Hiya from England

[Louised 11]

Hello my name is Louise, I am half American on my father's side, currently residing in Aylesbury, England...my father resides in Indiana and is a Hoosier born and bred...He was in the air force stationed in England in the late 80s and I was the result...My hubby, bubby's and I wish to emigrate to be near him and the rest of my family, we love the lifestyle, will be a wonderful one to raise our children in...we're in initial planning at the moment, assuming that I can achieve citizenship and an American passport as my kind of 'birth right'...our goal is to be stateside before my daughter turns 11 (i.e. starts secondary school) she is 4 now...I assume there is a shed load of paperwork that we'll need to go through and as I've discovered just with trying to put my father's name on my birth certificate, it's going to be difficult/complicated...haven't really messaged or talked to anyone in a remotely similar situation to myself...I can't be the only one though, surely!... I would be ever so grateful for any advice/tips...as I've seen loads of abbreviations on these forums and I don't have a clue what they mean!

[la2011 5]

I'm no expert on what forms need to be filled out for your case, so someone else more experience will hopefully add on.

For your father to sponsor his married daughter, the wait time is about 7-8 years currently. So better get started soon, as its a long wait. It seems that you're very realistic about it, though, so you will do fine! A lot of people are initially surprised at how long the wait is for US Citizens to sponsor married children.

You could also go a search on this board for "sponsor married daughter" and see what that turns up. This topic has most likely been covered at length already so it will give you an idea of where to start

Best of luck

Edited July 25, 2011 by la2011