Citizenship & Green card for baby

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yaela

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If I have a US citizenship, and my husband has a valid greencard,
and I intend to give birth in a few more months outside the US - will the newborn be entitled to any kind of visa? i.e, will we be able to move to the US right after birth or will we need to first get a greencard for the newborn outside of the US and only then move?
Thanks in advance.
 
If you meet the requirements for conferring citizenship at birth to your baby (as described in cafeconleche's link), you can directly apply for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad and US passport for the baby at a US consulate; the green card not would be required as a first step.
 
I do not meet the requirements

Jackolantern said:
If you meet the requirements for conferring citizenship at birth to your baby (as described in cafeconleche's link), you can directly apply for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad and US passport for the baby at a US consulate; the green card not would be required as a first step.
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I do not meet the requirements, since the baby will be born in Wedlock, but i've never lived in the US.
I've only visited for short periods that don't even sum up to 1 year total...
I was sure that since my husband holds a green card, then he's not really considered an 'alien', and that it would provide (in combination with my citizenship) some kind of automatic authorization for the baby....
So what are our options?
 
Green card holders are aliens. Permanent resident aliens.

Since citizenship at birth won't work, citizenship for the baby via N-600K may be a viable option if one of your parents is a US citizen and has the required 5 years of presence (with proof). Don't confuse N-600K with N-600.
 
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yaela said:
I do not meet the requirements, since the baby will be born in Wedlock, but i've never lived in the US.
I've only visited for short periods that don't even sum up to 1 year total...
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Your husband has a green card (which means he must maintain residence in the U.S.), but you don't spend time in the U.S.? Is this a long distance marriage or something?
 
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newacct said:
Your husband has a green card (which means he must maintain residence in the U.S.), but you don't spend time in the U.S.? Is this a long distance marriage or something?
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No, we got him a green card outside the us through our marriage, and our plan was to immigrate right away, but plans change......we want to postpone the move till after birth (and extending his green card's expiry isn't an issue).
 
How long has he been outside the US? They can cancel his green card long before it expires if he spends a year or more outside the US without a reentry permit.
 
yaela said:
No, we got him a green card outside the us through our marriage, and our plan was to immigrate right away, but plans change......we want to postpone the move till after birth (and extending his green card's expiry isn't an issue).
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One can only become a permanent resident in the U.S. He can get an immigrant visa outside the U.S. -- but he does not become a permanent resident until he enters the U.S. with the visa. So did he actually become a permanent resident or not? Once he becomes a permanent resident, he is supposed to maintain residence in the U.S. Leaving for more than 6 months will raise questions, and more than 1 year will abandon his permanent residency unless he has a Re-entry permit.
 
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