Is it necessary to file for N-600 (Certificate of Citizenship)?

[AnnaCabbana 0]

Hello all!

My husband is a USC and filed for our sons and mine green card over the embassy with DCF. He didn't fullfill the residency requirments and wasn't able to transfer his citizenship to our (biological) son.

Anyway, we are living here for about a half year now, and already received our 10 year unconditional green cards.

Since we went to Mexico for a vacation, we applied for a US passport for our son, which he got with no problems through the child citizenship act.

Now we are wondering if it still makes sense to file N600 with USCIS since the state department already reconized our son as a USC? What do you think? Are the $600 worth it?

Best,

Anna

[Hypnos 6,576]

Yes. you do not need a certificate of citizenship if your son already has a US passport; that will serve as proof of citizenship.

If you have $600 to waste or desperately want a certificate then you can apply for one, but it's fairly pointless.

Edited August 13, 2013 by Hypnos

[Darnell 8,478]

sense? no.

Send the 600 to me, I'll split it with the site owner (just this once)

[NickD 203]

How is this for a suggestion, just dump the USCIS, DOS controls your life afterwards anyway, that have control as to the number of visas that can be issued, control the NVC, and even tell you, you must maintain what they call dual nationality, when the USCIS tells you not to.

On the other hand, both report to Homeland Security, so why not just report to HS and dump both the USCIS and the DOS, FBI is also in there as well reporting to HS and do all of our back ground checks, good dump the FBI as well.

We just have way too many governmental agencies to deal with, grown about from four to over 1,500 in just the last 40 years, and they can't even talk to each other as one of the major causes of 9/11. And sure confuses the hell out of us.

[BigDaddy28 228]

If the baby gained a US passport after crossing the boarder as a permanent resident, then no you won't need it. Your passport is enough. If you want to close the door with USCIS then yes apply for N600. But as long as you don't loose the previous passport when it comes to renewing it, you won't need the certificate. Finally the decision is really yours to choose whether you want it or no. Good luck.c

[AnnaCabbana 0]

Thank you all for your replies!

...But as long as you don't loose the previous passport when it comes to renewing it, you won't need the certificate. ...

This is what really gets me. What if, out of any reasons, our son shouldn't have an old passport at hand?

DOS kept all our documents (foreign passport, foreign birth certificate etc.) for a couple days to verify. Don't they like register, keep the info that our son is a USC in a database or something like that?

[BigDaddy28 228]

Thank you all for your replies!

This is what really gets me. What if, out of any reasons, our son shouldn't have an old passport at hand?

DOS kept all our documents (foreign passport, foreign birth certificate etc.) for a couple days to verify. Don't they like register, keep the info that our son is a USC in a database or something like that?

I don't really know what they do really lol but you HAVE to prove you are a citizen. If you don't have a passport, a birth certificate will do or a naturalization certificate.

[Mark88 184]

Thank you all for your replies!

This is what really gets me. What if, out of any reasons, our son shouldn't have an old passport at hand?

DOS kept all our documents (foreign passport, foreign birth certificate etc.) for a couple days to verify. Don't they like register, keep the info that our son is a USC in a database or something like that?

DOS or the embassy are able to pull up old passport applications. So if this should ever happen there is a database where they can look it up. Just make sure that you keep an old passport of your child in a safe place. If all else fails, you still have this and you will be on the safe side.

I don't really know what they do really lol but you HAVE to prove you are a citizen. If you don't have a passport, a birth certificate will do or a naturalization certificate.

This is in no way what the OP asked. She wouldn't have an old passport a US birth certificate, or a naturalization certificate since the child received it's citizenship through "derivative citizenship".

[BigDaddy28 228]

Mark I know that but what I meant is those documents are used as a proof of citizenship if you don't have a passport.