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This post is really confusing. You said "my baby". Does that mean you are the mother? or you are the father? or something else?
You said "my oath to be citizen will be end of august". Is that the Oath to become a citizen of the U.S.? So you are in the U.S. and you are a U.S. permanent resident and you will become a U.S. citizen?
You said the baby was born in Canada and has never been to the U.S. Does that mean that you are not with the child?
You said "her mother has a usa passport". Does that mean you are the father? (since you are not a citizen yet)
I am guessing from all this, that you are the father; you are in the U.S. and about to become a U.S. citizen. The child's mother is a U.S. citizen, but did not spend much time in the U.S. her whole life. And she lives in Canada (along with the baby).
If so, were the two of you married when the baby was born? (This is important.) If not, then the mother only needs to have had one continuous year of residence in the U.S. to pass U.S. citizenship to the baby. (Any one year period will do, even the year before she was 1. However, it needs to be a continuous year, with no interruptions.)
If the two of you were married, then to pass U.S. citizenship to the baby at birth, the mother had to have spent a total of (not necessarily continously) 5 years in the U.S., including 2 years after the age of 14. I gather that she does not meet that.
If the baby does not get U.S. citizenship at birth from the above conditions, then there are two options:
* One of you petition the baby to immigrate to the U.S. i.e. apply for a green card. This involves the I-130, and consular processing, etc. Once the baby is in the U.S. with a green card, and lives in the U.S. with either the mother or you after you become a citizen, the baby will automatically become a U.S. citizen.
* The N-600K route, which involves using the time spent in the U.S. by the mother's parents (assuming one of them was a U.S. citizen). You apply, and then enter the U.S. to take an oath (although they may skip that for a baby this young), after which they become a U.S. citizen. This route may be more cumbersome because it involves gathering evidence of the grandparents' residence in the U.S.
You said "my oath to be citizen will be end of august". Is that the Oath to become a citizen of the U.S.? So you are in the U.S. and you are a U.S. permanent resident and you will become a U.S. citizen?
You said the baby was born in Canada and has never been to the U.S. Does that mean that you are not with the child?
You said "her mother has a usa passport". Does that mean you are the father? (since you are not a citizen yet)
I am guessing from all this, that you are the father; you are in the U.S. and about to become a U.S. citizen. The child's mother is a U.S. citizen, but did not spend much time in the U.S. her whole life. And she lives in Canada (along with the baby).
If so, were the two of you married when the baby was born? (This is important.) If not, then the mother only needs to have had one continuous year of residence in the U.S. to pass U.S. citizenship to the baby. (Any one year period will do, even the year before she was 1. However, it needs to be a continuous year, with no interruptions.)
If the two of you were married, then to pass U.S. citizenship to the baby at birth, the mother had to have spent a total of (not necessarily continously) 5 years in the U.S., including 2 years after the age of 14. I gather that she does not meet that.
If the baby does not get U.S. citizenship at birth from the above conditions, then there are two options:
* One of you petition the baby to immigrate to the U.S. i.e. apply for a green card. This involves the I-130, and consular processing, etc. Once the baby is in the U.S. with a green card, and lives in the U.S. with either the mother or you after you become a citizen, the baby will automatically become a U.S. citizen.
* The N-600K route, which involves using the time spent in the U.S. by the mother's parents (assuming one of them was a U.S. citizen). You apply, and then enter the U.S. to take an oath (although they may skip that for a baby this young), after which they become a U.S. citizen. This route may be more cumbersome because it involves gathering evidence of the grandparents' residence in the U.S.
Jackolantern
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The N-600K may be more cumbersome in terms of gathering documents, but it's much quicker than pursuing a green card through consular processing.
Jackolantern
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The baby is not a US citizen, and thus would have to go through the N-600K or green card process first to become eligible for a US passport.
N-600K has the documentary burden of providing evidence of the baby's grandparent's residence, which could be more difficult to find 5 or 10 years from now. And they could change the N-600K requirements to make it more difficult in the future. So if you're going to pursue US citizenship for her, sooner is better than later.
N-600K has the documentary burden of providing evidence of the baby's grandparent's residence, which could be more difficult to find 5 or 10 years from now. And they could change the N-600K requirements to make it more difficult in the future. So if you're going to pursue US citizenship for her, sooner is better than later.
Jackolantern
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Don't confuse N-600 and N-600K.
N-600K is for children living abroad, but it still requires an interview within the US at the end of the process. It doesn't require having a green card first.
But N-600 would require obtaining a green card for your daughter first, unless she qualifies for US citizenship at birth (but she doesn't). You could pursue her green card through the embassy, but then she'd still have to move to the US to be fully admitted with permanent resident status, in order to qualify for N-600.
N-600K is for children living abroad, but it still requires an interview within the US at the end of the process. It doesn't require having a green card first.
But N-600 would require obtaining a green card for your daughter first, unless she qualifies for US citizenship at birth (but she doesn't). You could pursue her green card through the embassy, but then she'd still have to move to the US to be fully admitted with permanent resident status, in order to qualify for N-600.
N600k
currently i am applyig for my daughters status using the N600k form we live outside the USA. Becasue I don't have the required physcial living time prior to her birth i am using my fathers physcial time in the USA. that is another option if parents do not have the physcial presence to qualify their children. I applied for my own citizenship at age 30 my father had been passed away for 20 years before i applied. It did not take me long but things have changed so i hope my daughters application is completed soon. There is an interview which when i did mine was quick and oath takes place the same day. They will inform you want office is close to you for myself i live in Canada and the office i need to go to is in Buffalo NY on Delaware
currently i am applyig for my daughters status using the N600k form we live outside the USA. Becasue I don't have the required physcial living time prior to her birth i am using my fathers physcial time in the USA. that is another option if parents do not have the physcial presence to qualify their children. I applied for my own citizenship at age 30 my father had been passed away for 20 years before i applied. It did not take me long but things have changed so i hope my daughters application is completed soon. There is an interview which when i did mine was quick and oath takes place the same day. They will inform you want office is close to you for myself i live in Canada and the office i need to go to is in Buffalo NY on Delaware
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