CRBA through Grandparent

[Elshayt 7]

my wife is US citizen and to make CRBA for our new baby ,but my wife didn't meet the Physical Presence so we rely on grandparent Physical Presence based on USCIS policy manual  (Volume 12 – Citizenship & Naturalization, Part H – Children of U.S. Citizens)

https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartH-Chapter5.html#S-C

 

but when i am trying to fill in form DS-2029 i found no space to write grandparent Physical Presence and all spaces for parents only 

 

Kindly help

[Mark88 183]

DS-2029 is for a CRBA. A CRBA can only be filed if citzienship is passed on through a parent. If you are using the grandparent process, you are not eligible for CRBA and can not use DS-2029.

 

If you want to claim citizenship through a grandparent, you will have to file form N-600. This is a totally different process than CRBA.

 

You might want to read this post:

Read the whole post, since you will get 2-3 alternatives of how claiming USC.

 

[Elshayt 7]

Thanks very much ,i also have many doubts that DS-2029 is not correct and your answers assure that, i will read it carefully it seems helpful

 

Thanks again

[Elshayt 7]

On 7/23/2017 at 10:16 AM, Mark88 said:

DS-2029 is for a CRBA. A CRBA can only be filed if citzienship is passed on through a parent. If you are using the grandparent process, you are not eligible for CRBA and can not use DS-2029.

 

If you want to claim citizenship through a grandparent, you will have to file form N-600. This is a totally different process than CRBA.

 

You might want to read this post:

Read the whole post, since you will get 2-3 alternatives of how claiming USC.

 

 

Thanks for your article mark88

when i reed your article and make some search i found two ways

 

first....

1- make visitor visa for baby (because interview of N600K will be in US)

2-submit N600K form with grandparent physical residence 

(grandparent was died and i only have his last passport and SSN retire report proof that he pay tax from 1985 to 2008 , and certificate of naturalization)

 

second...

1-make visitor visa for baby

2-apply for permanent residence for baby form US (make visitor because greencard take much time)

3-apply for N600 to get certificate of citizenship just after receive green card

 

the second solution is longer but it more guarantee , if first solution failed due to grandparent physical residence i will redirected to the second 

 

kindly advice if this steps are correct , if not please advise 

which solution do you think is better ,and if there is another solution i don't know please propose 

 

Note: i have applying I-130 permanent residence for me sense last December , if i want until i get it, it will be more options ?  

 

Thanks 

[Mark88 183]

No, you are going at it from the wrong side.

 

You will either have to file N-600K or I-130 from outside the USA. It will take about a year for either of them to process. You will not be able to enter the US, nor will the US consulate issue a B2-visa for your child.

 

If the I-130 is in processing, and the visa has not been issued yet, you can add the child to the petition. See here

 

http://www.***removed***/forum/showthread.php/85762-Adding-a-child-to-a-pending-I-130

 

and

 

 

 

[TM92 527]

* Reviving old thread to address incorrect info *

On 7/24/2017 at 6:03 AM, Mark88 said:

If the I-130 is in processing, and the visa has not been issued yet, you can add the child to the petition. See here

 

http://www.***removed***/forum/showthread.php/85762-Adding-a-child-to-a-pending-I-130

 

and

 

 

Adding a child to the I-130 as a derivative is only an option in F2A cases, not IR-1/CR-1 cases. Both of the cases referenced above are F2A (I-130 petition by a LPR). In IR-1/CR-1 cases, the child needs a separate I-130 petition. OP ultimately got correct info:

 

Edited September 25, 2018 by TM92