Does our US citizen baby need any additional documents to enter the US for the first time?

[Jose arencibia 1]

Hello everyone, we finally received our interview date for the 25th of this month and we have a baby together whom is a US citizen and has her US passport, but has lived with her momma in her country of birth (Cuba) since she was born  (2 years). Our visa interview is for my spouse's visa only since our baby is a U.S. citizen but our baby has never entered the US before. My question is, since our baby has never lived in or entered the US before, does she need any additional documents other than her passport and birth certificate so that she can enter ? Thank you for any help 

[Boiler 45,522]

Just her passport 

[pushbrk 12,892]

8 minutes ago, Jose arencibia said:

Hello everyone, we finally received our interview date for the 25th of this month and we have a baby together whom is a US citizen and has her US passport, but has lived with her momma in her country of birth (Cuba) since she was born  (2 years). Our visa interview is for my spouse's visa only since our baby is a U.S. citizen but our baby has never entered the US before. My question is, since our baby has never lived in or entered the US before, does she need any additional documents other than her passport and birth certificate so that she can enter ? Thank you for any help 

Just the passport, unless there are additional COVID related documents needed.  Nothing more in terms of ID or proof of Citizenship.  Birth certificate could be helpful as proof the child is traveling with the natural parent.

Edited February 7, 2022 by pushbrk

[Jose arencibia 1]

5 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Just her passport 

Thank you very much 

5 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

Just the passport, unless there are additional COVID related documents needed.  Nothing more in terms of ID or proof of Citizenship.  Birth certificate could be helpful as proof the child is traveling with the natural parent.

Thank you for your help 

[Devarj 45]

Not sure about Cuba. But in Vietnam the baby needed a Vietnamese passport (although he had a US passport) to leave the country. Vietnam passport to leave Vietnam and a US passport to enter the US.

[pushbrk 12,892]

9 hours ago, Devarj said:

Not sure about Cuba. But in Vietnam the baby needed a Vietnamese passport (although he had a US passport) to leave the country. Vietnam passport to leave Vietnam and a US passport to enter the US.

It's a good idea to check on this.  Some authorities don't like to provide an exit stamp on a passport that contains no entry stamp.  Silly, but lots of silly things are true.

[Jose arencibia 1]

13 hours ago, Devarj said:

Not sure about Cuba. But in Vietnam the baby needed a Vietnamese passport (although he had a US passport) to leave the country. Vietnam passport to leave Vietnam and a US passport to enter the US.

I think it is similar. My baby will need a Cuban passport to exit cuba , and a US passport to enter the US. She has just never lived in or entered the US before so I wasn’t sure if she needed any other document to enter 

[Devarj 45]

The baby's passport was all that was required of us

[iwannaplay54 985]

On 2/7/2022 at 4:40 PM, Jose arencibia said:

Hello everyone, we finally received our interview date for the 25th of this month and we have a baby together whom is a US citizen and has her US passport, but has lived with her momma in her country of birth (Cuba) since she was born  (2 years). Our visa interview is for my spouse's visa only since our baby is a U.S. citizen but our baby has never entered the US before. My question is, since our baby has never lived in or entered the US before, does she need any additional documents other than her passport and birth certificate so that she can enter ? Thank you for any help 

Nope.  Just a US passport

Safe travels!

[Jose arencibia 1]

14 hours ago, iwannaplay54 said:

Nope.  Just a US passport

Safe travels!

Thank you 🙏🏻