What is the citizenship of my child once I bring them to the United States?
Your child will travel home with a Kazakh passport and a U.S. visa. For this reason, your child will have dual citizenship unless he chooses to have his Kazakh citizenship revoked. It is advisable that your child maintain a valid Kazakh passport, so that he has the ability to travel to Kazakhstan in the future without a visa. Since you have seen the child prior to the adoption being finalized, they will travel on an IR-3 visa, which enables them to be granted automatic U.S. citizenship. You will receive the documentation from USCIS regarding this once you arrive home. This can take several weeks, or even possibly months, to arrive.
