Prayers with you.
I would also talk to the German embassy and especially their consulate:
Since your case is a time limited hardship matter, also contact your local news reporters/TV stations. It is amazing how bureaucrats will change their tune if contacted by the news media.
Not to be insensitive to your poor wife’s medical condition, but I would suggest changing her name to something Muslim and she will be deported to Germany post haste.
Was she born in a military hospital or a civilian one? Do you know her mothers (maiden) name? her exact date of birth?
I am fluent in German and live in Europe - if I can be of any assistance, FreepMail me with as many details as you know.
Even at that, proper procedure would be (at least now, for a civilian American giving birth overseas) for said civilian to get a US passport for her baby.Was that done at the time????
Have you spoken to an immigration lawyer? I’d make calls to every one in your city to see who could help.
Start with people here, who then in turn could deal with the authorities in Germany if necessary.
NEXT, if that doesn’t work, turn to wherever the clinic is and see if they have visas of mercy or some such, who knows.
Good luck. Worst case scenario, see if anyone will try what procedure you seek either here or in Mexico. Take all ID and utility bills with address, etc, and lots of cash to Mexico.
Prayers up for your success.
Below is a link to a site w/some info. You can have google translate the page. Search on "stuttgart Geburtsurkunde"
Some highlights from translated page:
" If the exact place of birth in Stuttgart is not clear for you, the Stuttgart registrars clarify."
"US citizens who are born in the US Army Hospital in Bad Cannstatt (5th General Hospital). For Information we have a Step-by-Step Guide to order a Birth Certificate. "
It’s a military related issue. Go to the top. Somebody must be reading posts going to this site
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact#page
the city/county/region should have records if the birth is that recent. Contact the city of Stuttgart and ask for instructions. Went through similar with Czech Republic.
It appears that she was born in the military hospital there. As such the US Army should have the official responsibility to maintain the record of birth.
I live in Stuttgart. If you need something done locally, perhaps I can help.
Based on what little information you provided, I am guessing your wife is a natural born US citizen. If that is the case she will need a "Consular Report of Birth Abroad" (CRBA, or Form FS-240)
If that is the case, don't call any German bureaucrats. They can't help you.
I looked at the State Department website and it is quite maddening to find instructions on how to order a FS-24, but on the State Department website they provide a link to a company that will pull that information for a fee. Given that your situation sounds urgent it may be worth paying this company to do an expedited hard pull of the required documents. Inserting your Congressman or Senator into the process may slow things down a bit.
Prayers offered.
Contact your congressman, they can be of great help in cases like this.
Good luck.
I might be able to help with this one. I was born in Heidleberg (can’t spell it)in 1959. My dad was in the service. When I went to apply for a passport, I discovered I’d lost all my birth records. I contacted the county where I lived with my parents when I applied for my SS number. My father had registered my birth in that county and they had all the forms from the government and a copy of the original BC.
Also, I have a certified original BC from the German hospital, as well. It’s been a long time and I don’t remember the exact steps I took. First I called one of the local congressional offices to find out whom I needed to contact. I don’t recall it costing much or taking a long time to receive it.
Prayers for healing!
Just curious, but what medical procedure is only available in Germany? Perhaps it can be found here the the good ol US?
likely born at a military hospital, so the best place would be DOD. How ever in terms of time, I’d contact my local federal congress critter to try to get a work around based on her dad’s info. HMU private with what her med issue is. There are very few “therapies” available in Europe that were not developed in the USA. clinicaltrials.gov
This afternoon I managed to locate in a deteriorating wooden box we had in storage for decades the original papers which had been lost since the 80s.
Freepers are the most knowledgeable people on the planet and seem always ready to help a fellow in need!!
Special thanks go out to Moltke, a Freeper living in Stuttgart who offered to personally go seek the documents I desperately needed. Bless you my friend!! And God bless Free Republic!!