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How Does My Son Become a Citizen??? Paperwork Proof

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johnmcgraw49   15

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Ok, I'm sure this has been addressed here...but it's been years since I've been on and I need help please.  

 

Went thru the K1 Visa Process...got married...for the most part everything is amazing.  My current wife had a child prior to us meeting and that child came to the US on the K1 visa with her.  He's a great guy (despite some academic laziness).    

 

Both wife and her son, became permanent residents and then eventually my wife became a citizen.  From everything I can tell, her son automatically became a citizen too.  

 

But this is where I need help!! PLEASE!!!  How does my son get paperwork to prove he's a citizen??  His last name is different from my wife's last name bcuz from my understanding that's how they do it in Kenya...his last name is my wife's middle name...We want to get him a US passport?  Plus for insurances purposes I'm being asked to provide documents to prove his citizenship, I don't have any.....

 

Plus his school records are messed up becuz we registered him in school when he first got here with her last name, but that's not truly his last name on any legal document, so once we have documents proving he's a US citizen, we want to change his name to match ours.....and then get his school records to match that.  

 

URGH!!! Please HELP!!

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discoverusa   235

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If he was under 18 years old when his mom, your wife became a US Citizen he is automatically a US Citizen as well. Cheapest option is to take his LPR card and Mom's Naturalization Certificate and apply for his US Passport. 

4/12/13 - sent I-485 package

4/15/13 - USCIS Chicago Lockbox received package

4/22/13 - got email and txt

4/29/13 - received NOA in mail

5/08/13 - received biometrics appointment for 5/22

5/09/13 - successful early walk in at Port Chester, NY office

5/22/13 - I-485 updated to Testing & Interview

6/18/13 - EAD went to production

6/21/13 - Card/Document Production for EAD - second email

6/24/13 - EAD mailed

6/26/13 - EAD arrived

7/18/13 - got email about interview

7/20/13 - got hard copy interview letter

08/23/13 - interview - Approved dancin5hr.gif(card production & decision email)

08/28/13 - card production - second email

08/29/13 - card mailed

09/03/13 - card arrived

*********************************************************************************

05/27/2016 - N-400 mailed

06/02/2016 - NOA date

06/24/2016 - biometrics appointment

11/28/2016 - interview scheduled for January 9th, 2017

01/09/2017 - interview passed

01/20/2017 - Oath Ceremony

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SusieQQQ   11,585

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Look at passport form DS11, https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds11.pdf  the second page has instructions in the box at the top of what to provide as proof for someone born outside the US who naturalized through a parent. That is the documentation you need:

 

If you claim citizenship through naturalization of parent(s): Submit the Certificate(s) of Naturalization of your parent(s), your foreign birth certificate (and official translation if the document is not in English), proof of your admission to the United States for permanent residence, and your parents' marriage/certificate and/or evidence that you were in the legal and physical custody of your U.S. citizen parent, if applicable.

 

I am of course assuming he was under 18 when your wife became a citizen. 
A US passport is acceptable proof of citizenship for anything you need it for.

 

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