Pregnant wife in India in Green Card, unable to travel. Status of the Child??? Help

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sailakfan

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Hello Everybody,
I have a strange situation. We are Permanent Residents and have a six year old daughter born in US. I just turned eligible to apply for citizenship and my pregnant wife's condition will not permit her to travel back to the US. I am applying for my Citizenship tommorrow at the Dallas center. Our baby is due in mid of July and in case if I am not a Citizen by then, what happens to the status of the newborn? Once I become Citizen does the baby automatically becomes the Citizen of US. Losing sleep over this, so anybody please advise.
Thank you in advance.
sailakfan
 
sailakfan,

You don't have to worry about it. Even before you become a US citizen, your child will be eligible for a green card on arrival and won't need a visa (see 8 CFR 211.1 (b)) and your US consulate should be willing to provide a transportation boarding letter for the child.

After you become a US ctizen, your child may be eligible for citizenship too even if that happens before coming to the US. You can ask the US consulate about that also.

If still worried about it, the first thing you should do is ask your US consulate. They should be able to confirm the above for you.

Hope this helps,

Tamtom
 
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