CRBA with COVID 19

[jan22 3,056]

I assume you already have taken this into account for calculating your five years, but was your father a US government employee for any of the years that you lived overseas with him?

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 Greece: Apart from regulations in past and historic nationality laws of Greece granting nationality jus soli, Greek Nationality Codeof 2004 states that "A person born in Greek territory acquires by birth the Greek nationality if not acquiring alien nationality or is of unknown nationality".

[cd37 229]

8 hours ago, SMK said:

I work in Saudi Arabia and she is from Saudi. Laws here don’t allow the mother to pass the nationality. The baby will be born in Saudi Arabia.

So if mother cant pass the nationality, is there a local law that eventually grants nationality to new born babies, Maybe if baby lives there for certain years ?

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3 hours ago, jan22 said:

I assume you already have taken this into account for calculating your five years, but was your father a US government employee for any of the years that you lived overseas with him?

Yes, I am just short of the 5 years otherwise it would have been fine. No law that allows the mom to pass the nationality to the new born.

Just now, SMK said:

Yes, I am just short of the 5 years otherwise it would have been fine. No law that allows the mom to pass the nationality to the new born.

No he was working for a private American firm 

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1 hour ago, cd37 said:

So if mother cant pass the nationality, is there a local law that eventually grants nationality to new born babies, Maybe if baby lives there for certain years ?

No law that allows the Mother to pass the nationality to the new born.

[SalishSea 17,970]

8 hours ago, Diane and Chris said:

The thing that confuses me is why the baby can’t be a US citizen. If the OP is a US citizen, why won’t the baby be as well?  

Because there are criteria for how the parent got citizenship and how long/what ages they were resident in the US to be ale to pass it to a child.

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8 hours ago, SMK said:

No law that allows the Mother to pass the nationality to the new born.

Then probably give birth to one of the neighboring nations where citizenship is granted upon birth there.

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1 minute ago, cd37 said:

Then probably give birth to one of the neighboring nations where citizenship is granted upon birth there.

Boarders are closed because of Covid 19 and all airports are closed 

[carmel34 3,646]

10 hours ago, cd37 said:

So if mother cant pass the nationality, is there a local law that eventually grants nationality to new born babies, Maybe if baby lives there for certain years ?

A child born in Saudi Arabia to a non-Saudi father and a Saudi mother has the right to Saudi citizenship upon reaching the age of majority if they fulfill the following:

have permanent residency
be fluent in Arabic.
the grandfather of the mother must be Saudi.
getting an approval from the highest authority in the country (The King).

 

So the law there is very strict and there are likely many who live there who are stateless, probably lots of attorneys there who specialize in these situations that can help you figure out a solution.  Maybe you and your wife can travel to the closest country so she can give birth after flights open up, if possible, so the child will have a citizenship based on the birth country.  If not, maybe the US embassy in Saudi could help in this case, so that the USC father could petition for an exception or waiver.  This is a difficult case, I hope you can figure something out, good luck!

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2 minutes ago, carmel34 said:

A child born in Saudi Arabia to a non-Saudi father and a Saudi mother has the right to Saudi citizenship upon reaching the age of majority if they fulfill the following:

have permanent residency
be fluent in Arabic.
the grandfather of the mother must be Saudi.
getting an approval from the highest authority in the country (The King).

 

So the law there is very strict and there are likely many who live there who are stateless, probably lots of attorneys there who specialize in these situations that can help you figure out a solution.  Maybe you and your wife can travel to the closest country so she can give birth after flights open up, if possible, so the child will have a citizenship based on the birth country.  If not, maybe the US embassy in Saudi could help in this case, so that the USC father could petition for an exception or waiver.  This is a difficult case, I hope you can figure something out, good luck!

Yeah I hope US grants some kind of exemption in this case so child wont have to be stateless. Contact local US embassy.  

[Boiler 45,733]

There is no exception, the OP can petition the child to immigrate, just will not be born a USC.

[jan22 3,056]

I suggest you contact the Embassy to request an emergency IV appointment ASAP, if she is still able to travel if a visa is issued.  

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1 hour ago, cd37 said:

Yeah I hope US grants some kind of exemption in this case so child wont have to be stateless. Contact local US embassy.  

That would require an act of Congress 

[carmel34 3,646]

2 hours ago, Boiler said:

the OP can petition the child to immigrate

Not sure this would work if the baby is stateless and has no passport.

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2 hours ago, jan22 said:

I suggest you contact the Embassy to request an emergency IV appointment ASAP, if she is still able to travel if a visa is issued.  

I did today, waiting for a reply.

what is emergency IV appointment?