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Aussie Mummy   0

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I was in America last year and fell pregnant to an American man. I returned home to Australia and gave birth. The father is not listed on the birth certificate and I have very little contact with him these days (he doesn't pay child support etc. as I haven't asked for it). Am wondering if it is possible for my child to get a dual American citizenship and if so what would need to be done? I don't have any American visas myself.

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1st USA trip - Dec 2010
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2nd USA trip - May-June 2012
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Is the father interested in acknowledging paternity?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Sure.

Name daddy as the daddy. File for child support. Get daddy on the child's birth certificate. If daddy doesn't cooperate, file a law suit. Ge the child's and the father's DNA. Guess you get the picture.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

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I was in America last year and fell pregnant to an American man. I returned home to Australia and gave birth. The father is not listed on the birth certificate and I have very little contact with him these days (he doesn't pay child support etc. as I haven't asked for it). Am wondering if it is possible for my child to get a dual American citizenship and if so what would need to be done? I don't have any American visas myself.

Thanks! :)

Why do you want to bother he is not paying child suport and you don't seem to want to keep in touch so you are home in Australia now is that not enough? Just asking is all

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This is the process: http://canberra.usembassy.gov/report-birth-abroad.html You need to do a "consular report of birth abroad"

As was said above though, unless he's willing to accept paternity, you may end up having to sue him to take a DNA test. Your first step (in my opinion) would be to add the fathers name to the birth certificate.

Aussie K1 process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/206016-australian-beneficiaries-packet-3-to-interview-date/
AOS, EAD & AP - the Aussie Way (including document list) - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/
ROC April 2012 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358760-i-751-april-2012-filers/ (includes document list)
N-400 April 2013 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/ (includes document list)

N-400 Interview review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6381814

N-400 Oath Ceremony review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6537699
Aussie Chat page continued - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/331922-new-2011-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/
Aussie Name Change on Passport Process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/248400-australian-passport-name-change-process/
Travel on maiden name passport with married name GC, tickets in married name - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/183541-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/page__view__findpost__p__4135806
Shipping Costs from Aus to US - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293179-shipping-costs-aus-to-usa/

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- For timeline with Aussie specifics & more detailed info, please see the "About Me" section of my profile

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