How to prove physical presence of 5 years total when some years are before school age

[Illiria 980]

So this doesn't apply yet but I want to be prepared and know our options. This is a little complicated so please be patient.

I am in the US on a green card but if my spouses job ends we will return to the UK. I am concerned if we have children in the UK that CRBA will be difficult to prove physical presence for the required amount of time.

He lived in the US from birth to 5 years then moved to the UK. Since then he has had holidays and work trips plus a 6 month and a 22 month stint working here. We did a FOIA request and got his record of entrances and exits from the US since he was 18, this adds up to about 2.5 years physical presence post 14 years of age. They refused to give information on him before the age of 14.

How do we prove that he was there for the first 5 years of his life to make up the other physical presence time? Can we use his mothers tax returns?

Unfortunately his mother is considering giving up her citizenship, will this make tax returns harder to get?

[Mark88 184]

It won't make things harder, unless you plan to use N-600K to gain citizenship for your child.

You're going to have hard time proofing his physical presence if you don't have anything like his moms paystubs, doctors bills, kindergarten stuff etc.

Tax returns will not count at all.

I was in a similar situation. Maybe this helps:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/431566-our-story-crba-for-our-child-denied-entering-the-us-with-a-baby-transportation-letter-and-citizenship-through-the-cca/

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I'm lost. Is "he" your husband and he is not a USC?

And what is he trying to accomplish?

And how do the future children born in the UK fit into this?

Doctor visits? Shot record card?

[Illiria 980]

He is my USC husband, born in the US but grew up in the UK.

Proof of 5 years physical presence by the US parent for a CRBA for future children should we have to move back to the UK is what I am asking about. As most of his time physically present was prior to school and his mom got rid of a lot of paperwork from then such as medical receipts and such.

As far as I know my USC husband did not go to kindergarten, there are no receipts from doctors or anything like that.

Baby transportation letter won't be possible as this is only going to happen if my husband doesn't get a permanent job and we move back to the UK permanently.

No worries if noone knows will do more research through the embassy and online.

Edited November 15, 2014 by Illiria

[Mark88 184]

He is my USC husband, born in the US but grew up in the UK.

Proof of 5 years physical presence by the US parent for a CRBA for future children should we have to move back to the UK is what I am asking about. As most of his time physically present was prior to school and his mom got rid of a lot of paperwork from then such as medical receipts and such.

As far as I know my USC husband did not go to kindergarten, there are no receipts from doctors or anything like that.

Baby transportation letter won't be possible as this is only going to happen if my husband doesn't get a permanent job and we move back to the UK permanently.

No worries if noone knows will do more research through the embassy and online.

Have the child in the US. That will be easiest to secure citizenship. Otherwise if you already have a green card, you do qualify for a BTL, unless you abandon your permanent residency.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

He is my USC husband, born in the US but grew up in the UK.

Proof of 5 years physical presence by the US parent for a CRBA for future children should we have to move back to the UK is what I am asking about. As most of his time physically present was prior to school and his mom got rid of a lot of paperwork from then such as medical receipts and such.

As far as I know my USC husband did not go to kindergarten, there are no receipts from doctors or anything like that.

Baby transportation letter won't be possible as this is only going to happen if my husband doesn't get a permanent job and we move back to the UK permanently.

No worries if noone knows will do more research through the embassy and online.

What years are we talking about? Could the doctor office still exist?

How about the US census if it was taken during one of his years in the US. 1970? 1980? 1990? https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/decennial_census_records/census_records_2.html 1940 is the newest made public, but an individual can request their own record from the still protected years.

[milimelo 4,543]

Remain in the US for another 5 years and then you're covered?

[Illiria 980]

I am not yet pregnant but we are trying if I do fall pregnant next month and he doesn't get the job then we have no prospect of staying as no job equals no health insurance.

Thanks Nich-Nick thats a help, it's 1980 to 1985 we need to cover.

Many thanks for advice will keep looking.

[GuidedbyGODkatval 1]

I went through this before. And the best thing you can do is probably look for old passports and school transcripts. Thats what I did. I had to call my husbands schools from kindergarten to high school

[Illiria 980]

Thanks but I know his dad lost his passport from this time and he didn't go to school in the states.

Is moot now as he has got the job so we will be staying, was just looking at a hypothetical issue with the hopes of helping anyone else in a similar situation.

As I don't need an answer now can the mods close this.