Children born in Colombia to US Citzens

wcarmack says on Feb 8, 2009, 05:58:

We had a child born here in 1975. The mother Is Canadian, the father a U.S. citizen. We immediately registered her birth at the (then) U.S. Consulate in Cali and received a "Certificate of Birth of a citizen of the United States". A short time after that we obtained a U.S. passport for the child in her own name.

There is/should be no "procedure" for bringing them to the U.S. You just board the aircraft with the U.S. passport and go.

Of course, if Mama is not a U.S. citizen, the paperwork begins in earnest.

Because our child was born prior to 1991 (when the law apparantly changed) she is also a Colombian citizen.

Woody

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teeo9111 says on Feb 8, 2009, 06:26:

You also need notarized written permission from the other parent if they are not accompanying you on the trip...

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dwmte7 says on Feb 8, 2009, 08:23:

it's a cakewalk.;..deliver the paperwork to the embassy and three days later you have your child's u.s. passport, citizenship and beautiful birth certificate..."u.s. citizen born abroad" please welcome your precious blessing back to earth and you folks have a wonderful happy life.

douglas w martin, the elder (dwmte)

patriarch

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bufalo says on Feb 8, 2009, 08:45:

We did it in 2003, no hitch. I think they can also maill it to you (again I think so)

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

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richardshari says on Feb 8, 2009, 10:15:

yeah, mom was born in Colombia, father in USA and baby in Colombia. Dad is only concerned about getting her US Passport and bring her over here, does he have to get her a Colombian passport also?

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dwmte7 says on Feb 8, 2009, 10:19:

yes

patriarch

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Gator says on Feb 8, 2009, 14:45:

yes, twice

"Bene, cum Latine nescias, nolo manus meas in te maculare" .

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client says on Feb 8, 2009, 17:11:

Here's another question along the same lines:

My wife was born in Colombia to a US citizen mom and Colombian father [pre-1991]. The same procedure that was mentioned above was followed and she was a US Citizen Born Abroad with both a US and Colombian passport. We now live in the US and her Colombian passport has expired. Is she allowed to renew the Colombian passport and be classified a dual citizen? If so, can we go to the Colombian consulate and just have her reapply for a passport?

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dwmte7 says on Feb 8, 2009, 17:51:

client....yes, she is a dual citizen for life...she can renew her passport at the colombian consulate whereever.

d

patriarch

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Gator says on Feb 8, 2009, 19:08:

yes, twice

"Bene, cum Latine nescias, nolo manus meas in te maculare" .

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client says on Feb 9, 2009, 11:04:

Awesome, thanks guys! That's what we were thinking but weren't sure. We'll go to the consulate here in Miami and get it renewed.

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dwmte7 says on Feb 9, 2009, 11:49:

get ready for a wait.....jeje they got manana syndrome at the consulate in gables. worse, try calling them. the one thing they got going for them is they're nice...always have been with us.

d

patriarch

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client says on Feb 10, 2009, 07:39:

Thanks for the tip dwmte7!

Funny thing... on their recorded message they mention how they don't accept $100 bills for payments. Way to play into stereotypes, eh?

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