What is CRBA:

Children born outside the US to a US citizen parent may have a claim to US citizenship. The US parent must have US citizenship prior to the birth of the child.
If your CRBA petition is approved at a consulate and/or embassy, you will obtain U.S. citizenship for your child. It is a huge deal! We speak to clients who are not even aware they qualify and unfortunately, we speak to clients that have aged out and this sadly can be only a matter of weeks and thus lose their right to receive US citizenship.

If you don’t qualify for CRBA ; speak to Caro about N600k as this does permit your grandparents to help you acquire citizenship and we assist many clients this way also gain their US citizenship.

CRBA eligibility:
Your parent must be a U.S. citizen, not your grandparent. Parent must also have physical presence in the U.S. for five years, two of which are after they turned 14 years of age. The child’s parent must have both U.S. citizenship (by birth or naturalized) and physical presence inside the United States must be before the child is born. Different rules may apply for out wedlock.
If there is more than one child in the family seeking U.S. citizenship, each child has a separate application to bring to the consulate. Most consulates now permit electronic filing for CRBA cases. All the documents are uploaded to the consulate’s platform you will attend the interview for your children and the consular officer will adjudicate to determine does your child get US citizenship.
As an applicant, you want to be under the age of 18 to apply to have your parents transfer their U.S. citizenship to you. However, as an applicant, if you are over the age of 18, you are also eligible.
Physical presence in the United States:
How do you show that you were physically present in the United States. Physical presence is counted as the time before the birth of your child that you were actually physically within the borders of the United States.
Physical presence does not need to be continuous, and visits of any length to the United States count towards fulfilling the physical presence requirement. Any travel outside of the United States, including vacations, is excluded for purposes of transmitting citizenship. It does not matter whether you were in the USA legally or illegally, or whether you were a U.S. citizen or a visitor to the USA.
Time spent overseas for honorable U.S. military service or as the dependent of someone honorably serving in the U.S. military often counts, but you will need to provide the official records to show this time. Time spent while employed with the U.S. government or certain international organizations, or as the dependent of somebody employed by the U.S. government, may also count.

Documents to prove physical presence in the United States:
Caro’s audio on evidence required goes into greater detail to explain the evidence immigration officials will review.
• Official school transcripts for primary, secondary, and university education
• wage and tax documents such as W-2 forms along with a letter from the HR department or company that employed you
• current and expired passports with evidence of travel to the United States; I-94 records
• You must be able to show both entries and exits to the United States.
• Military records, prison records
• Banking or credit card statements that indicate activity at specific U.S. locations, like, for example, ATM withdrawals or meals at U.S. restaurants
• Medical records provide a record of time in the United States, but only for the exact dates of treatment, and CBP entry and exit records
• A U.S. driver’s license does not show exactly when you were present in the U.S.
• A diploma without the relevant school transcripts
• A lease or a mortgage for a residence (many people can maintain residences in numerous countries or property abroad for rental purposes)
• Our office will also get affidavits from neighbors to state that Mr. X was a neighbor from the years (insert dates)
• Cell phone records are not really evidence of physical presence
• Social media records that merely mention being in the U.S. themselves are not sufficient.
• Income tax forms without pay stubs or W-2s are not really evidence of physical presence because taxes can be paid from anywhere in the world.