Traveling to the Philippines with our new baby

[love4life09 15]

Hello everyone ,

Our baby is due in January and my wife plans on visiting her family in the Phils soon thereafter.

Will the baby need a US passport ? Will baby fall under the 21 day stay rule and need an extension there to stay longer even

though she is with her Philippine citizen mom and sister ?

Or can we do both and travel to our nearest Philippine Embassy( Chicago) and get the baby a Philippine passport for DUAL Citizenship?

Thanks in advance for any answers

[TBoneTX 45,289]

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[Hank_ 9,174]

Hello everyone ,

Our baby is due in January and my wife plans on visiting her family in the Phils soon thereafter.

Will the baby need a US passport ? Will baby fall under the 21 day stay rule and need an extension there to stay longer even

though she is with her Philippine citizen mom and sister ?

Or can we do both and travel to our nearest Philippine Embassy( Chicago) and get the baby a Philippine passport for DUAL Citizenship?

Thanks in advance for any answers

Can't travel without a passport. Baby will need a U.S. passport for traveling to and from the USA. Baby does not need dual citizenship/Philippine passport, just needs to be with mom it to get the Balikbayan stamp which is good for 1 year.

BTW - The "automatic" tourist visa is now 30 days.

Edited October 25, 2013 by Hank_

[Michael and Milahjean 0]

Hello everyone ,

Our baby is due in January and my wife plans on visiting her family in the Phils soon thereafter.

Will the baby need a US passport ? Will baby fall under the 21 day stay rule and need an extension there to stay longer even

though she is with her Philippine citizen mom and sister ?

Or can we do both and travel to our nearest Philippine Embassy( Chicago) and get the baby a Philippine passport for DUAL Citizenship?

Thanks in advance for any answers

Chicago consulate has an outreach event in Tulsa tomorrow, so depending upon where you live, could be convenient.

We've filed the Report of Birth for both of our children, which then completes the registration process for dual citizenship status (as long as one parent is a Philippine citizen upon birth of a child, the child is automatically dual anyway, but not registered). Once this is complete, you may apply for a Philippine passport for the child. During an outreach event or personal visit to Chicago, this can be done simultaneously. We did this for both kids not because it is required, but for the novelty, and the cost isn't high. Kinda neat having two passports for the kids. We likely won't renew the Philippine passports when they expire after 5 years. You'll need a US passport to travel outside of the US regardless. We used both to enter and exit the Philippines in March/April of this year, but used only the US passport to depart/enter the US. Without the Philippines passport, you'll get the 1 year entry as Hank says as long as the child arrives with the Philippine citizen parent.

Edited October 25, 2013 by Michael and Milahjean

[RonnieKris 26]

Does your wife have a passport in her married name? If not you'll need to carry the marriage certificate. Not sure about the kids, but sounds like other have given you good info.