Name change modification, aging out for derived citizenship, etc.

[Laura Burney 0]

Hello everyone,

I submitted  N-400 more that a year ago and because USIS took so long, my child aged out right before I finally had my interview. 

I don't really know what happened because my case initially had a way shorter completion estimate... so my question is:

Does my child can still get derived citizenship because the application was submitted before birthday or we have to do everything again?

 

I'd also like to know, is it too late to try to fix my name change? My interview was just last week and I am "in line for my oath ceremony and waiting to be sent a notice with the date". I just realized they no longer have Inroads service but some unhelpful robot/assistant on the website, so how to try to do this before the name change is printed?

[milimelo 4,739]

Child has to be under 18 when you do your oath. 
 

I don’t think you can go back and withdraw decision to change name. Also, you do know it will likely take longer to get judicial oath because of name change, right? They need a judge for that type of naturalization. 

[aaron2020 11,652]

Your child has to be under age 18 when you complete the naturalization process in order to derive US citizenship from you.  Your child's age when you submitted the N-400 is not relevant.  You child will have to naturalize on their own.

You've already had your interview and waiting on your oath, so it's probably too late to change your name through the naturalization process.  You will probably have to go to state court to change your name.  

[Laura Burney 0]

1 hour ago, milimelo said:

Child has to be under 18 when you do your oath. 
 

I don’t think you can go back and withdraw decision to change name. Also, you do know it will likely take longer to get judicial oath because of name change, right? They need a judge for that type of naturalization. 

I didn't know until after the interview...

[Laura Burney 0]

1 hour ago, aaron2020 said:

Your child has to be under age 18 when you complete the naturalization process in order to derive US citizenship from you.  Your child's age when you submitted the N-400 is not relevant.  You child will have to naturalize on their own.

You've already had your interview and waiting on your oath, so it's probably too late to change your name through the naturalization process.  You will probably have to go to state court to change your name.  

I requested the name change at the interview. Started feeling a bit guilty after as I am removing my mother's name, so was wondering if there is any way to communicate and correct it.

[SusieQQQ 11,588]

Sorry, this happened to us too. If child is not under 18 when you take your oath she has to file herself. 

[ThaOne 101]

1 hour ago, Laura Burney said:

I requested the name change at the interview. Started feeling a bit guilty after as I am removing my mother's name, so was wondering if there is any way to communicate and correct it.

So what you are saying is that you asked for the name change at the interview (removed your mother's name) but now you want to know if it possible to cancel that name change and go back to having your mother's name?

If that is the case, I must say kindly of course, to others reading,  that you really should think this one through prior. Name changes are a little bit more serious and tricky than that.

Nonetheless, there could be a chance for you to stop this because name changes take a longer time. I believe being in line for oath ceremony without a name change and being in line for oath ceremony with name change (if the interview is the only time they heard about you wanting to change) is two very distinct lines. Name changes have to go through courts and there is a whole lot more, so it may be possible for you to call and speak to a Tier 2 officer or someone who can have access to your file and tell you what needs to be done. Obviously, all this will delay your completion.

Hope you find a solution. 

[Laura Burney 0]

17 minutes ago, ThaOne said:

So what you are saying is that you asked for the name change at the interview (removed your mother's name) but now you want to know if it possible to cancel that name change and go back to having your mother's name?

If that is the case, I must say kindly of course, to others reading,  that you really should think this one through prior. Name changes are a little bit more serious and tricky than that.

Nonetheless, there could be a chance for you to stop this because name changes take a longer time. I believe being in line for oath ceremony without a name change and being in line for oath ceremony with name change (if the interview is the only time they heard about you wanting to change) is two very distinct lines. Name changes have to go through courts and there is a whole lot more, so it may be possible for you to call and speak to a Tier 2 officer or someone who can have access to your file and tell you what needs to be done. Obviously, all this will delay your completion.

Hope you find a solution. 

Thank you for your response.

I tried calling to a number on the USCIS site but there was no way I got to speak with a person, just the automated system forcing to try to solve my issue and being quite bad at it too... Providing all sorts of unrelated suggestions. 

[ThaOne 101]

8 minutes ago, Laura Burney said:

Thank you for your response.

I tried calling to a number on the USCIS site but there was no way I got to speak with a person, just the automated system forcing to try to solve my issue and being quite bad at it too... Providing all sorts of unrelated suggestions. 

So I am guessing you do not have the actual Oath letter yet?

On mine there is a section with a number to call incase I was sick, had travelled 2 weeks prior to the oath, couldn't make it for any reason and needed to reschedule. Maybe try and call that number, maybe someone there can help. I haven't called it so I don't know if it is a generic answering machine or if it specific to my center, but you could always give it a try and maybe if you can reach a human, if it's the wrong place, explain your case and they may redirect you. If not once they issue the oath, it means the name they had last is what will be there. You would have to go through a judge to change that again afterwards which means until you sort that out no passport, no SSA adjustments... Anyway, here is what is written on my oath letter. Hope that helps. Try that number if not the one you already called.

 

"... call theU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Contact Center at 1-800-375-5283 (TTY 1-800-767-1833) as soon as possible..."

[SusieQQQ 11,588]

20 minutes ago, Laura Burney said:

Thank you for your response.

I tried calling to a number on the USCIS site but there was no way I got to speak with a person, just the automated system forcing to try to solve my issue and being quite bad at it too... Providing all sorts of unrelated suggestions. 

I haven’t tried this myself but apparently if you say “infopass” enough times when you have to say something they transfer you to a human being. Worth a try anyway.

[millefleur 5,052]

33 minutes ago, Laura Burney said:

Thank you for your response.

I tried calling to a number on the USCIS site but there was no way I got to speak with a person, just the automated system forcing to try to solve my issue and being quite bad at it too... Providing all sorts of unrelated suggestions. 

Try this:

 

[Laura Burney 0]

4 hours ago, ThaOne said:

So I am guessing you do not have the actual Oath letter yet?

On mine there is a section with a number to call incase I was sick, had travelled 2 weeks prior to the oath, couldn't make it for any reason and needed to reschedule. Maybe try and call that number, maybe someone there can help. I haven't called it so I don't know if it is a generic answering machine or if it specific to my center, but you could always give it a try and maybe if you can reach a human, if it's the wrong place, explain your case and they may redirect you. If not once they issue the oath, it means the name they had last is what will be there. You would have to go through a judge to change that again afterwards which means until you sort that out no passport, no SSA adjustments... Anyway, here is what is written on my oath letter. Hope that helps. Try that number if not the one you already called.

 

"... call theU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Contact Center at 1-800-375-5283 (TTY 1-800-767-1833) as soon as possible..."

 

3 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

I haven’t tried this myself but apparently if you say “infopass” enough times when you have to say something they transfer you to a human being. Worth a try anyway.

 

3 hours ago, millefleur said:

Try this:

 

Thank you all very much! I will try all this tomorrow!