Signing the birth certificate...
This is partly in response to all the American bashing as of late. Understand that Americans are living in state of fear. (insert several paragraphs about war, the economy, civil rights, privacy) So the "I'm pregnant" call just heaps a ton of uncertainty on an already battered individual.
Rest easy though... should you actually knock up a girl here; and it's clearly your baby (through test or appearance) there is actually very little risk to owning up to it and signing the birth certificate IF YOU ARE AN AMERICAN.
The Philippines and the US have no reciprocity in place regarding child support even when paternity if proven / undisputed. So if you want to bail on your responsibilities - you are in the clear.
Citizens of these countries (Australia, Austria, Bermuda, Canada (by province) Czech Republic, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Jamaica, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom (England, Scotland, N. Ireland)) can however be held to the judgment of a Philippine court order.
So if you are an American, sign the damn thing, take the little tyke to the embassy and obtain his / her US passport. If you won't or can't take care of the child (and the mother) you can at least give the kid a chance at someday getting out of this country and creating a better life.
Take that one last step... :)
An excellent point. And also very unusual to stop so close to the finish line. If the mother is able to handle a US embassy interview (most aren't) then things are probably OK. I'd still recommend seeing the process through to completion. Even with the cert. Once the child becomes an adult they lose the ability to claim citizenship (at least for the US). Maybe even earlier. I'd recommend pushing that last step. It only takes a few hours and once the child is issued a US passport there is absolutely no room for future discussion or confusion.
Even so. That is so much more then most do!
[QUOTE=Tansak KTV]Holding Dual Citizenship myself.... You don't need a passport. All kids I've fathered have Consular reports of live birth abroad from the USA... Not just sign the local birth certificates but I have pushed all the paperwork through also. The report of live birth abroad is like a birth certificate coming from the USA and is what you do before a passport.
It's not a US issue, is a mongering issue, as I issue the reports for both citizenship I hold. My kids got more friggin nationalities then others as some are holding rights to four passports.[/QUOTE]