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Hello. My wife and our 3 yr old son are living on Lombok now while I am in the USA. My wife is due to have our 2nd child on June 23rd. I am arriving June 22nd. Circumstances won't allow me to arrive any sooner. So, my question is; has anyone gone through the US consulate in Bali to get a US passport and apply for US citizenship for a newborn. I went to the local INS office here in the US and they said no problem. Just bring the birth cert for the newborn and it's that simple. I have supporting doc.s also, such as birth certs for the rest of our family members, marriage cert., green card copy for my wife, etc. A friend in Lombok said when he went to the consulate in Bali they wanted proof he lived in the USA for I don't know how many years. Any advice/experience is appreciated.
On an unrelated note, does anyone know where I can buy mossie nets while I am in Bali? Interested in both fixed and portable styles. Thank-you.
Your son/daughter is AUTOMATICALLY a US citizen when he/she is born outside the US, with a father or a mother who is himself/herself a US citizen. The additional requirement is that the father/mother must have resided at least FIVE years in the United States.
As for the proof of such residency, I would ask the INS? I would assume that old 1090 Tax forms, which obviously show your US address, would be sufficient.
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Thanks Tintin. My US friend living in Lombok who happens to be here in the US said basically the same thing. Except that they wanted to prove 15 + years I think and told him to go to the dept of education and get sealed transcripts from grade school. He gave a contact name and number for the Bali consulate. I will try contacting them this evening my time. I will post any info I get for anyone else that may experience the same challenge.
I spoke to the U.S. consulate in Bali. They want proof of my U.S. residence for at least 5 years, 2 of which must be after the age of 14.School transcripts are the most common form of proof/
As I mentioned we will be in Lombok. Consulate wants me to go to Bali and get the paperwork then return to lombok to fill out and assemble papers. Then I return to Bali for a dry run. Inevitably, he says, there will be something missing. He will tell me what that is. Then I return to Lombok and get the missing piece of the puzzle. Finally I return to Bali for the third time with wife and newborn to finally submit everything. Simple,eh?
i did it
It took me 2 trips from Lombok to Bali. One with my wife and newborn, but my newborn's passport is now at the US Consular's office in Bali. Problem is I am in the US and my wife is on lombok and nursing the baby. They will allow her to pick up the passport but it would be inconvenient at least. I emailed asking if I could pick it up in a month or two when I return to escort them back to the US. They didn't reply but I assume they would hold it that long.
It was a little difficult getting through the process because the person I spoke to at the office before i left the US didn't tell me I should bring my old passport. They wanted a written timeline for all time I spent inside and outside the US for my whole life! They were particularly concerned with the 3 months surrounding the conception time of our baby which whom we were applying for passport,ss#, and citizenship. They wanted proof my wife and I were in the same place during that period of time. My wife had her old passport to prove she was in the US. I didn't. So they sent the papers to Surabaya and said don't be surprised if it gets rejected. It didn't. I think it helped that we have another 3 yr old who was born in the US and my wife is a legal permanant resident of the US.
So for anyone planning this process beware. We lucked out.
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