My son is finally a dual citizen!

[kariandmax 0]

I am so glad this board is here...I am pretty new to this site, but so far I love it...

Anyway, just thought I would share my story in case anyone else goes through this process...

I applied for my K1 Visa last May...found out I was pregnant in June...went through all K1 processing, interview was scheduled on due date (Jan. 5th), had my son Jan. 11th, interview in Montreal rescheduled for February 7th. Interview a success...NO ONE knew what I should do in regards to crossing the border with my son. My husband was unable to come back up to Toronto to file for the Consular Report of Birth, and as anyone in Ontario knows it can take a LONG time to get a Long Form Birth Certificate. So, I was told by the POE officers that we could cross with a letter from his dad, giving me permission and his birth records from the hospital and municipality, and that once we were settled to apply by MAIL for his Consular Report of Birth Abroad. Well, this is obviously not possible since it is only available if the child is still residing in Canada.

So, after speaking to many immigration offices, we finally came across a lawyer who told us just to apply for his US Passport. We did...yes, we had to send in a notarized affidavit detailing my husbands residence for basically his entire life, but it worked and we are done. We do have the option of applying for his Certificate of Citizenship, but that will be down the road once my own AOS process is completed.

Anyway, just wanted to share. On a side note, when we did apply in person for the US passport, the agent had NO IDEA that it could be done without a SSN. It can...and in our case we were not able to apply for the SSN until we had his passport. So that is where we are heading on Monday.

I hope this helps someone who may go through this process in the future...

We are off to celebrate our son's Dual Citizenship...

[Kaitie64 0]

Congrats! I am so happy for you. Hopefully we'll be able to celebrate getting our son's dual citizenship soon also

[neiks 19]

Looks like we will be going through this as well fairly soon. I'm due in November but highly doubt that I will get an interview before then and my visa. From the sounds of it we will have to have the proof of the babies US citizenship before I'll be issued my visa.

So looks like soon as the baby is born we better get on filing the CRBA so it is done before I go for my interview.