Q: How can my daughter become with 26 a US citizen, when father blocks access to the needed information to apply for it?
My daughter is 26 years old and was born in Germany (she still lives there now with her family).
Her father (US Citizen), was in the Army and stationed in Germany.
We were never married.
He is on her birth certificate.
Also did she have a military ID card for a few years from the Army.
He never registered her as an US citizen. When she was a teenager he told her, that she does not deserve to become an American.
She is trying to become a US citizenship.
Her father is not willing to provide any information. He will not give her the DD 214 nor his birth certificate, nor his marriage or divorce license.
I became a US resident and she would love to live in the US as well.
What can she do to become a US citizen ?
A:
If she is not married you can file petition on her behalf and wait for the immigrant visa to become available.
There might be another avenue for her to immigrate to the US even as adult child of a US citizen but that will require and in-depth consultation with an experience immigration attorney.
A:
Without her father’s cooperation, it will be difficult for her show US citizenship. If you are in the US, you might want to meet with an immigration attorney to discuss the case in more detail.
As a resident, you can file a visa petition for her, as long as she is not married. It will take about five years, but it is an option.
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