CRBA

[TripleG 3]

My wife is going to have our second child in the RP in Febuarary. I have been reading all about CRBA trying to make sure I have all the correct documents that I need before we fly over there. I have read the required CRBA check sheet from the USCIS website but still have a few questions.

Question #1 I am a natural born citizen of the U.S.A. Is my passport all that I need to prove my citizenship? Several blogs I have read about the subject say "Don't forget your birth certificate" The CRBA check sheet does not specifiy that I need it. I don't have it and don't want to waste time getting it if I don't need it.

Question #2 The CRBA checksheet does say if my wife or I have had previous marriages, they require divorce decrees for those marriages. I have not seen this as a requirement on any blogs about the subject. Has anyone on here who has been through the CRBA process been asked for them? My problem is I don't have a copy of this item either. I supplied the original I had when I filed the I29F years ago for her K1. My current wife and I where married in Texas and I will have our original marriage cert.

Question #3 How long does the NSO birth certificate take to get? Approximately how long after the baby is born will this document be available?

Thanks for any and all answers or opinions

Wyatt

[Anh map 2,098]

Have you read the info on the Manila embassy website? >>>> http://manila.usembassy.gov/service/citizenship.html

[TeapotGirl 66]

Question #1 I am a natural born citizen of the U.S.A. Is my passport all that I need to prove my citizenship? Several blogs I have read about the subject say "Don't forget your birth certificate" The CRBA check sheet does not specifiy that I need it. I don't have it and don't want to waste time getting it if I don't need it.

Question #2 The CRBA checksheet does say if my wife or I have had previous marriages, they require divorce decrees for those marriages. I have not seen this as a requirement on any blogs about the subject. Has anyone on here who has been through the CRBA process been asked for them? My problem is I don't have a copy of this item either. I supplied the original I had when I filed the I29F years ago for her K1. My current wife and I where married in Texas and I will have our original marriage cert.

Question #3 How long does the NSO birth certificate take to get? Approximately how long after the baby is born will this document be available?

I have never processed a CRBA before but all I say, keep on counter checking information. Official site is minimum. Site like this and the blogs are written by people who have been through the process.

You can get a cert.true copy of either divorce decree and your birth certificate.

I heard they only accept birth cert true copy, not the one issued by the hospital since it could be fake. The registration of the birth cert will depend on the hospital/person processing it. Sometimes they pile up papers and if they have enough numbers that's when they bring it to "wherever". You can go to SM malls, process it in 20 working days, call NSO hotline 2-3 days delivery or you can line up to the NSO and get it in a day.

Edited October 5, 2011 by teapotgurl1983

[PreciousOne 4]

you can use your US passport and birth certificate as a proof of your citizenship,And if you are married before then you have to provide the divorced decree.(certified and photocopy of it)if you dont have the certified one then you have to photocopy but it should be notarized.Then after the birth of a child,you have to wait atleast 1 month before you can get a NSO birth certificate.Just look at the us embassy website manila you can see there the forms that you need to provide in applying for crba.hope it helps.....