Must I register my child's birth outside the USA? Beállítások

[bining]

My child was born outside the USA, and is possibly † a USA citizen according to the rules. She is a UK citizen and has a UK passport she has travelled on within europe already.I am asking as my child is under a year old and we have booked trips to see her grandparents in the USA for christmas. We were unaware of these potential rules and have not got her USA passport, SSN or CRBA yet. Does that therefore mean she cannot enter the USA on her UK passport? If so then we have a problem we need to deal with.

[ambiguousscourge]

They are not going to try to adjudicate a child born abroad's US citizenship at the border because that depends on so many factors (e.g. the US citizen parent's periods of physical presence in the US prior to the birth) that involve a very long process to examine. Plus, even if we take the hypothetical assumption that they somehow can instantly know for sure that the child is a US citizen (which as above, is impossible to do at the border), what can go wrong? They cannot deny entry to a US citizen (they could give you a lecture, but they cannot deny entry under any circumstances if it is established that you are a US citizen). So in any case, the child would still be able to enter the US.

[fillerjupiter]

They are not going to try to adjudicate a child born abroad's US citizenship at the border because that depends on so many factors (e.g. the US citizen parent's periods of physical presence in the US prior to the birth) that involve a very long process to examine. Plus, even if we take the hypothetical assumption that they somehow can instantly know for sure that the child is a US citizen (which as above, is impossible to do at the border), what can go wrong? They cannot deny entry to a US citizen (they could give you a lecture, but they cannot deny entry under any circumstances if it is established that you are a US citizen). So in any case, the child would still be able to enter the US.

You don't have to "register" the birth. But if your child needs to get a US passport, how is your child going to get a US passport without going to the US consulate?According to CPB's site if you enter the US by air as a US citizen, you have to enter it using your passport, even if you are a child. If you enter the USA on land, or by sea (from Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean), then for a child aged 15 or less the following is also enough: