We are filling the CRBA DS-2029 application for our newborn. I am a USC who acquired the citizenship 15 years ago. Prior to that I was a permanent resident (green card holder) for 7 years. My wife is a Canadian citizen and our baby was born in Canada just 2 weeks ago. I have a few questions about the application:
1. In section 2j, the application asks about "precise periods of time spent in the US". I understand the presence in the US requirement and more than qualify for it even during the last 6 years (only made short trips to Canada and remained in the US most of the time). My question is if I should list all dates spent in the US in 22 years since I have been in the US? In other words, how thorough do we need to be here?
2. I have the dates during which I was outside of the US for the past 7 years but do not have specific dates prior to that (there were only 3 or 4 trips during the first 15 years and they were always less than 1 week).
3. For evidence of presence in the US, I am including last 7 years of W2 statements, 7 years of federal tax transcripts, 7 years of utility and auto insurance bills and college transcripts that span 6 years. Is that sufficient evidence? Is there anything else that I should submit?
4. The US consulate website in Toronto instructs to submit the application online, but the application says there is no online option in Canada (seems like a discrepancy on consulate webpage). Should we mail or email the application?
5. I was checking to see if appointment slots are available for CRBA. The consulate page has an option to schedule appointments but there is no open slots available in foreseeable future. Should I just email or call them to schedule the appointment?
Anything else that I should consider including? I really appreciate all the feedback I can get. Thanks!