I need help, please

[Mrs. B 0]

I am ready to file for naturalization (I completed the 3 years -minus the 90 days- on march 15). My problem is that I have 3 sons (16, 12, 10 yrs old), I did apply for their removal of conditions back on August 2009, I got the 16 yrs old non restriction green card and the 10 yrs old one before the end of the year.

After a lot of frustration and calls (and not 1 nor 2 BUT 3 biometrics appointments) the case of the 12 yrs old STILL in the air, nobody know why or how this happend (last time we called one of the women we talk to said that if I was the mother and I been approved -for removal of conditions- since more than a year now, she didnt understand why the 12 yrs old wasnt approved...

If someone has gone thru the same, I want to know if it is okay for me to submit the naturalization papers even if I dont have the approval/green card for my middle son. Or I should wait.

I am so frustrated...

thank you in advance.

[sunny808 1]

If you apply for naturalization and are approved, your children will obtain citizenship by operation of law so go ahead and file your application.

Edited March 25, 2010 by sunny808

[VanessaTony 3,567]

If you apply for naturalization and are approved, your children will obtain citizenship by operation of law so go ahead and file your application.

Agree. Some people actually file for naturalisation while the ROC is pending and it forces their ROC to be processed first, so the naturalisation can... I know this doesn't relate to you but seeing your kids are reliant on you PERHAPS (I'm not saying it will) it will force that one along. At the very least they'll be USC's when you are.

Good luck

[sunny808 1]

Agree. Some people actually file for naturalisation while the ROC is pending and it forces their ROC to be processed first, so the naturalisation can... I know this doesn't relate to you but seeing your kids are reliant on you PERHAPS (I'm not saying it will) it will force that one along. At the very least they'll be USC's when you are.

Good luck

I'm not familiar with filing for naturalization while an I-751 is pending, but my understanding is that it is allowed and that the immigration officer would need to request the I-751 file and that has to be processed before oath. Is that correct? This way the OP can get an immigration officer to find out what went wrong with OP's son's case. At any rate, do you think that an Infopass before filing would be a waste of time? Just curious.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I'm not familiar with filing for naturalization while an I-751 is pending, but my understanding is that it is allowed and that the immigration officer would need to request the I-751 file and that has to be processed before oath. Is that correct?

This way the OP can get an immigration officer to find out what went wrong with OP's son's case. At any rate, do you think that an Infopass before filing would be a waste of time? Just curious.

Yes, the I-751 needs to be processed first so that's very handy. it gets "fast-tracked" I suppose

An infopass certainly couldn't HURT but if it's something they're really worried about, and they are fine with travelling to the nearest infopass place then I probably would because it is very bizarre that it's still waiting... Perhaps at the infopass they could discuss their naturalisation and how it's about to be filed and see what they say about it... and also perhaps ask a few qns about whether their kids need the GC before they're able to get their naturalisation certificates (whether the pending application will do something "weird" with the inherited USC), and whether the pending application will affect their kids ROC and if it might speed it along.

Always better to be safe than sorry.

[sunny808 1]

Yes, the I-751 needs to be processed first so that's very handy. it gets "fast-tracked" I suppose

An infopass certainly couldn't HURT but if it's something they're really worried about, and they are fine with travelling to the nearest infopass place then I probably would because it is very bizarre that it's still waiting... Perhaps at the infopass they could discuss their naturalisation and how it's about to be filed and see what they say about it... and also perhaps ask a few qns about whether their kids need the GC before they're able to get their naturalisation certificates (whether the pending application will do something "weird" with the inherited USC), and whether the pending application will affect their kids ROC and if it might speed it along.

Always better to be safe than sorry.

Thanks V&T!!!

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

If your I-751 was still in limbo, applying for N-400 would force the immigration people to get off their butts and in gear.

However, since it's your son's I-751 that's stuck for no good reason, it means NOTHING. The moment you become a USC, all of your 3 children become USCs automatically. Go ahead, file as soon as you feel like it.