Bureaucratic red tape has left a Minnesota couple stranded in Brazil after their son was born months earlier than expected.
A Minnesota couple in the midst of a 'bureaucratic nightmare' amid a months-long stay in Brazil, where paperwork issues regarding their newborn son have prevented them from returning to the United States, is one step closer to being able to leave. Chris and Cheri Phillips, of Cambridge, located 50 miles north of Minneapolis, visited the South American nation in February for what was supposed to be a two-week trip.
Loved ones back in Minnesota sent the couple their individual birth certificates containing their parents' names and their marriage license. A court translator said the documents would still be denied because they lack an apostille, a little-known provision that certifies a document to be recognized by member nations of the 1961 Hague Convention, Chris Phillips said.
can only imagine the incredible stress that this family has had to endure, both in giving birth unexpectedly in Brazil and then having to overcome bureaucratic hurdles to come home,' Smith said in a statement to Fox News Digital. 'After calling on the Embassy in Brasilia to do more to help the family, we received the news that they will provide extra service to ensure the family does not have to travel to get a U.S. passport.' As of Sunday, the couple was working with the U.S.
Getting him home, that's the goal now,' he said. 'By birth, he's is a Brazilian citizen. Being born to Americans, he has a right to be an American citizen, which he will be.' 'By birth, he's is a Brazilian citizen. Being born to Americans, he has a right to be an American citizen, which he will be.' Fox News Digital has reached out to the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, D.C., for comment.
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