How to get US citizenship

[Glenish 2]

Hi everyone. It's been so long since I visited this website! I got here in California since 2015 my life have been very busy and time here running so fast! Anywies, I finally got my daughter from the Philippines last year of August 2021 under my US citizen husband. My question is, I want to get my US Citizen this year what's the first step to do? Also can my daughter get her US citizen as well? She already get her green visa last year.  

 

Thank you for reading.

Edited March 12, 2022 by Glenish

[Timona 4,207]

You can apply after 3 years of being a GC holder AND married to same USC.

 

Or 5 year of being GC holder.

[Mike E 11,740]

1 hour ago, Glenish said:

 Also can my daughter get her US citizen as well? She already get her green visa last year.  

How old is she?

 

Is your husband her father?

 

Is she in the USA?

[Bob in Boston 734]

If you have had your green card for 3 years and still married to your US Citizen husband you can apply for your naturalization under the 3 year rule. If you have had it for 5 years you can apply under the 5 year rule( a little less paperwork). If your child is under 18 when you naturalize they will automatically get their citizenship and you can file for your passports together. you can also file the N600 and get them their own naturalization certificate ( expensive) Good Luck

[Mike E 11,740]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

How old is she?

 

Is your husband her father?

 

Is she in the USA?

@Glenish 

 

so looking at your post history your daughter  was 8 in 2017 so she is 12-14 today.  
 

If you become a citizen before she turns age 18, she will automatically be a USA citizen provided you have legal custody of her.  
 

If your husband today is her father or adopted father she already is a U.S. citizen. 

[Ontarkie 14,270]

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[Glenish 2]

3 hours ago, Mike E said:

How old is she?

 

Is your husband her father?

 

Is she in the USA?

Hello, she's 13yo this July. And no my husband is not the father and yes she's in the USA with us now. 

[Glenish 2]

2 hours ago, Mike E said:

@Glenish 

 

so looking at your post history your daughter  was 8 in 2017 so she is 12-14 today.  
 

If you become a citizen before she turns age 18, she will automatically be a USA citizen provided you have legal custody of her.  
 

If your husband today is her father or adopted father she already is a U.S. citizen. 

Hello.. thank you for the great info. Yes she's 12. And no my husband is not the father. 

[Glenish 2]

4 hours ago, Timona said:

You can apply after 3 years of being a GC holder AND married to same USC.

 

Or 5 year of being GC holder.

Yes, thank you for the responds. 

[Demise 1,295]

10 hours ago, Glenish said:

Hello, she's 13yo this July. And no my husband is not the father and yes she's in the USA with us now. 

Naturalize while she's under 18. She'll become a US Citizen by operation of law. Then you'll need to file N-600 to get her a certificate of citizenship or apply for a US passport for her.  Either of those is just so she'll have a document proving that she's a US citizen. USCIS for some bizarre reason doesn't automatically give any kind of proof of citizenship to a child upon a parent's naturalization.

[Mike E 11,740]

Always apply for the passport and passport card first.  Once both are successfully secured then apply for N-600.  You get multiple attempts for a passport and passport card but just one for an N-600.  And once you start an N-600 commit to seeing the process through, including timely response to RFEs. 
 

So use the passport and passport card applications as training before taking on N-600.  
 

The passport and/or passport card is not always sufficient as there is a list of edge cases.  My wife for example  could not adjust status using my  US passport.  
 

 

[Glenish 2]

12 hours ago, Demise said:

Naturalize while she's under 18. She'll become a US Citizen by operation of law. Then you'll need to file N-600 to get her a certificate of citizenship or apply for a US passport for her.  Either of those is just so she'll have a document proving that she's a US citizen. USCIS for some bizarre reason doesn't automatically give any kind of proof of citizenship to a child upon a parent's naturalization.

Thank you very much for the info. 

10 hours ago, Mike E said:

Always apply for the passport and passport card first.  Once both are successfully secured then apply for N-600.  You get multiple attempts for a passport and passport card but just one for an N-600.  And once you start an N-600 commit to seeing the process through, including timely response to RFEs. 
 

So use the passport and passport card applications as training before taking on N-600.  
 

The passport and/or passport card is not always sufficient as there is a list of edge cases.  My wife for example  could not adjust status using my  US passport.  
 

 

Thank you very much.