N600 Questions

[OldUser 11,249]

On 2/9/2026 at 2:11 PM, jg121783 said:

Just spoke with an immigration attorney who is willing to do a half hour consultation for $75 ($2000 for the whole case which were gonna pass on). I found most attorneys are not willing to do this. Gonna try to get all my questions answered then report back here on what I find out in case it helps someone else. In the mean time if anyone has any insight into my questions please post.

This sounds about right, attorneys want to hande entire case typically. Keep us posted!

Edited Thursday at 03:18 PM by OldUser

[mam521 2,941]

On 1/24/2026 at 11:28 AM, jg121783 said:

You did answer all the questions except the one about the info for his biological father. That is where we are stuck. Im thinking about typing up a cover letter explaining that we dont hwve the info abd upload it as additional evidence. Having a hard time finding an attorney that will answer my limited questions for a small fee. They all want to take the whole case for a large fee.

Is his father on the birth certificate?  How did your wife bring the child to the US in the first place? If your wife has full custody and the father is estranged, there's not much more you can do other than provide what evidence you have of the child having been in mom's full custody.  It's really a case of USCIS covering their bases and ensuring this isn't a case of parental kidnapping.  

 

I do agree, get your stepchild's passport first.  Do the N-600 second.  If the child is 14 or older, they will have to attend their own kid oath ceremony. 

[jg121783 3,924]

22 hours ago, mam521 said:

Is his father on the birth certificate?  How did your wife bring the child to the US in the first place? If your wife has full custody and the father is estranged, there's not much more you can do other than provide what evidence you have of the child having been in mom's full custody.  It's really a case of USCIS covering their bases and ensuring this isn't a case of parental kidnapping.  

 

I do agree, get your stepchild's passport first.  Do the N-600 second.  If the child is 14 or older, they will have to attend their own kid oath ceremony. 

The father is not on the birth certificate. My wife brought my step son on her spousal visa. USCIS seemed to have no issues with this. Its been so long I dont even recall if the spousal visa application even asked about his biological father. My step son is 18 (was a minor when my wife was naturalized).

[jg121783 3,924]

I finally found an attorney who was willing to do a free consultation and she was very helpful. She happens to practice Philippines law also so that was helpful for stuff we need to deal with on that end of things (dual citizenship, ect). Anyways here are the answers she gave me specifically regarding the N600:

 

As far as the information for his biological father goes she said that is not applicable as his name is not on my step sons birth certificate. She agreed with my suggestion to note that in a cover letter. She said enter "n/a" in all the fields for that section.

 

As far as the date his original passport was issued goes she told me which government agency in the Philippines to contact to obtain that information.

 

For the section where it asks for evidence of his citizenship she said his mother's naturalization certificate and his birth certificate are all we need. Some people suggested getting his US passport first then uploading that as additional evidence. She said that is not nessasary.

 

Hope this info helps someone else who has the same questions.

[TBoneTX 49,229]

5 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

I finally found an attorney who was willing to do a free consultation

Commendations on your persistence.  This is intense, time-consuming stuff.

6 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

Hope this info helps someone else

It's interesting to learn about, and it'll be highly valuable to others in your position.  Good job.

[mam521 2,941]

1 hour ago, jg121783 said:

As far as the information for his biological father goes she said that is not applicable as his name is not on my step sons birth certificate. She agreed with my suggestion to note that in a cover letter. She said enter "n/a" in all the fields for that section.

The N/A was going to be my suggestion.  I assume that you were able to bring both of them to the US on the basis of your wife having full custody and I know the Philippines is a bit different when it comes to the birth certificates.  When there is no father listed, it, for lack of a better term, gives the mother free reign, so in this instance, not applicable in a not dissimilar way to initial immigration.  

 

Your wife will have to file a DS-5525 with the child's DS-11 passport application, just as a head's up.  Also, the child will have to accompany mom in person when the passport is applied for.  

Edited 9 hours ago by mam521