chiggins82

This is New York City, My dad was not born there (NY State is separate). the screen shot above doesn't say parent and when I try to apply, it requires I select from a list for my relationship to the person and child is not there. I picked father instead in case I read that wrong and the next screen it pre-filled my info as my dad's father..... so.... yeah I online form is indicating I cannot order it. Like I said above I'll have to call. I don't know why you would assume I just don't want "roll up my sleeves". My previous post stated that I already tried to order the birth certificate and the site stopped me indicating I'm not eligible and my family doesn't have it. So far I haven't seen that I am entitled to order copies of marriage certificates either. They have all the evidence for my N400, the problem is the officer who interviewed me thought I might qualify for N600 and now wants evidence for that, but I don't qualify for.

I got stuck here: None of these apply to me and these are the acceptable forms to prove I can be sent the document....I tried clicking through but I get stopped because Child isn't on the list when it asks my relationship to the person. I'll have to call and find out because I agree it seems like I should be entitled to this? I hear you there, it was relatively smooth sailing until now. Even the officer who interviewed me made it seem like it was no big deal, he just wanted to "double check" I wasn't already a citizen. He said to give him a day or two. 2 months later... Hopefully the Tier II calls me and we can sort it out, I just worry that they won't listen to me.

I'm checking with my mom. They divorced 20 years ago, so she isn't sure what she has, but she said she remembers that he didn't have a birth certificate when they got married and they used a baptismal certificate instead and she is certain she wouldn't have that. The thing is I didn't apply to become a citizen through my dad, I married a US citizen and moved on a K1 and have been a permanent resident for 9 years. My father never held a US passport, and doesn't meet the residency requirement (5 years residing in US, 2 years after the after of 14) and I'm over 18. With the birth certificate I need to have a valid reason to request it and the reasons to provide don't include immigration or child requesting, but I'll pick something that's close enough and fax them my RFE as evidence. I'm waiting to hear from a tier II person on this, because even if I get these documents (which I don't know if I can), my bigger worry is they deny my N400 through marriage/residency and say I have to apply as a child of a US parent and then it's denied because of the reasons above. Got to love that they were fine to approve my K1, Green Card, etc. My dad's country of birth is on my birth certificate and the application.

I'm really hoping I don't have to get a lawyer involved, but I might have to. I don't have a way that I can think of to prove my father doesn't meet the residency requirements. He's deceased and I don't have any of his records from his childhood. Even in looking to see if I can get his birth certificate according to the New York State health department, I may not be entitled to it either. They're asking for his marriage certificate and I have no idea if I can get that either. I don't even get why that would be applicable here at all. The crazy thing about it is when I had my interview the interviewer said I would get approved no matter what. He just had to double check that I could naturalize on this path (his words). Now I feel like I might get denied because I can't meet the RFI requirement. 😭

Hi there, It's been a while since I've posted anything, but I've run into a snag with my N400 and curious of any similar experiences or advice: I applied for N400 and had my interview. In the interview, I was asked if my parents were both born in Canada (where I was born) and always lived in Canada - My dad was born in the US, so I replied: My father was born in the US, he never applied for US Citizenship for himself. he never held a US passport and he is now deceased. The interviewer said that he couldn't approve me because he thought I might be entitled for citizenship through my dad. He said to give him a little time and he would update. I just received an RFI for my father's birth certificate and marriage certificate. Everything I have read on USCIS and here tells me I do not qualify to become a US citizen through my parent because he did not request it before I turned 18 and because he did not meet the residency requirement (he moved when he was a child). I think I might be able to get the birth certificate, but I do recall him looking into this once long ago and saying that he could only get a birth certificate if he knew where he was baptized and he dropped it. I don't know if I can acquire a marriage certificate and frankly don't get why it's applicable? I'm planning to call in and see if I can get more info, but what do I do if I can't get these items? I need to get my response in by June 3 and very worried it's not possible to even acquire the docs at all let alone in that time.