Damon G.

I hope there's not so much spam and just usual questions going through
these groups that I don't get any responses, but I don't really know
anywhere else to look. I have a Kenyan national fiance living in
Bavaria, Germany right now. She conceived when I was stationed in
Ansbach, Germany, with the US Army. I'm a National Guard soldier, I
was activated to federal status for 18 months during the duration of
that 'deployment'. Unfortunately we did not forsee the problems that
were going to happen at that time and I did not get married then and
bring her to the US with me after the deployment.

In May I returned to Germany on a tourist visa due to her having
complications with the pregnancy. My son was born June 1st. Since
that point I have run into nothing but problems trying to get this
situation figured out. It is now starting to be an emergency; she is
looking at being homeless there soon due to German Jugandamt (social
services) threatening to cut her off because I'm not a German (as the
father of her son) and neither is she. My son is still not an
established American citizen, nor does he have a passport. Kenya will
not take him as a citizen, nor will Germany. The embassy in Munich has
lost my paperwork several times; it's still not even being processed.
I'm currently working with my local senator's office in order to get
this sorted out as soon as possible without pissing off the embassy
personnel and causing more problems that way.

I need to find out about the following things: First, there is far too
many possible avenues for me to bring her here, and the legaleze is
starting to numb my brain. I need legal representation to help me
handle this as it is imperitive that I bring them here on whatever
provisional basis as soon as possible. The army was supposed to help
me according to the embassy, and the embassy according to the army,
which contributed to the failure of him having any citizenship or
passport yet. Problems like this have plagued me. I need to find a
legitimate immigration lawyer that is fairly knowledgeable ASAP. Any
recommendations would be appreciated; I don't think that I'm going to
find one anytime soon on my own, at least locally, being as I'm stuck
in the middle of bumF---, upper midwest USA. Nobody of decent repute
is within 800 miles of here.

Next, if anybody has any suggestions, these are the possibilities that
I can see right now:

A) Go to Germany and marry her in Denmark (easiest place to marry in
the EU); try to bring her to the USA on a provisional basis while her
visa is being processed.
B) Bring her here on a fiance' basis
C) Bring her here on a tourist visa, taking her to Canada for a day
every 90 as long as I need to keep it renewed, until everything is
sorted out
D) Bring her here on a work visa, which should be fairly easy if I can
establish my own LLC here soon, then converting the visa as opportunity
arises

I don't have a lot of funds to work with, which is hampering me a lot,
but I just need to make sure that I can get them here ASAP. My son &
fiance are looking at becoming homeless; her only other option is to go
back to Kenya. I don't like that idea very much, especially being as
her sister had a baby that was stolen and killed by the father, whom
still comes around and harasses them. They don't have enough money to
buy justice from the police.

Can anybody offer tips, sugguestions, or anything? I'm open to any and
all possibilities and will provide as much more information as is
needed that I have access to.

I can be reached here (as long as my usenet is set up correctly :| ),
at [email protected], or [email protected]. I'd drop my
voice # line here, but I don't know how many bots & spiders are
collecting information for spam purposes here.

Thank you for your time and assistance!

-Damon

Nguhh

Damon G. wrote:
    > I hope there's not so much spam and just usual questions going through
    > these groups that I don't get any responses, but I don't really know
    > anywhere else to look. I have a Kenyan national fiance living in
    > Bavaria, Germany right now. She conceived when I was stationed in
    > Ansbach, Germany, with the US Army. I'm a National Guard soldier, I
    > was activated to federal status for 18 months during the duration of
    > that 'deployment'. Unfortunately we did not forsee the problems that
    > were going to happen at that time and I did not get married then and
    > bring her to the US with me after the deployment.
    > In May I returned to Germany on a tourist visa due to her having
    > complications with the pregnancy. My son was born June 1st. Since
    > that point I have run into nothing but problems trying to get this
    > situation figured out. It is now starting to be an emergency; she is
    > looking at being homeless there soon due to German Jugandamt (social
    > services) threatening to cut her off because I'm not a German (as the
    > father of her son) and neither is she. My son is still not an
    > established American citizen, nor does he have a passport. Kenya will
    > not take him as a citizen, nor will Germany. The embassy in Munich has
    > lost my paperwork several times; it's still not even being processed.
    > I'm currently working with my local senator's office in order to get
    > this sorted out as soon as possible without pissing off the embassy
    > personnel and causing more problems that way.
    > I need to find out about the following things: First, there is far too
    > many possible avenues for me to bring her here, and the legaleze is
    > starting to numb my brain. I need legal representation to help me
    > handle this as it is imperitive that I bring them here on whatever
    > provisional basis as soon as possible. The army was supposed to help
    > me according to the embassy, and the embassy according to the army,
    > which contributed to the failure of him having any citizenship or
    > passport yet. Problems like this have plagued me. I need to find a
    > legitimate immigration lawyer that is fairly knowledgeable ASAP. Any
    > recommendations would be appreciated; I don't think that I'm going to
    > find one anytime soon on my own, at least locally, being as I'm stuck
    > in the middle of bumF---, upper midwest USA. Nobody of decent repute
    > is within 800 miles of here.
    > Next, if anybody has any suggestions, these are the possibilities that
    > I can see right now:
    > A) Go to Germany and marry her in Denmark (easiest place to marry in
    > the EU); try to bring her to the USA on a provisional basis while her
    > visa is being processed.
    > B) Bring her here on a fiance' basis
    > C) Bring her here on a tourist visa, taking her to Canada for a day
    > every 90 as long as I need to keep it renewed, until everything is
    > sorted out
    > D) Bring her here on a work visa, which should be fairly easy if I can
    > establish my own LLC here soon, then converting the visa as opportunity
    > arises
    > I don't have a lot of funds to work with, which is hampering me a lot,
    > but I just need to make sure that I can get them here ASAP. My son &
    > fiance are looking at becoming homeless; her only other option is to go
    > back to Kenya. I don't like that idea very much, especially being as
    > her sister had a baby that was stolen and killed by the father, whom
    > still comes around and harasses them. They don't have enough money to
    > buy justice from the police.
    > Can anybody offer tips, sugguestions, or anything? I'm open to any and
    > all possibilities and will provide as much more information as is
    > needed that I have access to.
    > I can be reached here (as long as my usenet is set up correctly :| ),
    > at [email protected], or [email protected]. I'd drop my
    > voice # line here, but I don't know how many bots & spiders are
    > collecting information for spam purposes here.
    > Thank you for your time and assistance!
    > -Damon


Well my first suggestion to you is to marry your fiance without any
delay.

Since you have spoken to US embassy in Germany, I would think they can
get you all the neceesary forms and documents required to register your
son to be borned outside USA by an American father (YOU) and eligible
to be an american citizen by descent. I would think with your name
stated on the birth cetificate issued by Germany (assuming you got one
already) would be suffice to register your son as an American citizen.

Lastly, once you have obtained the marriage certificate, you can bring
your wife to USA with several options as you have already stated. If I
were you, I would try the fiance visa first as it is the shortest route
in term of processing.

Good luck to you, your son and fiance!

Noorah101

Please read more responses over on the marriage-based forum: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=398468

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