If you and/or your partner are UK citizens and the baby is born in the US, then both.

If the baby was born in the US and you or your husband are UK citizens then I believe it would have dual citizenship.

You would probably need to register the birth with the British Embassy to make this official.

I think there has been a thread recently from someone in this situation so may be worth a search.

In London ...

http://www.usvisalawgroup.com/
or
http://www.mpw-lawyers.com/

http://www.usvisalawyers.co.uk/index.htm

JPM have a blanket visa for L1a's so the process should be quick and only requires 6 months prior working in the uk. My husband - who came over with jpm on an L1A, feels a little immune from redundancy at the moment compared to his american colleagues - because as an expat it would cost them a lot more to make him redundant than a yank. Thats because they would have to pay flights, to ship us/belongings all home, pay off any car leases etc, pay UK redundancy figures (think its one month per year as opposed to one week per year for us employees at jpm) etc etc.

that said - if the whole department was made redundant he would not be saved.

He is reluctant to ask them to apply for a green card right now as he wants to feel more secure in his role there - before losing this percieved 'immunity' although i would rather he asked now.

Viks I don't mean this in a bad way, but your postings are all a bit vague and I worry about what you might be getting yourself into. You should not be thinking of buying property in the US until you understand your residency status and are sure you can live in FL.

How long have you known your fiancee? What do you both do? What exactly will you both be doing when you move to Florida? Your partner MUST have a job to go to connected with the visa.

Unless you have a US sponsor going from the L1 to a green card will be impossible so get it in writing form JPM that they will sponsor you for a green card. You juts can't get on a plane and move to the US, immigration is a minefield.

Hi,

My husband also works for JPM and we are currently going through the L1 process for a move to Dallas - as you say MsElui, they have blanket L1 approval.

I think I would also be cautious about making the move from L1 status to Green Card as that would mean a move away from the UK employment conditions - including employee protection plus, of course, vacation allowance

I guess there's a balance though - if you decide you want to stay and then leave it too long as an L1 to get the Green Card application going, could there be a gap between the L1 expiring and the Green Card being granted?

Cheers

Rebecca

Hi Rebs,
Good to know someone else is going through the same process. I would love to be able to pick your brains on your current process, if you dont mind.

My partner and I have always wanted to live in Florida, we have previously lived in Spain, so moving from the UK is not an issue for us. And at the moment apart from a regular monthly salary and holiday my other half has no other company benefits. So he wont be missing out on anything.

FYI, NUN, my partner and I have been together for 9 years, soon to be married. 9 very good years, apart from the occasional odd nagging!!!

Take it one step at a time. See how the job, the visa and FL go for a couple of years. I still don't see an easy path to PR for you unless your company wants to sponsor you. Also I'd warn you that PR should only be considered if you really mean to stay in the US. The US is getting pretty aggressive in the taxation of long term PRs who decide to move back to their home countries.

Nun, Thanks for the advice.

Very!

As others have said it would have dual UK/US citizenship. This would not however give you any status in the US ie you wouldn't be able to live here just because your baby was born here.

If he comes over on an L1 is he covered by UK or US employee protection laws?

I don't know about Florida, but many states in the US are 'employ at will' states which means you can be fired with no notice and no reason, unlike the UK where procedure has to be followed, notice given, financial recompense is better, etc.

It is worth you checking out how your fiance will be employed and making sure you are aware of the difference in laws between UK and Florida.

You should also look into other differences between the UK/US in terms of conditions of employment - not just vacation but family leave, paternity leave, health insurance cover, etc.

Yes my SIL lost her green card recently, she had lived in the US from age of 6 to 21, then the UK till about 26, then they took her green card away when she was visiting Florida.

found the bit about babies being born in the US interesting, how does that go for their children as three of my cousins, same mum different dads (and to save tittle tattle one husband died) both dads sons of US citizens one born there the other not, can they claim USC ? not sure if they every applied for passports? quite handy for me if they are as one would desparately want to be my nanny! how posh an I!

Here's some handy info for you to research that - lots of variables!

http://www.shusterman.com/acquisit.html