need help

[christine.daher 0]

hello every one , i need a help im from lebanon & im 38 years old married and have 2 kids, i discover that my real father is a U S citizen i was this summer in the state and i met him and we did the DNA test & yes im his daughter and he wanna help me to get the citizenship , my question is what form i should applies for cause my lawyer telling me we should go with n-600 will my father lawyer saying i-130 . thanks in advance

[milimelo 4,466]

Ever thought of making an appointment with the US Embassy in Lebanon and asking them?

[Ontarkie 14,193]

~~Moved to US Citizenship General Discussion, from Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America~~

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

When you say real father were you formally adopted by someone else ? who's name is on your birth certificate did you ever have a relationship with this man

[aaron2020 11,651]

Was your real father born a US citizen or did he naturalize after your birth?

There is no way for you to claim US citizenship if your father naturalized after your birth.

Edited February 13, 2014 by aaron2020

[aaron2020 11,651]

What does your lawyer say is your basis of claiming US citizenship by filing the N-600. Did he tell you the risk of falsely claiming US citizenship?

Based on the limited information you have provided, there is insufficient proof that you are a US citizen.

Having a US citizen parent does not necessarily mean you are a US citizen.

How exactly would your lawyer claim you are a US citizen?

[christine.daher 0]

Was your real father born a US citizen or did he naturalize after your birth?

There is no way for you to claim US citizenship if your father naturalized after your birth.

yes he born as US citizen and so is his father and grand father and grand grand father ,and he was col in the US marines corps , inst the DNA enough to claim the citizen with it, plus he will do anythings to help me he already sent to my lawyer every paper they ask for in the n-600 form like his military record birth certificate his married certificate with his wife cause he never married my real mother it was just relationship ... what do think aaron

[aaron2020 11,651]

yes he born as US citizen and so is his father and grand father and grand grand father ,and he was col in the US marines corps , inst the DNA enough to claim the citizen with it, plus he will do anythings to help me he already sent to my lawyer every paper they ask for in the n-600 form like his military record birth certificate his married certificate with his wife cause he never married my real mother it was just relationship ... what do think aaron

Here is the US policy manual for citizenship for the children of US parents. http://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartH.html

You will want to look at what is necessary for the child of a born out of wedlock US father needs to claim US citizenship.

Best of luck.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Did you have any contact with him before you turned 18

[christine.daher 0]

What does your lawyer say is your basis of claiming US citizenship by filing the N-600. Did he tell you the risk of falsely claiming US citizenship?

Based on the limited information you have provided, there is insufficient proof that you are a US citizen.

Having a US citizen parent does not necessarily mean you are a US citizen.

How exactly would your lawyer claim you are a US citizen?

my lawyer telling me we should go for n-600 child born out of wedlock . his military record proof that he was in lebanon , DNA test that we've done the result came back positive that yes im his daughter ,is that not enough to claim the citizenship ?

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

this is the section where you will have trouble unless your father did something prior to now

4) while the person is under the age of 18 years-

(A) the person is legitimated under the law of the person's residence or domicile,

(B) the father acknowledges paternity of the person in writing under oath, or

© the paternity of the person is established by adjudication of a competent court.

[Shub 78]

I have no experience with a matter such as this, but I believe the links below are relevant to your case:

http://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartH-Chapter3.html (part C)

http://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/PDF/NationalityChart2.pdf (table 2 or 3)

[christine.daher 0]

Thanks to all o've you guys who trying to help me

[milimelo 4,466]

Ok, looked into this - since you apparently were not in a legal relationship with your father prior to your 18th birthday - no relationship for US citizenship purposes. DNA test while confirms he is your father doesn't overcome the requisite that father was involved with your upbringing (paying child support, visits, gifts, letters...) before age of 18.

Now, not sure if father could petition you under I-130 - married child of USC - it requires that relationship was established before you turned 21...

[Cathi 5,742]

Did you have any type of relationship with your father prior to your 18th birthday or your 21st? Is he on your birth certificate? Did he provide child support to your mother? If you are 38 years old and don't have any proof of a bonafide relationship with your father before the age of 18 you can't claim US citizenship through him. Him you didn't have any relationship with him before the age of 21 you don't have a path to residency and green card either. I suggest you go to immigrate2us.net and do a search for a lawyer by the name of Laurel Scott, she specializes in complicated cases and comes highly recommended. She does an open chat on Wednesdays and you can ask her questions, she also does phone consultations as well. I suggest you either speak to her or another immigration attorney who has experience with difficult case, just any old immigration attorney isn't going to do you any good. It is evident the lawyer you spoke to doesn't know the ins and outs of your issue if they are telling you it's as simple as filing the n-600. There is no doubt you need an attorney to help, but make sure your money is well spent on one who will be able to give you the correct advise, instead of giving you erroneous advice and just taking your money. By the way filing an I-130 for ir1 visa is not citizenship, it's a visa for residency. If that's route you end up taking. Also ping the cr1 route takes years for a married daughter over the age of 21, you have to wait for a visa number to become available. As stated earlier, either way you have to be able to prove that you had a bonafide relationship with your father before you turned 18 or 21, respectively

Edited March 4, 2014 by mimolicious