Question about my baby being born internationally?

I am a United States citizen and my wife (a South African citizen) is about to give birth to our daughter in a private hospital in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The first thing I want to do is get United States citizenship for my daughter. I need to know exactly what are the measures that need to be taken for this to happen. My question entails....do i need to bring my daughter to the US consulate itself or is the birth ceritificate and paperwork enough to bring their? Can i send in the paperwork or do i need to physically go there? Anything and everything informative will be greatly appreciated. I am of the understanding that the closest US embassy to me is in Capetown.

GPapenburg

To register the birth of a U.S. child in South Africa, please call American Citizen Services at the Consulate in the consular district of South Africa in which your child was born. Both parents of the child whose birth is being registered must appear in person with the child at the Consulate. You will need the following documents to report the birth:

Completed application form: form DS-2029.
Original South African Unabridged Birth Certificate bearing the childâ€™s full name
Both parents' passports and U.S. Certificate(s) of Naturalization (if applicable)
Original or certified copies of all final Civil Divorce Decree(s) or Death certificate of spouse (if applicable).
If only one parent is an American citizen, evidence of the U.S. citizen parentâ€™s physical presence in the United States. This evidence may include, but is not limited to, elementary, middle, high school, college, university and/or graduate school transcripts, military or other government service records, employment verification letters, etc.
Additional documentation if required by the Consular Officer.

Source:
http://southafrica.usembassy.gov/birth_abroad.html

The U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg provides consular services for Americans in the Pretoria area. The Consulate General in Johannesburg is located at No. 1 River Street (corner of River and Riviera Road), Killarney, Johannesburg telephone (27-11) 644-8000 (from South Africa 011-644-8000), fax (27-11) 646-6916 (from South Africa (011-646-6916). Its consular jurisdiction includes Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, and Free State provinces.

The Consulate General in Cape Town is located at 2 Reddam Avenue, West Lake 7945, telephone (27-21) 702-7300 (from South Africa 021-702-7300), fax (27-21) 702-7493 (from South Africa 021-702-7493). Its consular jurisdiction includes Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and Northern Cape provinces.

The Consulate General in Durban is located at the Old Mutual Building, 31st floor, 303 West Street, telephone (27-31) 305-7600 (from South Africa 031-305-7600), fax (27-31) 305-7691 (from South Africa 031-305-7691). Its consular jurisdiction is KwaZulu-Natal Province.

Ying Ding Aing

You and your daughter have to go to the Consulate-General in person.

Here is a webpage from the US Embassy in Pretoria that covers the procedure and requirements, they tell you to contact the nearest Consular Services office (CG Cape Town), but there's no phone number listed. However, if you call the US Embassy, they can give you the phone number or forward your call.

HTH

Marc D

LaFeeFan has it down cold.

MJ R

You need to go to US embassey/Consulate upon birth of your child with birth documents of child, documents of Father showing US citizenship and documents of Mother. You then choose sole US citzenship or Dual citizenship with South Africa. I do not think presence of newborn is required.

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