Can I enter the US to escort my 3-month old daughter(born to a US citizen father) that will be issued a passport?

[tonylovesam 8]

Hello there. Me and my american boyfriend was planning to apply for a CRBA and US passport on our 3-month old daughter. We have given an interview appointment date already which is on December 8 of this year. I'm wondering if I can escort my child, as her biological mother, to enter the United States when she will be issued a US passport? If yes, please let me know the process, that would be a great help. My daughter's american grandmother desperately wanted to see and hold the baby since she's getting old and sick. Me and my boyfriend wanted to wait a little bit longer before we get married and apply for a K-1 visa. Looking forward on your replies. Thank you.

[George & Gina 29]

Short and simple, NO.

It's possible but very unlikely...

George

[George & Gina 29]

What I meant to say is:

Short and simple, NO.

It's possible but very unlikely...

Also, a K1 visa is for fiance(e)s, an IR1/CR1 visa is for spouses (husbands/wives).

With that said, I'm sometimes paranoid/pessimistic about things and if I were in your position I'd be VERY hesitant about allowing my significant other, with whom I'm not married, to leave the country with my infant daughter. Especially if you haven't gotten her a Philippines passport in addition to US passport in order to lay claim to dual US/Filipino citizenship for her.

Maybe I'm over analyzing things here.

George

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

No- the child;s grandmother would need to come visit you, or your boyfriend would need to travel to get and bring back the child.

[Armenia 18]

Hello there. Me and my american boyfriend was planning to apply for a CRBA and US passport on our 3-month old daughter. We have given an interview appointment date already which is on December 8 of this year. I'm wondering if I can escort my child, as her biological mother, to enter the United States when she will be issued a US passport? If yes, please let me know the process, that would be a great help. My daughter's american grandmother desperately wanted to see and hold the baby since she's getting old and sick. Me and my boyfriend wanted to wait a little bit longer before we get married and apply for a K-1 visa. Looking forward on your replies. Thank you.

As I understand from the OP's post:

- the OP and her USC boyfriend are not married

- They have a daughter who's going to be issued her US passport pretty soon

(Do babies get passports? Is the US passport issued by the US Embassy in Manila?)

- They're not planning to get married yet

- They're not planning to apply for K1 (CR1) visa yet

I don't know of any special "escort" visa. I think you would need just a B2 (visitor/tourist) visa to get into the US to escort your daughter in visiting her grandmother. You could try. It costs just a little over $100 to try but there's no guarantee that you're going to be issued a visa. You will have to present evidence of very very strong ties to the Philippines to convince the consular officer that you're not going to stay behind in the US.

The evidence of strong ties have to be super strong, IMO, as it's likely that the CO is going to consider your ties to the US stronger since your boyfriend is in the US and your daughter will also be going with you to the US which leaves you with no strong family ties to the Philippines. It would help if you hold a high position (with or without high income) in a stable organization/company and you have properties (house, car, land) in your name - anything that makes it more likely that you're not just going to ditch your life in the Philippines.

Check travel.state.gov for B2 visa requirements. It's pretty straightforward.

[tonylovesam 8]

Hello George. Thank you for your reply. Is not that I'm not worried about letting my child to stay in US with the man I'm not married into... It's just that I consider the fact that my daughter's grandmother is old and is sick, all she asked for Christmas is to meet and hold her grandchild for the very first time. She cannot travel to the Philippines as she is old and ill like I said and my boyfriend is in military, he cannot file for a leave that easy. Could you please help me on how can I travel with my infant to US? What visa am I elegible for for this situation. I applied for a B1/B2 visa already last May 2010 but was not issued a visa because I didn't meet evidences of strong ties to the Philippines. What do you think are evidences of strong ties in the Philippines aside from owning properties? I'm 21 years old and a newly graduate of BSN and I'm not employed yet, what proof should I present to establish strong ties to Philippines? Please help....

[SunDrop 59]

Fastest way is for him to file a K-1 petition for you. If he can't leave his post, she can't travel, your baby has a US passport and you don't have incredibly strong ties in the Philippines, then you have a snowball's chance in hell of getting a tourist visa.

Is he on deployment/ soon to be deployed? If so, there's a military help line that he can call to get information on if/ how to get it expedited.

[Anh map 2,098]

Hello George. Thank you for your reply. Is not that I'm not worried about letting my child to stay in US with the man I'm not married into... It's just that I consider the fact that my daughter's grandmother is old and is sick, all she asked for Christmas is to meet and hold her grandchild for the very first time. She cannot travel to the Philippines as she is old and ill like I said and my boyfriend is in military, he cannot file for a leave that easy. Could you please help me on how can I travel with my infant to US? What visa am I elegible for for this situation. I applied for a B1/B2 visa already last May 2010 but was not issued a visa because I didn't meet evidences of strong ties to the Philippines. What do you think are evidences of strong ties in the Philippines aside from owning properties? I'm 21 years old and a newly graduate of BSN and I'm not employed yet, what proof should I present to establish strong ties to Philippines? Please help....

As you want to take your US citizen child to the US the interviewing officer will see you having strong immigrant intent and be unlikely to issue a tourist visa. Your ties are now weaker to Philippines with a USC child. Unfortunately the child's father will have to make the trip if the grandparent is unable to travel to you.