maxwilson098

My daughter was recently born in Peru to a Peruvian mother and we are having issues getting all of the documentation lined up. I messed up and didn't get an appointment in time at the embassy in Lima. Our plan is to get an appointment in the Consular agency in Cusco but we will have to take an 8 hour bus to Lima and then fly to Cusco with a newborn (and then back). In addition, I am leaving for the US in a little over a week so we only have the one chance to make an appointment this week. On top of that, there are some questions about whether the certified copy of the Certificate of Live Birth is going to work. We were going to have to leave tonight on a night bus in order to make the appointment but we dont want to risk going all the way to Cusco if the documentation we have is not going to be sufficient. We want to ask the Consular agency if the CLB copy we have is going to work but they will not be able to reply until tomorrow or later (they have actually been very responsive and helpful). So this brings me to my real question, Is there any significant reason not to just wait 6 months for when I can return to Peru to do the appointment later in Lima? The difference in cost for this trip vs. our planned trip to Cusco is mostly negligible. The main reason we are pressing to get it down now is the baby's mother insists that it is better to get this down now, but can't give me any concrete reasons for why that is the case. I would like to get the baby a social security number so I can start setting things up like college funds and Life insurance benefits but I'm thinking it will be okay if we wait 6 months for that sort of thing. Is there anything else I'm not thinking of? Thank you all for your consideration and I'm sorry if this question has been asked here before. I'm currently extremely stressed and just need to know that is is worth it to press on as I have been.