Dual Citizen Minor (Passport process - NAIA experience - USA)

[Aila 8]

Hello VJer’s I would like to share again my child’s dual citizenship journey.This is the last step, applying for Passport to Departure (Philippines). 

 

 I’ve noticed that some parents here with a child who are dual citizen/s by birth doesn’t really fully understand the process. They thought that once they applied for CRBA and as soon as their child receives a US passport they are giving up their child’s filipino citizenship. CRBA is not like you are naturalizing as a USC. Once a child is a dual citizen by brith they will always be a dual citizen FORVER!!. 

 

Now they ran into problems of Exit Clearance fees, overstaying fee because they though that their child is now a foreign national of the Phil. Why? per Bureau of Immigration advise… Honestly?? I think they are scamming foreigner parent/s and parents who are desperately wanting to leave the country by making them think that their child (who are a filipino-american citizen) is a foreign national and charging them with a skyrocketing immigration fees (I was quoted P100,000 for my daughter, for me that’s BS that’s why you gotta know what you’re doing). For them you only have 3 options It’s either 1.) You pay for overstaying fee, 2.) ECC fee, 3.) Apply for recognition of filipino citizen, P12,000+ fee. But on the other hand at least that there is an options that we can just pay especially if the parents doesn’t have the time to get a phil. passport but for making them think that there is no other way but to pay the immig. fee that is unacceptable. Well, If you come to think of it, how are they going to have revenue if they will tell people that getting a Phil. PP will waived all of these fees right? 

 

Ok enough (SORRY for the rant)… Let’s start with the PP application.

Sep. 26, 2016 - Endorsement and Applied PSA Birth Cert, for pick up on Oct. 12., and soon as I got home I tried to set an appointment online (DFA) but then I realized that the earliest date I could get was Nov. 12. That is almost 2 months waiting & another 7 working days for express processing. I cannot wait that long, I want to leave ASAP for US so that my daughter can start on her school. We didn’t qualify for the courtesy lane so I was thinking of any possible way to get a sooner appt. dates, I tried checking all Manila branches I even thought of going to provincial branches but when I tried to check DFA website again I found one available slot. I cancelled my Nov. 12 changed to Nov. 11. but I’m still not satisfied. So what I did is I kept on checking everyday and to my surprise Nov 8 slot is available, again cancelled previous appt. I continuously check daily so from Nov. 12→11→8→7→3→Oct. 28 →27→24→then finally to Oct.17, 2016 appt. at DFA Aseana!!! Perfect!!! ???. 

 

Oct. 12, 2016 - picked-up expedited PSA Report of Birth Certificate (this is what it looks like)

Oct. 17, 2016 - Our appt. was 8-9am but we arrived 6:15am and there were already people lined up outside but the guard haven’t started letting people in so I decided to eat breakfast at McDonalds across the street. I don’t mind being the last person in line at least we’re not hungry especially that I have my daughter with me. So when I saw that the guard was starting to let people inside we went back in line around 7:15am. At exactly 8am the Step 1 desk opens.

 

Step 1: Confirmed appointment checking

NOTE: DFA strictly implements online appt. only, no more walk-ins (except OFW and those who qualifies the courtesy lane).

 

Step 2: Document verification 

    Documents asked from us; 

1. Orig. & Photocopy of School ID (daughter)
2. Orig. & Photocopy of PSA ROB certificate 
3. Orig. & Photocopy of PSA marriage cert.
4. Photocopy of PP biopage (mother)
5. Passport (mother)
6. PRC ID

He returned Orig. School ID, PRC ID, Passport & PSA ROB photocopy to me then I was asked if my daughter is a dual citizen and if she has a US passport, I said yes. He instructed me to go to Passport Division for a stamp. I said “What stamp?” He said“ She’s a dual so they will need to interview you and put a stamp on your application if approve, then come back to me when you get the stamp”. (Oh no!! what now??). 

 

Step 3: Passport Division (Interview/Investigation Area) We waited for 15 minutes until her named was called. 

    Lady: Where was your daughter born, US? Is the father a dual? 

    ME: Yes Seattle, Washington; He’s not, I am filipino citizen when I gave birth to her 

    Lady: “Ok she’s dual citizen by birth with filipino mother ”;  Does she has a US passport?

    ME: Yes (but she didn’t look at it)

    Lady: Ok everything is good, she has ROB cert.,that’s good, we will keep the original (she gave me back my PSA marriage cert.)

    Lady: Ok I will be back then returned with our papers

    Lady: Ok you’re all good, you can go back upstair (2nd floor) 

PS: Step 3 is for applicants with special cases only (like ours). 

back to Step 2: He signed our application and gave me a receipt and proceed to next step. 

Step 4: Cashier. Present the receipt and I paid P1200 for rush processing (7 working days). 

PS: After payment get a number and wait for your number to appear on the screen. (we waited for 30mins.)

 

Step 5: Encoding. biometrics, picture taking and signature

Note: no jewelries, no earrings, no showing of teeth (smiling is ok), no headband, no eyeglasses, no colored contact lenses. 

 

Step 6: Delivery (optional) 

 

PS: They said that there’s a dress code but I’ve seen people wearing slippers, open toes shoes/sandals, sleeveless, shorts & also there’s one lady wearing a tube top so yeah I don’t know. Electronics, Food and drinks are allowed inside. 

 

Oct. 26, 2016 - arrived in DFA Aseana, 2:30pm. Phil. PP released after 45mins. waiting.

Finally my daughter is officially a Dual citizen!!!

 

Dec. 2, 2016 (Departure NAIA) 

Travel tax: paid P1620 and P810 for my daughter 

PS: We’ve waited for this long before leaving because my husband was undecided as to whether he will come to Phil. to spend Christmas and New Year and we’ll fly to USA together. But oh well he changes his mind. 

Dec. 02, 2016 (Arrival) - POE: SEA 

 

[Sagot 1,548]

Interesting adventure.

 

You child was born in the USA.  You completed ROB that is big to making this all simple.  You could have gotten a Philippine passport through the embassy before flying to the Phils, which is very simple.

 

For those in the Phils with a child born in the Phils to USC & Filipino citizen and having to complete CRBA, some BI & DFA employees try to push the recognition certificate but in reality it is not needed there either.  Getting the Philippine passport for the child  ASAP is important.

 

 

[Aila 8]

1 hour ago, Sagot said:

Interesting adventure.

 

You child was born in the USA.  You completed ROB that is big to making this all simple.  You could have gotten a Philippine passport through the embassy before flying to the Phils, which is very simple.

 

For those in the Phils with a child born in the Phils to USC & Filipino citizen and having to complete CRBA, some BI & DFA employees try to push the recognition certificate but in reality it is not needed there either.  Getting the Philippine passport for the child  ASAP is important.

 

 

Hi, 

Yes you're right. I should have done it before leaving the US to save all the hassle but during that time I was unaware on how to proceed on ROB plus I was out of status under K2 visa (my mom's ROC was denied). Due to fear of overstaying we left right away.