child custody in Philippines if the child is an American citizen?
I may be the biological father out of wedlock. The child will be an American citizen. Of course I’d want the child to live and be educated in the USA. The biological mother has custody rights too.
I spoke to an immigration lawyer and was told the biological mother would have to sign the form for the child to get a passport to come to USA with me.
What if she refuses?
My child, an American citizen, can never live and see and experience American life?
I am aware of the fact that the child should not have been born out of wedlock. That’s understood, but it is too late. The new issue is an American citizen who may never be able to live as an American.
Dean wrote:"my understanding of the imigration law is that ..if your child was born i the phillipines and you are not listed on the birth certificate is that the child is a phillipeno not an american … the INS still adheres to the rule of thinking dating back a hundred years that you can only prove who your mother is and not your father … we all know this is no longer true thanks to dna testing .. but I believe you have been misinformed and if i am reading what you typed correctly ..your child is a phillipino national
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born of an american father down under and had to go threw the imigration experience the hard way
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Not quite true. If this father acknowledges this child as his and contributes to its support, from what I’ve read, then the child has a basis for claiming U.S. citizenship eventually. May be tricky given the stance of the mother, but then, the mother has a say in the welfare of HER child in HER country.
January 24th, 2010 at 10:06 am
Yeah that’s right the mother has to sign a paper allowing you to take the kid out of Philippines, if she refuses there is nothing you can do about it !!!
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January 24th, 2010 at 10:40 am
my understanding of the imigration law is that ..if your child was born i the phillipines and you are not listed on the birth certificate is that the child is a phillipeno not an american … the INS still adheres to the rule of thinking dating back a hundred years that you can only prove who your mother is and not your father … we all know this is no longer true thanks to dna testing .. but I believe you have been misinformed and if i am reading what you typed correctly ..your child is a phillipino national
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born of an american father down under and had to go threw the imigration experience the hard way
January 24th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Dean wrote:"my understanding of the imigration law is that ..if your child was born i the phillipines and you are not listed on the birth certificate is that the child is a phillipeno not an american … the INS still adheres to the rule of thinking dating back a hundred years that you can only prove who your mother is and not your father … we all know this is no longer true thanks to dna testing .. but I believe you have been misinformed and if i am reading what you typed correctly ..your child is a phillipino national
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born of an american father down under and had to go threw the imigration experience the hard way
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Not quite true. If this father acknowledges this child as his and contributes to its support, from what I’ve read, then the child has a basis for claiming U.S. citizenship eventually. May be tricky given the stance of the mother, but then, the mother has a say in the welfare of HER child in HER country.
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January 24th, 2010 at 11:16 am
That’s about the size of it!
The US brands every child born in the US as an American citizen thereby denying that child a chance to become a citizen in it’s own country if their country doesn’t allow dual citizenship! Even if the birth is to a visitor! And the government doesn’t care! The whole system is screwed up but…
There are a number of variables involved here but the child may, upon reaching the age of majority (that’s in the Philippines NOT the US!), decide to apply for US citizenship. At that point you can be of help. The Philippines is trying to protect the rights of their citizens but in a lot of cases like this someone is bound to get hurt.
Sorry! Maybe you can try to make some arrangement with the mother? Good Luck!
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