I-130 filed for my wife and new born baby after I130 filed

[sam2011usa 1]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all the great info you guys giving us about I-130, I really appreciate it.

I have a question about my I-130 that I filed for my wife. I am an USC and I got married with my wife in month of

Oct, 2011, I filed I-130 in Dec. 2011. we are hopping that entire process would take around 8 months.

At the time of filing I-130, my wife became pregnant, now we are thinking how we going to include our new born

baby in this process because at her time of interview(or after), the baby will be there.

My question is what is the process to notify USCIS or NVC that we also have a new born baby to immigrate.

Should we do separate I-130 process for this baby?

Your expert opinion would be highly appreciated.

[Lorus 0]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all the great info you guys giving us about I-130, I really appreciate it.

I have a question about my I-130 that I filed for my wife. I am an USC and I got married with my wife in month of

Oct, 2011, I filed I-130 in Dec. 2011. we are hopping that entire process would take around 8 months.

At the time of filing I-130, my wife became pregnant, now we are thinking how we going to include our new born

baby in this process because at her time of interview(or after), the baby will be there.

My question is what is the process to notify USCIS or NVC that we also have a new born baby to immigrate.

Should we do separate I-130 process for this baby?

Your expert opinion would be highly appreciated.

Was your child born in another country other than the US? If so you all you need to do is file for a "baby born abroad". Your child is a USC because you are. We went through this with our daughter as I am Canadian, married to a USC, and our daughter arrived a few months after marrying. We knew I was pregnant when we applied so we did put a note of her on our file but it doesn't really matter as a USC doesn't need to immigrate when they move to the US.

We dealt with the US consulate in Vancouver and though they required a lot of paperwork (I think it was proof that my husband had been living in the States for the previous 5 years) it went pretty smoothly. She received her documentation, passport, and SSN all through this process.

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

Was your child born in another country other than the US? If so you all you need to do is file for a "baby born abroad". Your child is a USC because you are. We went through this with our daughter as I am Canadian, married to a USC, and our daughter arrived a few months after marrying. We knew I was pregnant when we applied so we did put a note of her on our file but it doesn't really matter as a USC doesn't need to immigrate when they move to the US.

We dealt with the US consulate in Vancouver and though they required a lot of paperwork (I think it was proof that my husband had been living in the States for the previous 5 years) it went pretty smoothly. She received her documentation, passport, and SSN all through this process.

This is the important part, Daddy needs to make sure he meets the Residency requirements. If he's recently naturalized he might not.

What you would do if you meet the requirements if file CRBA, Consular Report of Birth Abroad.

Edited December 15, 2011 by Bob 4 Anna

[sam2011usa 1]

Was your child born in another country other than the US? If so you all you need to do is file for a "baby born abroad". Your child is a USC because you are. We went through this with our daughter as I am Canadian, married to a USC, and our daughter arrived a few months after marrying. We knew I was pregnant when we applied so we did put a note of her on our file but it doesn't really matter as a USC doesn't need to immigrate when they move to the US.

We dealt with the US consulate in Vancouver and though they required a lot of paperwork (I think it was proof that my husband had been living in the States for the previous 5 years) it went pretty smoothly. She received her documentation, passport, and SSN all through this process.

Hi Lorus,

Thank you very much for your reply.

Yes, my child is going to born in my wife's country out side USA. so according to you, I just need to go in US consulate in that country and file

for a "baby born abroad" for a USC?

Do I need some sort of forms and document for this? I know I should have birth certificate of that baby.

Please clarify. Thanks

[sam2011usa 1]

This is the important part, Daddy needs to make sure he meets the Residency requirements. If he's recently naturalized he might not.

What you would do if you meet the requirements if file CRBA, Consular Report of Birth Abroad.

Hi Bob 4 Anna,

Thanks for your reply.

I am not sure about Residency requirements for CRBA, Consular Report of Birth Abroad.

I am living here in USA for over 15 years, First on F1 visa, then H1 Visa, then became Permanent Resident(PR)

and after 5 years of PR, I became USC in July 2008.

Do you think I meet the residency requirements for CRBA?

Thanks for your kind reply.

Edited December 15, 2011 by sam2011usa

[hikergirl 277]

Here is the link to the CRBA on the Mumbai Consulate site: http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/reporting-births-and-citizenship-questions.html

Best wishes!

[Deep2009 18]

Hi Bob 4 Anna,

Thanks for your reply.

I am not sure about Residency requirements for CRBA, Consular Report of Birth Abroad.

I am living here in USA for over 15 years, First on F1 visa, then H1 Visa, then became Permanent Resident(PR)

and after 5 years of PR, I became USC in July 2008.

Do you think I meet the residency requirements for CRBA?

Thanks for your kind reply.

the website "the U.S. citizen parent will need to show five years of physical presence in the U.S., two of which must be after the age of 14. Examples of items that show physical presence are school transcripts, income tax returns with Form W-2, Social Security earnings history, pay receipts, passport entry/exit stamps in current and previous passports, etc. "

I think you are good as long as you can show them last few years of tax returns, W2, new/old driving licenses, utilities bills (electric and water only, NO CELL PHONE), Employment records(that can be wage pages of your last returns or letter from company that you are employed).

Which Embassy you are going to go for this in India?

[pushbrk 12,824]

Which Embassy you are going to go for this in India?

The OP will have no physical presence concerns. There is always only one US Embassy in any country but sometimes there are several Consulates.

[Deep2009 18]

The OP will have no physical presence concerns. There is always only one US Embassy in any country but sometimes there are several Consulates.

ok, got it, next question - Which Embassy or Consulate you are going in India?

Embassy or consulates have different way of processing it (different kind of documents from different part of country).

Say in my State from India (for another country).... - One of my friend was asked to bring police clearance certificate for 1 month old baby to have passport and oversees birth of citizen.

Even police city office made fun of my friend... (what this baby is going to do at 1 month age....start running? )

Go figure...

Edited December 16, 2011 by Deep2009