2 differnent countries and filing 8 years after birth

[newacct 688]

No, I don't think I am not missreading it, on Page 1 of the instructions Who should file this form Item #4 "You must be living in the United States in the legal custody of your U.S. citizen parent. And also on the right side of that page Who should not file this form, "You are the child of a U.S. citzen parent(s). who regularly resides outside the United States.

Note that that is under the section that says "If you are claiming U.S. citizenship after birth and...". Your child is a citizen at birth. Note that the N-600 instructions are super confusing. I am not sure if you can file for the child if you don't have custody.

Anyway, CRBA is preferable if you can get it to work.

Edited April 10, 2013 by newacct

[Hazel Ickes 0]

Hi,

Before consulting a Legal opinion, you can visit the www.uscis.go to get some information.

"So I still think my only option is the CRBA".

[lobbynoise 1]

This is a situation I am familiar with. My son was born in Thailand and we applied for his CRBA through the US Embassy in Manila. Basically, they took all of the information and forwarded it to Bangkok where the US Embassy there issued the CRBA and sent it back to the US Embassy in Manila.