Embassy Info CRBA - DNA Testing

Thanks for the splash of realism, but I think I already got that .. Just venting

 

A followup... finally received our citizenship papers "CRBA" for our son and now on to SSA filing... will be happy to answer any questions on the "ordeal" .

 

If your married at the time of birth DNA tests are irrelevant due to US law stating through marriage the kid is yours. This is how they hit husbands with child support after they found out she was a cheating sl*t. Embassy thinks they can do whatever they want though.

If not married at the time of birth bring as much evidence as you can of a long term relationship well before and during the time she was pregnant. If you can demonstrate you were together a considerable time before she got pregnant and then while she was pregnant plus you were at the hospital and signed the birth certificate that should be enough evidence but sometimes they are just assholes.

 

If you are "recently" married at the time of birth and your kid does not look like you and you are old enough to be on Social Security and you want to claim your money for the kid each month. . . well let me know how that works for ya if you refuse to do the DNA . . .

 

INA Act 301:
(e) a person born in an outlying possession of the United States of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year at any time prior to the birth of such person;

There are also numerous legal cases I can't be bothered to find that have clearly stated blood does NOT matter when it comes to passing on citizenship within marriage. If you go to the embassy better know the law and have a copy of it and doesn't hurt to have a copy of a major legal ruling. They know the drill but expect people to not know such things but when challenged with the actual law they will back down. Abroad they try and play ignorance of US law.

 

Teh philippines is not an outlying possesion of the US. for a child born here to be granted US citizenship the us citizen parent must have spent 5 years in the Us since the age of 16.

 

Yah, wrong one.
(g) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years: Provided, That any periods of honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or periods of employment with the United States Government or with an international organization as that term is defined in section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (59 Stat. 669; 22 U.S.C. 288) by such citizen parent, or any periods during which such citizen parent is physically present abroad as the dependent unmarried son or daughter and a member of the household of a person (A) honorably serving with the Armed Forces of the United States, or (B) employed by the United States Government or an international organization as defined in section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act, may be included in order to satisfy the physical-presence requirement of this paragraph. This proviso shall be applicable to persons born on or after December 24, 1952, to the same extent as if it had become effective in its present form on that date; and