My husband and I will be traveling out of country in May, and of course little Ella will be with us. My in-laws have yet to meet Ella, and it is time to brave the very long flight with our active toddler.

We sent in the paperwork for Ella’s citizenship in August of 2006, in hope that we would receive it in good time, and have her passport done before we left. If we had her Alien Registratioin Card (also called the green card) in hand, there would be no problem. That is acceptable proof that you are legally in the US, but, the USCIS has... more