Question about US spouse document for Interview

[Chaka Quaker 41]

Hello, I got my appointment letter. One of the documents it says I must bring is:

 

“Your spouse's birth or naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship.”

 

We don’t have that. We have his passport. I thought that was what we needed. Have you of you showed up at the interview with only the spouse’s passport? Would that be ok?

 

Thanks,

:)

 

 

 

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

What is your interview for?

[Chaka Quaker 41]

1 hour ago, Luckycuds said:

What is your interview for?

Naturalization 

[geroaj 46]

3 hours ago, Chaka Quaker said:

Hello, I got my appointment letter. One of the documents it says I must bring is:

 

“Your spouse's birth or naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship.”

 

We don’t have that. We have his passport. I thought that was what we needed. Have you of you showed up at the interview with only the spouse’s passport? Would that be ok?

 

Thanks,

:)

 

 

 

When is your interview? We got my husbands USA birth certificate sent to us..maybe ask your spouse to get a copy 

[AstroCanada 206]

On 3/9/2020 at 9:41 AM, Chaka Quaker said:

Hello, I got my appointment letter. One of the documents it says I must bring is:

 

“Your spouse's birth or naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship.”

 

We don’t have that. We have his passport. I thought that was what we needed. Have you of you showed up at the interview with only the spouse’s passport? Would that be ok?

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

If your husband is a citizen from birth, his passport is more than enough proof.  It would indicate his place of birth.

[Chaka Quaker 41]

4 hours ago, AstroCanada said:

If your husband is a citizen from birth, his passport is more than enough proof.  It would indicate his place of birth.

He was born in Canada to two US citizen parents, so would that make him a citizen at birth? Thanks 🙏 

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[AnnaLee24 16]

Is his passport expired?

[Chaka Quaker 41]

9 minutes ago, AnnaLee24 said:

Is his passport expired?

No. 

[AnnaLee24 16]

1 hour ago, Chaka Quaker said:

No. 

Well that is odd. Does it expire soon? Passports aren’t really the best way to claim citizenship at birth since they can be revoked, lost, or renewed if to much time has passed. Like if he wasn’t able to renew his passport and start from scratch? He would have to get a Certificate of Citizenship.
 

Have you looked over the N-600 or N-600K and made sure his situation will fulfill all the requirements? 

[Chaka Quaker 41]

5 hours ago, AnnaLee24 said:

Well that is odd. Does it expire soon? Passports aren’t really the best way to claim citizenship at birth since they can be revoked, lost, or renewed if to much time has passed. Like if he wasn’t able to renew his passport and start from scratch? He would have to get a Certificate of Citizenship.
 

Have you looked over the N-600 or N-600K and made sure his situation will fulfill all the requirements? 

It actually expired last year and he got a new one   

[AnnaLee24 16]

3 hours ago, Chaka Quaker said:

It actually expired last year and he got a new one   

I would take his Canadian birth certificate, parents birth certificates, marriage license, & proof he lived in the US as a child (if required).

Something is throwing a red flag in USCIS’s data mining or record matching, look at page 48. If you don’t at least try to prove he is a USC at the interview you will probably get a RFE.

 

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2018-dataminingreport.pdf 

[Chaka Quaker 41]

1 hour ago, AnnaLee24 said:

I would take his Canadian birth certificate, parents birth certificates, marriage license, & proof he lived in the US as a child (if required).

Something is throwing a red flag in USCIS’s data mining or record matching, look at page 48. If you don’t at least try to prove he is a USC at the interview you will probably get a RFE.

 

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2018-dataminingreport.pdf 

Thanks, however, you do know that for you to have a US passport, you need to be a US citizen

[AnnaLee24 16]

9 hours ago, Chaka Quaker said:

Thanks, however, you do know that for you to have a US passport, you need to be a US citizen

True. Passport is a secondary form of evidence though, since someone has to prove their citizenship to get a passport. They don’t give passports to new born babies they give birth certificates.
 

It’s kinda like someone saying, “I don’t the have birth certificate you requested but here is my social security card I’ve had since a kid, I had to have a birth certificate to get that.” 
 

Passports don’t prove citizenship, they are evidence someone proved their citizenship to the DOS to get a passport. But USCIS is specifically requesting 

On 3/9/2020 at 8:41 AM, Chaka Quaker said:

“Your spouse's birth or naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship.”

as additional documentation.

 

It shouldn’t be hard to get those items together, why not take them?

Edited March 12, 2020 by AnnaLee24