Consular of Report Abroad????

[JackInTheBox 0]

I was reading about this...if my fiance's mom (who is an American citizen) filed one at the embassy my fiance would be an American Citizen already and wouldn't have to prove her mom lived in the US for 5 years?

My fiance thinks that she may have been registered at the embassy. We will call Monday to find out. Is their a specific division we should call or just ask to speak to any Consulate?

Here is stuff I found about it

http://www.east-site.com/consular_reports

http://canberra.usembassy.gov/consular/acs...nship/crba.html

I don't quite understand what it means. I wish they were 100% clear

I hope she has it. She said believes her parents registered her at the embassy so this is what it would mean right?

If I am reading this right then this is pretty much all she would need to get a US passport right?

Anyone know any thing about these?

I am so excited but I don't know if I should be ...my fiance says she believes that she was "registered" at the embassy...does that mean they will have a Consular Report of Birth Abroad? Is that all we need basically for the passport. Anyone? Someone has to know?

[canadian_wife 1,822]

Through birth abroad to one United States citizen

For persons born on or after November 14, 1986, a person is a U.S. citizen if all of the following are true:[4]

1) One of the person's parents was a U.S. citizen when the person in question was born;

2) The citizen parent lived at least 5 years in the United States before his or her child's birth;

3) A minimum of 2 of these 5 years in the United States were after the citizen parent's 14th birthday.

A person's record of birth abroad, if registered with a U.S. consulate or embassy, is proof of his or her citizenship. Such a person may also apply for a passport or a Certificate of Citizenship to have a record of his or her citizenship. Such documentation is often useful to prove citizenship in lieu of the availability of an American birth certificate.

Different rules apply for persons born abroad to one U.S. citizen before November 14, 1986. United States law on this subject changed multiple times throughout the twentieth century, and the law is applicable as it existed at the time of the individual's birth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States..._States_citizen

Was your fiancee born after 1986? Do the 3 items apply to her parents? Does she have the documentation that her birth was 'registered' with the U.S. embassy?

Your finance's mother needs to have met the residency requirements in order for your fiance to recieve U.S citizenship. Call the embassy to see if the birth was 'registered' to be sure.

Edited March 1, 2009 by canadian_wife