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	How do I obtain US citizenship for a child born in the DR?

Solution If you are an American citizen and your child is born in the DR you must do the following in order to obtain US citizen for that child:

You should first know that your child can acquire his/her citizen at any time up to the child turning 18.

You must first get a "Consular Report of Birth Abroad" issued by the US Consulate in Santo Domingo in order to gain US Citizenship for your child.

Consular Report of Birth Abroad

This process is a grinding one, especially if you are not married. If you are not married to the mother of your child, expect to be required to get a DNA test to prove your fatherhood. You must also use THEIR lab to do this test, so don't get it done before you go to the consulate, thinking you will save time or money. At some point you will need to physically bring the child in too, which is tough to do with a very young one.

After running around for a day or two getting documents, and then getting them legalized, then you go back for an interview (they set the date or tell you the days you can return). You have to also present all of YOUR U.S. documents to prove that YOU are a US Citizen. Also, bring photos of you and the mother at all stages, etc. (if you don't have any photos, start snapping them, bud - just something that may help.

AFTER the US Consulate issues the Consular Report of Birth Abroad certificate, they will issue a SS card and a passport to your child as part of the process. Once you get that birth certificate, put it away somewhere safe, like a bank vault, because they will NEVER issue another replacement certificate.

You can bring your US passport to the hospital so they will record it on the Dominican birth certificate. After that, you will need to go through the process. And in the future, if you plan on taking your chiild to the US, you will either need to take along Mama, or else go back through yet another process to have her agree legally, with yet another certificate issued, that yes, you can take your child to another country without her.

You can also follow this link for more information: http://www.usemb.gov.do/Consular/ACS/crba_main-e.htm

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24 Jun 2008 01:31 PM

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