Russian Citizenship for newborn

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In a couple weeks, we are going to have our first child and we are planning to obtain for him two citizenships. Since he will be born in the US, I don't anticipate any trouble with US citizenship. His birth certificate will say New York and that will be the end of that.

Does anyone have any experience or information about how to get Russian citizenship for the son of a Russian mother born abroad?

[payxibka 10,045]

Look to the Russian Consulate to the USA

http://www.consulrussia.org/ru/citizen.html

[Oksana81 0]

In a couple weeks, we are going to have our first child and we are planning to obtain for him two citizenships. Since he will be born in the US, I don't anticipate any trouble with US citizenship. His birth certificate will say New York and that will be the end of that.

Does anyone have any experience or information about how to get Russian citizenship for the son of a Russian mother born abroad?

If you are in NY, then unfortunately you are assigned to Consulate General of Russian Federation in NY. I say "unfortunately" because it's the busiest and the craziest consulate of all Russian ones in the US.

Read their requirements here:

http://www.ruscon.org/cons_citizenship_RUS.html

You, as a non-Russian parent, will need to prepare a notarized statement that you consent that the child will have a Russian citizenship.