.

My wife is going to have our baby very soon, I'd like to register our baby at the American Embassy in Japan. They are tough to reach without an appointment for questions, and their site isn't very clear on my case. The situation is slightly complicated:

- I'm an American citizen but haven't lived there more than five years, something the embassy specifies one of the parents must have done.

- The baby will be born in Japan, will initially be Japanese.

- My wife is Japanese, not American.

We'd like to move to America within the next year. Our plan is to get a greencard for my wife and have the baby become American through my parents, something I've asked in another article.

I'd like to register the baby / change my maritial status / anything that would help make the immigration process go faster in the long run. Any paper at all? Any way to help my family become American easier. Is there something I need or should fill out at the embassy?

Here is our situation:

I am an American who was received citizenship from my mother. I was born in the middle east and never lived in the states. My mom's side of the family is there and I've visited them while growing up. Fast forward to now. My wife is Japanese. We've been married for almost 3 years but she is not yet a citizen or has a green card. We did declare our marriage to the US embassy.

She is 4.5 months pregnant. I'm now working in Japan and we planned to deliver here. We thought the baby would get Dual citizenship but then after reading up on this it's clear that isn't possible. I don't think I was in the US for more than 5 years.

We would like the child to have dual citizenship, or at least be able to go to school and work in the USA. The two things we are considering:

1. Have my wife give birth in the states (as a "tourist baby"). This has risks of its own and is very expensive (no US insurance, practical problems, ...)

2. Have the baby born in Japan, declare the baby in Japan, go through the paperwork to get my wife and baby into the USA when we are ready (apply through immigration, etc.)

Since we don't know the other options, we are weighing the pros and cons of #1 vs. #2.

How long and expensive is the process to do #2? Are we missing something, is there any other way?