cr1 question

[hbk8941 0]

if my wife have a kid after we get married does this visa cover our baby if we decide to have one? can my wife bring our baby with her with is visa or we have to file a separate visa for the kid?

[Scott and Mhay 57]

your baby wouldnt need a visa...you would do a CBRA (consular report of birth abroad). Your baby would be a US citizen and be able to get a US passport....so no visa required.

Edited April 13, 2010 by Scott and Mhay

[hbk8941 0]

so if our kid is automatically become a us citizen then my kid can come to the us without my wife

[Mrs.Price 0]

Pretty much. My daughter was born here in Brazil, so we went to the American consulate in Rio and got a CBRA for her. Now she`s considered an US Citizen and doesn`t need a visa, which means she could go to the US with her dad while I`m still here (that`s not gonna happen, though. =P)

[hbk8941 0]

another question if the child become us citizen automatically then why is it so hard to pass the interview if that person wife is pregnant? that what i herd so why do they care the child will be us citizen either way

[Scott and Mhay 57]

because it has happened before that the child was not the husband or fiancee's. In some cases they still request DNA testing (they cant force it). I dont think it is any harder for someone that is pregnant to pass the interview than someone that isnt. The consulate will just want proof that you were together during the conception of the baby....so that is why boarding passes and copies of passport stamps become important. Dont get her your soon to be wife pregnant just to "speed" things along...in most cases that isnt a reason to speed it along.

Reporting the birth abroad is extra steps and your wife/fiancee will have to apply at the embassy for that. It is extra steps and could cause delays. Check out the process here: http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwha003.html