BritYankee

Hi,
I'm curious what American citizen parents (living in abroad) with children born abroad, how they went about the process of getting US citizenship/passports for their children, how long the process took to complete and how much were the filing fees, etc.

For example, what papers/documents did you provide to the Embassy/Consulate and how was the whole interview process?

What was your overall experience dealing with consular officials?

scrubbedexpat099

CRBA is the process, seems pretty straightforward from what I have seen.

Rete

If the US citizenship is eligible to pass on US Citizenship to their child[ren] born abroad and they are still living abroad, this should be one of the first places to start.

https://uk.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/birth/

While it is the US Embassy in the UK, the same information is found for all US Consulates/Embassies worldwide.

BritYankee

I believe it goes by a case by case basis. For some people, you're right it's pretty straightforward if you have all of your documents. What I don't understand is what documents are necessary and acceptable for the consulate.

morpeth

Actually it is not absolutely required to have a Consular Report of Birth Abroad to get citizenship but highly advisable as getting a Certificate of Citizenship later can be cumbersome.

The process seems to vary a lot according to country as to the level of documentation required and processing times.

Rete

While it might not be absolutely required, having a CRBA is what made getting my passport and being able to vote in the US much easiery.

Apparently this poster is a Brit/US couple. We don't know if the US parent is even eligible to pass on US citizenship to their child[ren]. We have seen many such cases on these forums of just that situation.

Rete

I gave you the US Embassy's link. Read it through and it will give you the documentation required, the fee, etc. If you don't want to register your children for a CRBA, here is the link for just the passport.

https://uk.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen...u-s-passports/

And if you follow that link, it brings you right back to the CRBA link I gave earlier.