Hey guys!

My fiance' is a US citizen after birth. He was born outside the United States and he is a U.S. citizen through his parents, but he lost his certificate of citizenship years ago. HE can't file the I-129F because according to USCIS he should wait for his New Naturalization Certificate (which he requested 7mos ago!)

Question is... is his passport not valid as proof of his citizenship? can he already file the I-129F even without the certificate, just a passport? Our I-129F is on hold because of this. We are still waiting for his certificate replacement. USCIS site states that N-400 takes 6-9mos of processing. but thats for those who are applying for naturalization. my fiance is just asking for a COPY bec he lost the original. does anyone know why the copy is taking this long?

On the USCIS website, you can find the instructions for completing the I-129F: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-129Finstr.pdf.
D. In place of any of the above, you may give USCIS a copy of your valid, unexpired U.S. passport issued with a validity period of at least five years. You must submit copies of all pages in the passport.
Good luck to you both

thank you... highly appreciated.

but... the immigration officer tells us to wait for the certificate copy. should we believe him?

Don't wait.

The US Passport is universally recognize as documentary proof of US Citizenship. That is all I used and have no problem whatsoever.

why not send the copy of his passport ( all pages ) and his birthcertificate copy ,
if they require an RFE for the citizenship certificate they will mail him the RFE,
since he aplied for the citizenship certificate around 7 month ago and it takes 7-9 month to process , by the time he gets the RFE ( wich took 2 month in my case to arrive in mail ) he might have his certificate of citizenship and can send a copy to USCIS ?? just an idea I had hope it works , Lona

He can use a copy of his passport just fine, it's still valid documentation to proof US citizenship.

If he really submitted an N-400, it's taking a long time because it's the wrong form, and they're probably trying to figure out what to do with it. It is ONLY for use by non-citizens who are trying to become naturalized citizens. For a copy of a lost certificate of citizenship, he should use the N-565.

But I agree with the others, use the passport as proof of citizenship for the I-129F. There's no need to wait for a duplicate certificate of citizenship.

uh guys..

we are planning to not wait for the Copy of his citizenship anymore and just use the passport as proof of his USC.. In the I-129F form, Part A. number 10 or 12? "My citizenship was acquired through...." -- he will check of course PARENTS -- but there is a follow up question with that in the form under Parents, "if Yes, give certificate number"

How can he give the number? he does not have it coz he lost it right? is it ok to leave that blank?

HELP please