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Okay, so here's a unique situation. Hawaii divorce court filed an order that my two minor children (US Citizens) ages 5 and 7 be brought to me by their mother in the Philippines. I will have sole custody of them for 3+ years.  This was a court stipulation. I have already found an excellent school for them to attend and suddenly wondered if I need to apply for some kind of student visa or would the school do that? Any help will be GREATLY appreciated. Please help...my kids will be arriving mid-June of this year.

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That does not change what is in the link, just where you would file. The info is still accurate. Now, the big question, was Z still a Philippines citizen at the time of birth? If she got her US citize

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So many potential permutations. Wonder which one it is.

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The other big question, assuming there was a custody case (??), is how cooperative and helpful is mom inclined to be?  Assuming the children were born after mom naturalized and lost her Filipino citiz

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They will be attending school in PI?

 

Are they not joint citizens?

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11 minutes ago, Boiler said:

They will be attending school in PI?

 

Are they not joint citizens?

They are not dual citizens.  They were both born in the USA. A judge in Hawaii awarded me custody of them for the next 3+ years here in the Philippines where I now live.

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2 minutes ago, David&Glaiza said:

They are not dual citizens.  They were both born in the USA. A judge in Hawaii awarded me custody of them for the next 3+ years here in the Philippines where I now live.

Why not?

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7 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Why not?

Once their mother became a US citizen she decided against applying for dual citizenship.  The kids were born in the USA.

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https://www.philippineconsulatela.org/consular-services-2/civil-reg1stry-2/recognition-as-a-filipino-citizen

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20 minutes ago, Boiler said:

https://www.philippineconsulatela.org/consular-services-2/civil-reg1stry-2/recognition-as-a-filipino-citizen

That directs me to LA.  My kids are in Hawaii.

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1 hour ago, David&Glaiza said:

Okay, so here's a unique situation. Hawaii divorce court filed an order that my two minor children (US Citizens) ages 5 and 7 be brought to me by their mother in the Philippines. I will have sole custody of them for 3+ years.  This was a court stipulation. I have already found an excellent school for them to attend and suddenly wondered if I need to apply for some kind of student visa or would the school do that? Any help will be GREATLY appreciated. Please help...my kids will be arriving mid-June of this year.

Your post is kind of confusing.  You've posted under the student visa board, but it appears you are talking about student visas for the Philippines?  If so, you will get better responses on the Philippines country forum, and I will ask a mod to move it.

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Thread is moved to the Philippines regional forum.

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2 hours ago, David&Glaiza said:

That directs me to LA.  My kids are in Hawaii.

That does not change what is in the link, just where you would file. The info is still accurate. Now, the big question, was Z still a Philippines citizen at the time of birth? If she got her US citizenship after the birth of your children you can still file for the dual citizenship for them, or she can. If that's the case I would definitely do that.

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2 hours ago, SalishSea said:

Your post is kind of confusing.  You've posted under the student visa board, but it appears you are talking about student visas for the Philippines?  If so, you will get better responses on the Philippines country forum, and I will ask a mod to move it.

Thanks

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54 minutes ago, RO_AH said:

 

https://honolulupcg.dfa.gov.ph/consular-services/dual-citizenship

 

Here is Honolulu Consulate. 3rd paragraph.

Interesting.  I will have to see when she got her US citizenship.  I'm 90% sure though that she got it before the kids were born. Mahalo

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If you are the non-Filipino, non-Balikbayan, US Citizen parent, who is living in the Philippines, (if I figured that out correctly????) then what is your visa status in the Philippines????  Most Philippine resident visas would allow inclusion of minor dependants.  If you are living there by extending tourist visas I 'think' the children would need to do the same.  

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So many potential permutations. Wonder which one it is.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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