Father is a US citizen but was not on my birth certificate

[Ericsgirl2010]

I was born in Germany to a German mother. At the time of my birth my father was involved in another marriage and was active duty US Army so my mother decided not to add him to my birth certificate due to the trouble it could have caused him. He brought me an my mother to the states shortly after and had us living in the states. Him and my mom married in September of 1992 , at which point in time I was 1 and nearing the age of 2. I have gone through all of my schooling I the states startin in kindergarten until I graduated high school in 2009. I was listed as a dependent through the military under my father for most of my life. There are many domestic violence police reports against him as well as a few for child abuse. Him and my mother are no longer together and I have since lost contact with him myself. How would I have to go about becoming a US citizen myself since my father was never added to my birth certificate and I'm wanting to go to college and soon marry the man I've been with for some time now?

 

[Ericsgirl2010]

Also I have been a residence of the US for all but the first months of my life and have no intentions of living in any other place other then the US

 

[baikal3]

I was born in Germany to a German mother. At the time of my birth my father was involved in another marriage and was active duty US Army so my mother decided not to add him to my birth certificate due to the trouble it could have caused him. He brought me an my mother to the states shortly after and had us living in the states. Him and my mom married in September of 1992 , at which point in time I was 1 and nearing the age of 2. I have gone through all of my schooling I the states startin in kindergarten until I graduated high school in 2009. I was listed as a dependent through the military under my father for most of my life. There are many domestic violence police reports against him as well as a few for child abuse. Him and my mother are no longer together and I have since lost contact with him myself. How would I have to go about becoming a US citizen myself since my father was never added to my birth certificate and I'm wanting to go to college and soon marry the man I've been with for some time now?

Do you have a green card? Did your mother ever become a U.S. citizen and if yes, when?

 

[jayoa]

I'm unsure what the preocess is for determining beneficiaries of US citizenship but I it probably is certain that they also employ DNA science to determine the relationship, however, you would have to establish contact with him (if you look hard enough you will find him the US is full of accessible data, free or fee, on everyone, where they were, and where they currently are even if they have changed their names) so he knows your intentions as well as provide what they require for the test amongst other things they may require. Perhaps others more versed in this process can provide much more accurate details.

 

[baikal3]

I'm unsure what the preocess is for determining beneficiaries of US citizenship but I it probably is certain that they also employ DNA science to determine the relationship, however, you would have to establish contact with him so he knows your intentions as well as provide what they require for the test amongst other things they may require. Perhaps others more versed in this process can provide much more accurate details.

Even if the OP's father's name had been mentioned on her birth certificate, she was still born out-of-wedlock, since at the time her father was married to somebody else and her mother was not married at all. For such cases (birth abroad out-of-wedlock to a U.S. citizen father) it may be possible to derive citizenship through the father (in which case the OP may be a U.S. citizen already, without knowing it), under the "new" Section 309(a) of INA, but the requirements there are quite complicated:
http://travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_5199.html

In particular, proving that condition 5 was satisfied may be difficult or impossible now, depending on the particular circumstances:
"5. While the person is under the age of 18 years --
* the person is legitimated under the law of his/her residence or domicile,
* the father acknowledges paternity of the person in writing under oath, or
* the paternity of the person is established by adjudication of a competent court."

If the OP has a green card and her mother became a U.S. citizen before the OP's 18th birthday, the OP might have derived U.S. citizenship through her mother, under the provisions of the Child Citizenship Act.

If neither of these are applicable, but the OP does have a green card, she can file N-400 and apply for naturalization herself, based on being an LPR for over 5 years.

If she never received a green card, but was living in the U.S. basically out of status all this years, she may have a serious problem. Basically, a lot here depends on the particulars which OP has not provided above, e.g. the information about her and her mother's LPR status; how exactly (in which visa/immigration status) they were admitted into the U.S. in 1992, etc.

 

[Jackolantern]

Also I have been a residence of the US for all but the first months of my life and have no intentions of living in any other place other then the US

You resided in the US in what immigration status? Green card? Are you still in the US? What about your mother's status? Does she have a green card or citizenship?

Can you contact your father for a DNA test? Are you still in contact with your mother?

You need to provide more information if you want us to figure out the options for your situation.

 

[raine]

father a US citizen but not supporting child

since the year 2006 i have my daughter but my child's father was not around to support us i dont know were he his and he has never spoke of his family he only spoke where he lived in the US he was not added on the birth certifcate would she become a citizen