Need help bringing our daughter home

[Katerprincess]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?

 

[Katerprincess]

That did not post as intended. I apologize and will try again.

My husband was recently contacted by a daughter in the Philippines he did not know he had. She is 25 years of age. My husband was stationed in Subic Bay and was dating her mother when the base closed and he had to leave. Neither parent knew of the pregnancy when he left and her mother made no contact with him after he left. Immediately after giving birth, she dumped the child with friends and disappeared. When the child turned 21, her mother came to meet her for the first time, it was then that she was given her father's name. Because his name is common, it took her nearly 4 years to find him. She has no family living over there and we all very much wish for her to come join our family (her family now) here. I have read laws, forms, statements, and other personal stories, yet we still don't even know where to begin. We are hoping that we can apply for Derivative Citizenship, but because of contradicting information available, we are unsure.
Facts of the case:
*Child was born 1991

*Child was born out of wedlock and father was not named on her birth certificate, not was he made aware of her conception.

*Father is a USMC veteran and can provide documentation of his presence there at the time of conception

*child is an unmarried adult with no children

* we are having trouble obtaining evidence of the relationship between the father and mother

* we are willing to go to any measure necessary to bring our daughter home.

Thank you for your time.

 

[Just Blue]

That did not post as intended. I apologize and will try again.

My husband was recently contacted by a daughter in the Philippines he did not know he had. She is 25 years of age. My husband was stationed in Subic Bay and was dating her mother when the base closed and he had to leave. Neither parent knew of the pregnancy when he left and her mother made no contact with him after he left. Immediately after giving birth, she dumped the child with friends and disappeared. When the child turned 21, her mother came to meet her for the first time, it was then that she was given her father's name. Because his name is common, it took her nearly 4 years to find him. She has no family living over there and we all very much wish for her to come join our family (her family now) here. I have read laws, forms, statements, and other personal stories, yet we still don't even know where to begin. We are hoping that we can apply for Derivative Citizenship, but because of contradicting information available, we are unsure.
Facts of the case:
*Child was born 1991

*Child was born out of wedlock and father was not named on her birth certificate, not was he made aware of her conception.

*Father is a USMC veteran and can provide documentation of his presence there at the time of conception

*child is an unmarried adult with no children

* we are having trouble obtaining evidence of the relationship between the father and mother

* we are willing to go to any measure necessary to bring our daughter home.

Thank you for your time.

I hate to point out the obvious BUT....She is not your daughter. And she isn't your hubbies daughter till a paternity test is done. She could be a psycho killer for all you know.
Dad should perhaps go to her and have a paternity test done.

 

[Katerprincess]

I hate to point out the obvious BUT....She is not your daughter. And she isn't your hubbies daughter till a paternity test is done. She could be a psycho killer for all you know.
Dad should perhaps go to her and have a paternity test done.

Sound advice, paternity test will be a part of this no matter how we are able to proceed. There is zero doubt however, there are more than just a few specific details. We have friends here and over there who have confirmed she has never comitted a crime.

 

[FlyingRon]

The psycho killer is a red herring.

You're going to need an immigration attorney. Because the child was born out of wedlock, you're going to have to provide "clear and convincing evidence" of the paternity. Stories that her absent mother told her or even a foreign birth certificate naming your husband isn't likely to qualify. It almost certainly is going to take DNA testing.

Once you do that, the child should be able to establish her US citizenship based on the paternity. Once she's a citizen, all she needs to is get a US passport and enter here on it.