Indian Citizenship and Passport for US Born Child for Indian Parentsndian

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richierichards7

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Hi,

I am an Indian Citizen working with H1B Visa in US. My wife is on H4 Visa. We do not have any intention to settle / stay back here in USA permanently.

We are expecting a baby in the month of October 2011. I want my child to have an Indian citizenship. Please let me know how I can get Indian citizenship for a baby born in USA.
Request you to answer my following five questions:

1. Can we get an Indian passport for the baby if he/she is born in the US or only US Passport?
2. If we can get Indian passport, does he/she need to obtain a visa for our rest our stay in US?
3. If we can get only US Passport, shall I provide the Indian address as permanent address in the US passport application?
4. If a child has Indian Passport with the place of birth in USA in the passport will there be any immigration issues in USA.
5. If a child has Indian Passport, is he or she an Indian citizen?

I am totally confused and worried about the next steps. Request your advice and suggestions.

Thank you in advance.
Richard
 
1. you can register your child's birth at nearest Indian embassy and they will issue him a passport and register him as an indian citizen.
2. If he/she acquires Indian citizenship, then he/she will have to renounce US citizenship and will need a visa to visit US. He/She may be able to hold both citizenship since he/she would be considered a minor until the age of 18.. or you can chose a citizenship for him as the parent. IDK.. check with someone else.
3. again, IDK
4. There won't be any issues.
5. Yes, he/she is an indian citizen with an indian passport.
 
richierichards7 said:
Hi,

I am an Indian Citizen working with H1B Visa in US. My wife is on H4 Visa. We do not have any intention to settle / stay back here in USA permanently.

We are expecting a baby in the month of October 2011. I want my child to have an Indian citizenship. Please let me know how I can get Indian citizenship for a baby born in USA.
Request you to answer my following five questions:

1. Can we get an Indian passport for the baby if he/she is born in the US or only US Passport?
2. If we can get Indian passport, does he/she need to obtain a visa for our rest our stay in US?
3. If we can get only US Passport, shall I provide the Indian address as permanent address in the US passport application?
4. If a child has Indian Passport with the place of birth in USA in the passport will there be any immigration issues in USA.
5. If a child has Indian Passport, is he or she an Indian citizen?

I am totally confused and worried about the next steps. Request your advice and suggestions.

Thank you in advance.
Richard
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Hire an immigration lawyer who is licensed in United States, and particularly in your state of residence.

As far as I can see from the response of the "speakamericano" and your situation, you should be able to take advantage of the situation.

But be careful as to what you do, and please hire an American licensed immigration lawyer , especially one who has license to practice law from the state to which you currently reside in, and also preferably an Indian decent who can not only speak Hindi, but also write Hindi and English, and last but not least one who also knows Indian Laws as well as American Laws like its back of his hand ( or at least he should have the ability look up laws through legitimate queries ).

Here are the Indian consulate(s) websites and ONE (1) Embassy of India website that resides in United States:

Chicago Consulate: http://chicago.indianconsulate.com/

Areas of Jurisdiction: 1. Illinois, 2. Indiana, 3. Iowa, 4. Michigan, 5. Minnesota, 6. Missouri, 7. North Dakota, 8.South Dakota, and 9.Wisconsin.
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New York Consulate: http://www.indiacgny.org/

Areas of Jurisdiction: 1. Connecticut, 2. Maine, 3. Vermont, 4. Massachusetts, 5. New Hampshire, 6. New Jersey, 7. New York, 8. Ohio, 9. Pennsylvania, 9. Puerto Rico, 10. Rhode Island, and 11. Virgin Islands.

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San Francisco Consulate: http://www.cgisf.org/

Areas of Jurisdiction: 1. Alaska, 2. Arizona , 3. California, 4. Colorado, 5. Guam,
6. Hawaii, 7. Idaho, 8. Montana, 9. Nebraska, 10. Nevada, 11. New Mexico, 12. Oregon, 13. Utah, 14. Washington, 15. Wyoming


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Houston Consulate: http://www.cgihouston.org/

Areas of Jurisdiction: 1. Alabama, 2. Arkansas, 3. Florida, 4. Georgia, 5. Kansas, 6. Louisiana, 7. Mississippi, 8. Oklahoma and 9. Texas

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Embassy of India at Washington D.C. : http://www.indianembassy.org/

Areas of Jurisdiction: 1. Bermuda, 2. Delaware, 3. District of Columbia, 4. Kentucky, 5. Maryland, 6. North Carolina, 7. South Carolina, 8. Tennessee, 9.Virginia, and 10. West Virginia

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Whatever you do, please post your actions and results on this forum for others as a guidance.

thanks in advance.

-Best of luck.
 
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