Emma is a Honduran citizen because she was born here. She is also an American citizen because we are American citizens. Before we can travel anywhere with her we have to obtain all of her paperwork from both countries. Yesterday Matt started that process.
My dad told Matt that the National Registry of people was in one place, but if Matt only had to go to one place, that would have been too easy. The first place he went to did not do birth certificates, so he set out to find the other place across the city. He arrived at 11:40, and by noon, he called me to say that he had Emma's birth certificate. I was shocked that he was able to get it that fast. After he got home though, we found out that he has to have a different form before we apply for Emma's US citizen born abroad certificate and passport.
Unfortunately, the process of getting her US paperwork will take longer than the 20 minutes that it took to get Emma's birth certificate. The funny thing about Emma being Honduran is that she officially has two last names. Her legal Honduran name is Emma Kate Fitzgerald Tindall. In Honduras the first last name is the dad's last name and the second is the mother's. Generally, their legal name at birth is always their legal name. It does not change upon marriage.
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