Biological Daughter on K2???

[BillandClaire 0]

Hello All,

My fiance and I just received the NOA-2 hard copy approval from Vermont yesterday. On the I-129-F we submitted our 4 year old daughter's name as going to accompany her to the US. I identified myself as the father and my name is on her birth certificate which was also submitted. She has a Philippine passport and that was by choice. At the time we were not sure if we would want to live in the US or PH and we are still considering retirement in the PH in a few years. I read a guys post in here the other day that his fiance's K1 was approved but the K2 for their child was denied because the child me have claim to US citizenship. I tried to email him for information but he did not reply.

Does anyone have experience with this? We would prefer that our daughter maintain her PH citizenship until her and her mother can make a decision about that togher at a later date.

By the way I want to congratulate everyone that has received approval in the last few days. We both took a break from VJ on 8/27 when we got the famous and much sought after email.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

The child should have a right to dual citizenship. It has a right to citizenship in the Philippines by jus soli, or having been born there. It has the right to US citizenship by jus sanguinis, or having a US citizen parent. In the event a Philippine citizen acquires citizenship in another country by naturalization then they would have to apply to reacquire their Philippine citizenship under R.A. 9225, but that doesn't apply when the citizenship is acquired by birth. Both the Philippines and the US will recognize the dual citizenship.

Yes, the consulate will probably deny a visa for the child. A US citizen does not qualify for a visa because they don't need one.

Have the child's birth abroad registered at the consulate, and get her a US passport.

[BillandClaire 0]

The child should have a right to dual citizenship. It has a right to citizenship in the Philippines by jus soli, or having been born there. It has the right to US citizenship by jus sanguinis, or having a US citizen parent. In the event a Philippine citizen acquires citizenship in another country by naturalization then they would have to apply to reacquire their Philippine citizenship under R.A. 9225, but that doesn't apply when the citizenship is acquired by birth. Both the Philippines and the US will recognize the dual citizenship.

Yes, the consulate will probably deny a visa for the child. A US citizen does not qualify for a visa because they don't need one.

Have the child's birth abroad registered at the consulate, and get her a US passport.

Thank you; Yes I am aware of her right to Dual Citizenship. If it is required to register her birth with the consulate and get a US Passport, how do we do that? What documentation is required? Do I need to be there in order to get all this accomplished? Thank you again for your time and sound advise.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

The child should have a right to dual citizenship. It has a right to citizenship in the Philippines by jus soli, or having been born there. It has the right to US citizenship by jus sanguinis, or having a US citizen parent. In the event a Philippine citizen acquires citizenship in another country by naturalization then they would have to apply to reacquire their Philippine citizenship under R.A. 9225, but that doesn't apply when the citizenship is acquired by birth. Both the Philippines and the US will recognize the dual citizenship.

Yes, the consulate will probably deny a visa for the child. A US citizen does not qualify for a visa because they don't need one.

Have the child's birth abroad registered at the consulate, and get her a US passport.

Thank you; Yes I am aware of her right to Dual Citizenship. If it is required to register her birth with the consulate and get a US Passport, how do we do that? What documentation is required? Do I need to be there in order to get all this accomplished? Thank you again for your time and sound advise.

http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwha003.html

[Dakine 26]

The child should have a right to dual citizenship. It has a right to citizenship in the Philippines by jus soli, or having been born there. It has the right to US citizenship by jus sanguinis, or having a US citizen parent. In the event a Philippine citizen acquires citizenship in another country by naturalization then they would have to apply to reacquire their Philippine citizenship under R.A. 9225, but that doesn't apply when the citizenship is acquired by birth. Both the Philippines and the US will recognize the dual citizenship.

Yes, the consulate will probably deny a visa for the child. A US citizen does not qualify for a visa because they don't need one.

Have the child's birth abroad registered at the consulate, and get her a US passport.

Thank you; Yes I am aware of her right to Dual Citizenship. If it is required to register her birth with the consulate and get a US Passport, how do we do that? What documentation is required? Do I need to be there in order to get all this accomplished? Thank you again for your time and sound advise.

Here you go. DNA test "may" be required.

http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwha003.html

[payxibka 10,047]

The child should have a right to dual citizenship. It has a right to citizenship in the Philippines by jus soli, or having been born there. It has the right to US citizenship by jus sanguinis, or having a US citizen parent. In the event a Philippine citizen acquires citizenship in another country by naturalization then they would have to apply to reacquire their Philippine citizenship under R.A. 9225, but that doesn't apply when the citizenship is acquired by birth. Both the Philippines and the US will recognize the dual citizenship.

Yes, the consulate will probably deny a visa for the child. A US citizen does not qualify for a visa because they don't need one.

Have the child's birth abroad registered at the consulate, and get her a US passport.

Thank you; Yes I am aware of her right to Dual Citizenship. If it is required to register her birth with the consulate and get a US Passport, how do we do that? What documentation is required? Do I need to be there in order to get all this accomplished? Thank you again for your time and sound advise.

You will be surprised at the wealth of information that you need is already present on the Manila consulate website