Half-american children moving to the US with non-american

[jan22 3,056]

4 hours ago, Nywoek said:

Maybe someone knows the answer to this, since I am talking about the kids and their passport anyway.

 

I looked it up, and I can get the kids a passport/do the notice if I get a notarized copy of their dads statement of consent. I think thats how he was planning on doing it as well. However, the american embassy in Norway is half a country away, and it would cost me quite a lot of money just to take the kids there. Now it just so happens they are going on a trip to that city with their grandma while I am away in the US visiting my fiance, and I did find a section saying this if neither parents can apply:

 

Submit a Statement of Consent: Form DS-3053 or a notarized statement from both parents or guardians giving that person (example: grandparent) permission to apply for the child. Include a photocopy of the photo IDs for both parents or guardians. If the statement is from only one parent or guardian, you must also show proof that that parent or guardian has sole custody of the child. Now I am wondering if I manage to get an appointment at the embassy and notarize both mine and their fathers statements, can their grandma bring them? There was mention of like institutions and such in the letter of consent, and that doesnt apply here, but I am still thinking I can? It would just save time, money and hassle if we can do this. I would call the embassy directly but they dont take calls about US services (madness), just about visas and such.. I also tried to email them a few months back and never got a response.

I doubt that this plan would work, primarily because without an already approved Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA), the grandparents would not be able to provide proper information/documentation that the father transmitted his US citizenship to the children at their birth.  
 

The proper route is to get the US citizen father to prepare the CRBA application, which he will have to have notarized and sent to you for submission to the Embassy — along with the required proof of physical presence in the US — if he is not going to the Embassy to submit it himself.  Any chance he lives closer to the Embassy and would be willing to take the kids and apply for the CRBA while they’re with their grandparents?

 

Once the CRBA application is approved, you can apply for their US passports at the same appointment, as long as there is the written permission from either parent who is not present at the appointment.

[jan22 3,056]

2 hours ago, Boiler said:

 

CRBA would seem to be the way to go.

 

I simply do not know about the consequences of a USC obtaining a Norwegian Passport it seems they were not entitled to.

Although I’m not sure on what basis you concluded the children were not entitled to Norwegian passports*, the fact that they have them will have no bearing on a CRBA and/or a US passport application.

 

*Most countries that do not permit dual citizenship — which Norway now allows, since 2020 — do not recognize the second citizenship of a child born in their country and require documentation of them as citizens of their birth country, assuming they qualify for it.  At the age of majority in that country, they will require the new adult to make a choice and renounce the second citizenship.  That does not apply to Norway anymore, anyway.

Edited August 29 by jan22

[Boiler 45,794]

53 minutes ago, jan22 said:

Although I’m not sure on what basis you concluded the children were not entitled to Norwegian passports*, the fact that they have them will have no bearing on a CRBA and/or a US passport application.

 

*Most countries that do not permit dual citizenship — which Norway now allows, since 2020 — do not recognize the second citizenship of a child born in their country and require documentation of them as citizens of their birth country, assuming they qualify for it.  At the age of majority in that country, they will require the new adult to make a choice and renounce the second citizenship.  That does not apply to Norway anymore, anyway.

I was just going by what the OP said and asked if it was ok to majority

[Nywoek 11]

On 8/29/2024 at 4:58 PM, jan22 said:

I doubt that this plan would work, primarily because without an already approved Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA), the grandparents would not be able to provide proper information/documentation that the father transmitted his US citizenship to the children at their birth.  
 

The proper route is to get the US citizen father to prepare the CRBA application, which he will have to have notarized and sent to you for submission to the Embassy — along with the required proof of physical presence in the US — if he is not going to the Embassy to submit it himself.  Any chance he lives closer to the Embassy and would be willing to take the kids and apply for the CRBA while they’re with their grandparents?

 

Once the CRBA application is approved, you can apply for their US passports at the same appointment, as long as there is the written permission from either parent who is not present at the appointment.

It looks like you can start that process online, send in documentation that way. When you book the appointment you can ask for both. I guess I should look into it even more, maybe try their phone and email again. Unfortunately I doubt their dad would be willing to help too much or travel there, he is not very involved in their lives. He has agreed to help me with the process, but I think that just means signing papers and so on. I guess if we have to make another trip later on that is just part of the process. Thank you so much for your input. 😃