how long must i have had an american  passport before i can file a petition for my child ?
813546
Your questions is too vague.  I am assuming that you child is not a USC.  To file a petition for you child requires that you be over the age of 21.  Your American passport has no real play in this scenario.
1132329
check with uscis as far as replacement for the green card and check with the embassy or consulate of your native country for replacement of the passport. i would get on these steps as soon as possible. good luck.
654992
You have the right to use any name you wish as long as you are not using an alias to commit fraud or hide out from the law.  So, you do not need court approval in order to start using any name you want for your child.\n\nYou may have some trouble down the road when you need to show a birth certificate for enrollment in school or getting a passport.  Schools are usually good about a child having a legal name and another every-day name.  Passport office and DMVs are a bit more narrow minded.\n\nI would suggest that rather than going to the hassle and expense of filing to have the child's legal name changed at this time, that you and your intended put the issue on the back burner for the next four or ten years.  If you and he are still together when it becomes necessary to have a formal, legal, name change, do it then.\n\nUp to then, just use your husband's last name and your name:\nJohn Smith Jones, or John Smith-Jones, or John Jones-Smith.
18814
If you are here on an F4 *visa* (dependant of student), you cannot apply for citizenship at all.\n\nIf you entered as an F4 immigrant category (4th preference family based - sibling of a U.S. citizen), it is important when your permanent residency was granted (the date on the green card).\n\nRequirements for citizenship are:\n- Continuous residence: no trips abroad lasting more than 6 months at a time. \n- Physical presence: at least 30 months of total time spent in the USA.\n\nIn some way, this is good news for you -- if you can be in the USA for 2.5 years by the time you leave for your home country, and then come back for 2 days every 6 months afterwards (5 trips), you should theoretically be fine. \n\nUSCIS officers do have some discretion in determining your intent to live in the USA, and being absent for almost all of the last 2.5 years of your residency might not look good. \n\nA less well-known requirement is that you must be a resident of a particular single *state* 3 months before applying for citizenship -- I'm not sure what state residency means -- it may be as simple as having a particular driver's license.
694047
depends on your circumstances... for example. I am a US citizen, my  husband isnt.. My first born was born in USA, 2nd child outside. So I went to the embassy nearest me and filled out a "birth certificate of US citizen born abroad".. Took about 1 week to get her official US birth certificate back..
828216
for most countries a passport...   and both legal parents must sign the application
352345
It depends on the status of the matter it is a case to case basis. If the mother is an american citizen it is faster for the daughter to be petitioned.
867548
Thank you for asking.  If you find your closest American Embassy they should be able to supply you with all the information you need.  Additionally, do a Google search for "American Citizenship Requirements".
275908
nothing makes you a US citizen automatically (except maybe if the president grants you one). You still have to take the test and meet all the other requirements. If you are married to a US citizen you are eligible for citizenship after 3 years, assuming of course that you spent the majority of those 3 years in the United States.\nYou need to file an N-400 to apply for citizenship.\nhttp://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/n-400.htm
1154302
Both parents are US citizens.  No matter where the child was born the child would still be a US citizen.
375525
US citizens can file petitions for their parents, spouse, children, siblings.  Lawful Permanent Residents can file petitions for their spouses, children (single, divorced or widowed only - NO MARRIED CHILDREN).  File an I-130 Petition. Research the State Department Visa Bulletin. Be prepared for long waiting periods. Good Luck.
351076
If you are applying for citizenship because of time of residence it has to be 5 years (that is 5 years after living in the country as a resident alien), if you are applying because of marriage you have to have been married to a citizen for at least 2 years and have lived in the same address for the last 6 months.   There are several requisits you need to fill but you can get more info at www.uscis.gov
670960
They always say 6 weeks, but our family has had maybe 15 passports altogether, and we've never waited more than 3 weeks or a renewed or new passport, even while living abroad.
806505
There is a law stating what constitutes American citizenship.  If you are born of an American Parent(s) or born on US territory (including territories that are not states) you are automatically as US citizen.  If you immigrate, register, take the required courses in English and US History, pass the tests, pass medical exam, after 10 years you can be made a Naturalized citizen.  Naturalized citizens can not become President (unless there is a change in the Constitution).\n\nIt is difficult for many Americans to break up a family (ie send one or both parents home and allow the US child to stay, or deny the US Child by having the child go home with its parents.  I think it's time to change that law to only children born of US citizenS, not just one US citizen.  Children of one US citizen get a front place in line to immigrate legally.
899368
if theres an American Embassy in Bangladesh, go pay them a visit and ask them what are requirements to get proper documentations to apply for,.
1073838
No. I went through the same thing when I wanted to bring my son to Panama. His father had to give written consent for him to get his passport.
936592
No, you will have to wait and let your husband petition for her when he is a US citizen, you can be her sponsor though. If he does a petition for her it can take about 10 years.