Alura

2 minutes ago, Kate987 said:

I had also thought it didn’t apply to me as I’m married to and live with the father of my children. I was asked to provide this in a Request For Evidence (RFE) once our applications got to the top of the pile and were being looked at (which was after about 14 months, just for info). 
 

Some things do appear to be done differently by different field offices - for example the qualifying grandparent is not required to attend the interview at the field office we’re with but other people at different offices have been told the grandparent is required to attend - so perhaps others have not had to provide this evidence. But if it’s fairly simple for you to add in proof of your and your child/children’s addresses then I would recommend doing that. 

@Kate987, do you mind sharing which field office your application is at? I am about to start the process and would prefer if we didn't have to fly the qualifying grandparent out with us!

16 hours ago, SirenDoll said:

Hey Alura,

 First off all congratulations! What an exciting time!

 

 You have 17 years to sort out an N-600K, so I recommend that you try the CRBA with the Consulate first. 
 

If that is not successful then come back here and let’s talk.

 

To answer your question though, the purpose of the N-600K is to get a Certificate of Citizenship to prove your child is a citizen. It can then be used to get the US passport. So yes, you can get an N-600K. 
 

The downside of the N-600K vs CRBA is the expense ($1000+ USD) and time taken.  The N-600K can take a few years.

 

Try the CRBA first. 

 Thank you SirenDoll!

Hello,

My husband (US Citizen) and I (non-US Citizen) live outside the US and are expecting our first child.

Strictly speaking we believe we meet the requirements for our baby to acquire US citizenship at birth. However, we are concerned about the quality of the evidence we can gather to demonstrate my husband's physical presence in the US, as we would need to rely on counting c. 2 years worth of extended holidays / trips to visit family when he was younger. We are struggling to find good evidence for these trips: he travelled on his US passport but it doesn't seem to have US entry/exit stamps, and since it was just holiday there are no other official records. The only evidence we can so far think of to present for these older trips are written affidavits from his family confirming he made the visits. We're not sure that would be sufficient(?).

So instead we are considering the N-600k using since my husbands mother is also a US Citizen and she has spent significant time residing in the US (including studying) that should be relatively easy to evidence.

Does anyone know if we are allowed to do a N-600k given technically speaking we think the baby is automatically a US citizen, just we can't easily prove it?

And does anyone have any thoughts on whether there are any downsides of applying for our child to naturalise as a US citizen as opposed to asserting that the US citizenship has been automatically acquired at birth?

Thanks so much for any insights!