After oath ceremony, minor children & SS card

[kptaylor 5]

My wife attended her oath ceremony on 07/03 and is now officially a citizen! Her two minor children inherit this benefit from what I understand. We went to the Social Security card center today to update their info, and the person would only update my wife's since we only have her citizenship certificate. We can go do passports for her and the kids and that will show their citizenship,but if we go back to the SS office will they use the passports to update the kids info or will they still require us to file/pay for the N600s to get the certificates?

[Hypnos 6,576]

You will need proof of US citizenship for your minor children, and if they have been granted citizenship under the Child Citizenship Act then the easiest way to do that is by obtaining US passports for them. You would not be required to obtain Certificates of Citizenship for them.

You can see how to obtain passports for them under the CCA here: http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/child-citizenship-act.html (scroll down to "How does the child get a passport...")

[traveler17 5]

I actually caled SS and asked specifically if the passport would be evidence for the child and they said yes. They need the document since the SS office is not qualified to determine the elegibility for citizenship of the child. They need proof. The passport agency is. They will kepp the child's green card.

[MariaLD 8]

My wife attended her oath ceremony on 07/03 and is now officially a citizen! Her two minor children inherit this benefit from what I understand. We went to the Social Security card center today to update their info, and the person would only update my wife's since we only have her citizenship certificate. We can go do passports for her and the kids and that will show their citizenship,but if we go back to the SS office will they use the passports to update the kids info or will they still require us to file/pay for the N600s to get the certific

Minors on K2 can only aply for US citizenship after 5 years after adjusting their statuses ....so they will need their romanian passports, if u need to renew them u have to go to Romanian Ambassy and do the paperwork , I repeat after a K2 has a green card is not a dependent of a K1 anymore, just because the K1 is now a US ctz it doesnt make a K2 a US citizen

Edited October 2, 2015 by MariaLD

[BigDaddy28 228]

Minors on K2 can only aply for US citizenship after 5 years after adjusting their statuses ....so they will need their romanian passports, if u need to renew them u have to go to Romanian Ambassy and do the paperwork , I repeat after a K2 has a green card is not a dependent of a K1 anymore, just because the K1 is now a US ctz it doesnt make a K2 a US citizen

Not true, as long as the kids live with the mom and became permanent residents and under 18 they are automatically Americans. Get them their US passport thats good enough for proof of citizenship

[Hypnos 6,576]

just because the K1 is now a US ctz it doesnt make a K2 a US citizen

You are mistaken. Provided the children were under 18 on the day the OP naturalised, and live in the physical and legal custody of their US citizen parent then they automatically acquired US citizenship the moment their parent did under the Child Citizenship Act.