Citizenship for child

[VetsWife328 7]

OK got a quick question here.

I want to take on the American Citizenship once all our paperwork is done and we waited the I think 3 years afetr the AOS stamp.

Now my question is,

does my sons German passport still have to be valid when we go for the citizenship?

He is 5 1/2 right now and his passport will expire in November of 2010.

We will put our I 129 F in by November 1st of this year and will hopefully be in the US by May 2007,file for AOS by about August 2007........so most likeley his German passport will have expired by the time I can get my Citizenship (and there for his as well).

My hubby to be is NOT my sons biological father,still my boys real "father2 IS indeed a US Citizen living in Texas.

He so far refuses to sign any papers as far as Child Support and Citizenship goes.

(we went to a German Court and they sentenced him to pay Child Support but it's not enforcable from here and I doubt the German Court Papers are worth anything at all in the US,though after that court thing he WAS put on my sons BC ,so yes on my sons Birth Certificate IS the US Citizen "Fathers" name.)

We will sue his Father for Child Support once we are in the US,going through the Texas General Attorney since the man owes me already 5 1/2 years of Child Support and really doesn't have any financial problems so paying wont hurt him or my sons sister (not my child so his half sister).

Does anyone know whether there is any way at all that my son could get the US Citizenship (and drop the German one) before we can obtain Citizenship after AOS (3 years after AOS I know).???

Thanks for any helpful replies

Nat

[meauxna 15]

OK got a quick question here.

I want to take on the American Citizenship once all our paperwork is done and we waited the I think 3 years afetr the AOS stamp.

Now my question is,

does my sons German passport still have to be valid when we go for the citizenship?

He is 5 1/2 right now and his passport will expire in November of 2010.

We will put our I 129 F in by November 1st of this year and will hopefully be in the US by May 2007,file for AOS by about August 2007........so most likeley his German passport will have expired by the time I can get my Citizenship (and there for his as well).

My hubby to be is NOT my sons biological father,still my boys real "father2 IS indeed a US Citizen living in Texas.

He so far refuses to sign any papers as far as Child Support and Citizenship goes.

(we went to a German Court and they sentenced him to pay Child Support but it's not enforcable from here and I doubt the German Court Papers are worth anything at all in the US,though after that court thing he WAS put on my sons BC ,so yes on my sons Birth Certificate IS the US Citizen "Fathers" name.)

We will sue his Father for Child Support once we are in the US,going through the Texas General Attorney since the man owes me already 5 1/2 years of Child Support and really doesn't have any financial problems so paying wont hurt him or my sons sister (not my child so his half sister).

Does anyone know whether there is any way at all that my son could get the US Citizenship (and drop the German one) before we can obtain Citizenship after AOS (3 years after AOS I know).???

Thanks for any helpful replies

Nat

Nat, IMO you really need an immigration attorney to make sure this goes right. Especially considering Germany's view of dual citizenship, and the child support issue. This is your son's life you're talking about, and a mistake could last a long time or have big repercussions.

There are a lot of options, but I don't think it's right to sit around guessing too much about a topic as sensitive as this one. Send out some emails and see if you can find a lawyer willing to work with you.

At the worst case, your son will get US citizenship when you do, but you don't want to make a false claim about his citizenship now, or have him NOT get what he is entitled to as a USC.

[VetsWife328 7]

I don't have the money for a lawyer and I don't want my son to keep the German Citizenship anyways since number one he would HAVE to serve in the German Army and number 2 I plan on spending the rest of my life with my soon to be husband and will not come back to Germany.I don't have any close family or friends here anymore anyway.

His biological father never signed the paperwork for my sons Citizenship bc if he would have signed it he wuld have agreed to pay Child Support which obviously he is NOT willing to do.

So thats why my man and I have decided to sue him once all our paperwork in the US (as far as Immigration is concerned) is done.

I know Ray will become a US Citizen anyway once I get my Citizenship,it would just have been nice if it would have been possible to let him have it without having to wait for years to come.

But that issue is not worth throwing money for a lawyer out of the window.

Like I said he will get the Citizenship when I get it and his "father" will sooner or later be forced by Court to pay Child Support for my son.

I just hope he denies being the father bc then everyone will see what a darn liar that guy is when they (finally! Germans wouldn't do it saying there was enough evidence of him being the biological father) do a DNA test.

He's well known for putting kids into the world and not wanting to support them in any way at all.

Actually last I heared he can't even leave the State of Texas right now since he kept not making his Child Support payments for his oldest two kids and the ex took him to Court all over again.

Nat

[Boiler 46,104]

I am fairly sure that you can not take his German Citizenship away from him.

If memory serves me right one of the exceptions for German Dual Citizenship is if you are a child. He will make the choice when he is old enough.

He's well known for putting kids into the world and not wanting to support them in any way at all.

I will resist making the obvious comment.

And as far as child support is concerned, you can not get blood out of a stone.