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First, our situation was different than yours in that we pursued the I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) process leading to green card issuance, instead of the K-1 Visa process.   Second, we did have a child overseas while our immigration process progressed.  Having said this, I will tell you that having a child was the SINGLE MOST VALUABLE life event that facilitated not only initial temporary Visa/Green Card issuance, but also the subsequent Removal of Conditions from the temporary Green Card, and later U.S. Citizenship approval.  For example, In preparation for our interview at the U.S. Embassy, we studied the countless possible questions and the appropriate responses based on our relationship.  However, when we went for our interview, we were asked only three questions.  'Is that your daughter, [NAME]?"  This was in regard to our daughter born in the Dominican Republic.  My wife had two children by a previous marriage (my two step-children).  The embassy interviewer also asked each step-child their names.   This was the total extent of our embassy interview!  Later during subsequent immigration steps leading to U.S. Citizenship approval, we had to provide a lot of evidence to prove a bonafide marriage.  Receipts and documents related to our children carried the most weight.  In fact, we did not submit much of the other evidence as recommended at this site (because we found this site after we submitted our various packages). 

First, our situation was different than yours in that we pursued the I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) process leading to green card issuance, instead of the K-1 Visa process.   Second, we did have a child overseas while our immigration process progressed.  Having said this, I will tell you that having a child was the SINGLE MOST VALUABLE life event that facilitated not only initial temporary Visa/Green Card issuance, but also the subsequent Removal of Conditions from the temporary Green Card, and later U.S. Citizenship approval.  For example, In preparation for our interview at the U.S. Embassy, we studied the countless possible questions and the appropriate responses based on our relationship.  However, when we went for our interview, we were asked only three questions.  'Is that your daughter, [NAME]?"  This was in regard to our daughter born in the Dominican Republic.  My wife had two children by a previous marriage (my two step-children).  The embassy interviewer also asked each step-child their names.   This was the total extent of our embassy interview!  Later during subsequent immigration steps leading to U.S. Citizenship approval, we had to provide a lot of evidence to prove a bonafide marriage.  Receipts and documents related to our children carried the most weight.  In fact, we did not submit much of the other evidence as recommended at this site (because we found this site after we submitted our various packages). 

Yes, we did receive a U.S. Passport and U.S. Passport Card for both of our daughters - applying via a local U.S. Post Office.  
 
Our 17 year old daughter's passport was approved and returned to us in less than three weeks.  
 
However,  our 15 year old daughter's passport application was tougher due to her being under 16 years of age which requires extra documentation.  The U.S. Passport office corresponded with us requesting additional information to include:  
 
1) A signed DS-3050, Statement of Consent, signed by the biological father.   (Had the Post Office clerk advised us to submit my (step father) legal guardianship documents, this may not have been necessary.)
2) Evidence that shows that the daughter was "in the sole or joint legal custody of your U.S. citizen parent pursuant to lawful admission for permanent residence."
3) “Early public records issued at or near the time of your birth which show your name and the names of your parent(s) such as hospital, religious, medical or insurance records.  The birth document you submitted was recorded more than one year after the birth occurred.”  
 
We did provide the passport office with the additional requested information and received a U.S. Passport three weeks after submission.  In hindsight, we should have waited a few months until our second daughter reached 16 years of age and then submitted the passport application.  This would have saved us the trouble of obtaining copies of documents (and translations) from the Dominican Republic (which had been originally prepared and submitted to USCIS for our I-130 application).   All of the issues raised by the passport office regarding the younger daughter also applied to the older daughter, but we did not have to submit the extra documents for the older daughter.  The passport office promptly returned all of our supporting original documents which we submitted.  The Passport office kept the Xerox copies that we also provided with the originals.  
 
Wishing you a speedy non-eventful application process!!  

It took us five weeks to get the mother's U.S. passport, applying though a Post Office.  We just applied for #1 Daughter's passport.  We had to wait until her mother's passport had been issued and her original Naturalization Certificate returned.  Then we submitted the mother's original naturalization certificate with the daughter's passport application.  (This is so tedious.  We will wait until the certificate is returned a second time, then apply for #2 Daughter's passport.  The powers to be will not allow us to batch process three passport applications; the USCIS site says each passport application may go to different offices).  And yes, we had to submit the Green Cards with the passport applications.  So, no Green Card as secondary evidence to prove citizenship via naturalization of the mother in the event the daughters' passports are lost or not renewed for some reason long after I am dead (but, free of all the USCIS requirements :-).  It was a bit difficult to surrender the 10-year Green Cards.  It took us 409 days to get them via the I-751 process.  We had them for less than a year.  But, seeing a U.S. Passport in hand is such a great feeling after working our way through the I-130, NVC, Embassy Interview, I-751, and N-400 processes.  Best wishes to all here!!

My wife just passed her N-400 interview today; she has two daughters under 18.  The day that she takes her oath, we will apply for U.S Passports for the two daughters.  And, after much serious thought, we have decided to also submit two N-600 applications for Certificate of Citizenship.  (I say serious thought because each N-600 will cost us $1,170.)  
 
The national news is so terrible with so many administration initiatives to curb immigration - both illegal and legal.  U.S. Citizens are having their U.S. Passports revoked or not renewed!!
I am concerned that decades from now, if our daughters lose their passport, they will have no evidence of U.S. Citizenship through naturalization of their mother.  
 
Then our daughter would have to assemble a packet of "Secondary Evidence" to prove U.S. Citizenship through Naturalization of a Parent.  They would be required to submit:  
Your foreign birth certificate listing your parent(s) Your parent(s)’ naturalization certificate Evidence of your permanent residence status. Examples include: Permanent Resident Card/Green Card Foreign passport with the original I-551 visa entry stamp Your parents' marriage certificate (if your parents were married when you legally entered the U.S. and before your 18th birthday)  Documentation of legal custody (if your parents were not married when you legally entered the U.S.) Evidence of your legitimation (if your parents were not married at the time of your birth). Examples include: Your parents' marriage certificate dated after your birth Certified court order of legitimation  There is no way that our teen daughters will faithfully maintain all of the above ORIGINAL documents for the rest of their lives.  Yes, they can apply for a renewed passport, but what if they run into bureaucratic obstacles?  It's simpler to get them a Certificate of Citizenship now, albeit irrationally expensive!
 
 

just got the kids passports delivered at the same time, you don't need to apply one kid at a time you just need to copy the Naturalization certificate of mother, their green card or foreign passport that ha I-551 for both of the kids and need to  notarized each copies and send with the application, you don't need to send the original anymore just the certified true copy. its work.

It is unfortunate that the N-600 is so expensive and the fees keep going up every year. Two posters have pointed out very valid reasons to apply for N-600 and get certificate of citizenship. While your kids are genuine US citizens and will have the passport to prove that, passports are issued by the State Department and not the USCIS. So the USCIS still lists them as permanent resident, not citizens. I dont see the government spending on the technology to integrate all this anytime soon. 
 
In the meantime, the burden to prove their citizenship when the passport is lost or stolen (say, in a foreign country) will be on the kids. I dont want my kid to go through this process - so I plan to eat this cost when I naturalize. I also dont want them to struggle to reach me/get access to my documentation during such a time. 
 
Another scenario is when they apply for a government job or security clearance which checks with USCIS and finds an inconsistency there. Just more delays, fees, hurdles, frustration. At that time, the cost will be much higher for them to bear, when they should be saving their limited resources for an emergency!
 
When your kids want to sponsor a spouse in the future, they will need their certificate of citizenship # or other identifier to prove their citizenship. Again, this will be a hurdle for them. 
 
OP, when your finances improve, please consider getting the COC for your kids. They will thank you in the future.

I have to agree with you. Even though it is cheaper to just proceed with the passport, I also think it is very important for the children to have their own Certificate of Naturalization. I am going through the same process and I also decided that as soon as I obtain my Citizenship I will apply for my son's N-600. The immigration laws in this country seem to be more restrictive every year and who knows how different they will be by the time they are adults.
 
I also attended a free-session on how to obtain your U.S. Citizenship at my local library and when we were discussing my son's situation, he mentioned both routes. Just applying for the passport would be enough. However, he also made mention that he had heard that sometimes when they apply to Colleges and never obtained the N-600, it created confusion, because under the immigration system, they were still listed as permanent residents and not U.S. citizens. If they never applied for the N-600, they never surrendered their green card.
 
I feel that when it comes to immigration it is best to proceed on the safe side. I know it can be expensive, but if something goes wrong later on, you will spend thousands of dollars on an immigration lawyer trying to solve the situation. 
 
Just my 2 cents for the day  

My wife just passed her N-400 interview today; she has two daughters under 18.  The day that she takes her oath, we will apply for U.S Passports for the two daughters.  And, after much serious thought, we have decided to also submit two N-600 applications for Certificate of Citizenship.  (I say serious thought because each N-600 will cost us $1,170.)  
 
The national news is so terrible with so many administration initiatives to curb immigration - both illegal and legal.  U.S. Citizens are having their U.S. Passports revoked or not renewed!!
I am concerned that decades from now, if our daughters lose their passport, they will have no evidence of U.S. Citizenship through naturalization of their mother.  
 
Then our daughter would have to assemble a packet of "Secondary Evidence" to prove U.S. Citizenship through Naturalization of a Parent.  They would be required to submit:  
Your foreign birth certificate listing your parent(s) Your parent(s)’ naturalization certificate Evidence of your permanent residence status. Examples include: Permanent Resident Card/Green Card Foreign passport with the original I-551 visa entry stamp Your parents' marriage certificate (if your parents were married when you legally entered the U.S. and before your 18th birthday)  Documentation of legal custody (if your parents were not married when you legally entered the U.S.) Evidence of your legitimation (if your parents were not married at the time of your birth). Examples include: Your parents' marriage certificate dated after your birth Certified court order of legitimation  There is no way that our teen daughters will faithfully maintain all of the above ORIGINAL documents for the rest of their lives.  Yes, they can apply for a renewed passport, but what if they run into bureaucratic obstacles?  It's simpler to get them a Certificate of Citizenship now, albeit irrationally expensive!
 
 

We applied (N400) on January, 6, 2019.  Our interview at the Prosperity Avenue office in Fairfax is on 15 June; so, a five month wait for us.  Hope you get a speedy interview!  Good Luck!

We had to cut our summer vacation short in the Dominican Republic because our oath ceremony was unexpectedly scheduled for early July -  just three weeks after our interview.  
We didn't think that our oath ceremony would held until August or September at the earliest.  
Fortunately, we paid $106 extra for the Allianz Global Assistance flight insurance offered when purchasing four American Airline tickets.
 
So, we had to purchase new flight tickets to return home two weeks earlier than planned for the oath ceremony.
We submitted a claim to Allianz to recoup the cost of our original return flight family tickets.  When submitting this claim, we included a copy of the N-445 Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony from DHS.  
Allianz recognized the N-445 as a "Legal Proceeding" and refunded our total airline $1400 ticket purchase cost today.
 
So, we recommend the Allianz flight insurance if you need to travel while waiting for your Oath Ceremony notification.  
You will need to submit a copy of your N-445 and "paid receipts" for both original and revised flight ticket costs.  Everything is done online, scanning and posting these travel docs on Allianz web site.  Easy to follow instructions provided at web site.
Wishing each of your a speedy interview and oath ceremony.  Thank you for helping us make it through this long and very often frustrating journey.  

So my oath ceremony was yesterday at Los Angeles Convention Center. Thousands of people became citizens. It was crazy crowded and it took a while to get out of there after the ceremony because the waiting to get the certificates was long. Thank goodness everything went well and I got my certificate with my name changed as I wanted. The ceremony was nice and I got so emotional when they played songs. 
Finally this journey is over and now I just have to deal with changing my name in all my documents. 
I will never forget how helpful visa journey people were, and I wish everyone who is still waiting, the best. Don’t  lose hope, it will happen soon when you less expect it. God bless you all and America. 

Congrats!!!!!!! 

Dropping in to say how happy I am to see those who are blessed to be done with immigrations. Send us some of your luck! We're probably still a year out from being done  unless a miracle happens but I can't help but wonder: what will I obsess about when I don't have to think about immigrations anymore? My cats and kid don't count because I'm already obsessed with them. All my phone pictures are either of my kid or my cats hehe
 
I've been so bored at work I actually compiled a list of common noxious weeds of the northern plains. Now when I pull weeds from my yard I know what name to curse. Darn you, lambsquarters! How dare you, wild buckwheat! Death to you, purslane!
 

We had our Oath Ceremony yesterday in Alexandria, VA capping a long journey -- six month I-130 Alien Petition process, followed by another six month process with the NVC in Vermont, then a 409 day I-751 approval process.  The N-400 process was relatively quick; applied in January, had interview on 15 June, followed by oath on 9 July.
 
The N-445, Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony notice had us reporting at 8:30 a.m.  We arrived at 7:45 and there were already hundreds in line ahead of us.  300 people were sworn in.  We were told another 300 would have another oath ceremony in the afternoon.  
 
8:30 - 10:00 am for registration.  10:00 - 10:45 am for the actual oath ceremony.  11:00 to deal with any corrections to the Certificates of Naturalization.  The local county election officials were on hand to register new citizens to vote.  Guidance given on a number of subjects, e.g., notifying the Social Security Administration, passport applications, etc.  
 
Wishing everyone a speedy interview and oath ceremony.

Hi!
I went to my Oath Ceremony today. It went well. There were 112 new citizens from 21 countries. It took about an hour. It was a nice experience for me and everyone. I am glad my journey is over. I filed on January 25,2019. I had my interview on June 10,2019. On July 10,2019 my oath took place in Albuquerque NM. 
 
Good luck to those who are still waiting.
Your journey will be over, be patience. 😊
 

N400 interview scheduled 

I have my oath in 6 days!!! 4th of july!

I would cut the vacation short and get it done and out the way

My case was received Feb 1st. Although I filed on Jan 29th. Had my interview a couple of days ago and was approved. Congrats to the other members who were approved and all the best to the ones waiting on theirs'.

A NEW CITIZEN!

Oath taken today in Kansas City (6-19-2019) -
LESS than 4 years from when we started by submitting the I-485 after our K1 visa marriage!
 
Filed the N400  -                                                   23 January 2019
NOA for the N400 -                                              28 January 2019
Biometrics (St.Louis,MO) -                                 22 February 2019
Received Interview Appointment date -           02 March 2019
Interview date (Kansas City) -                            01 April 2019 (approved)
Oath Taken - COMPLETE (Kansas City) -         19 June 2019
 

Congrats !!!!!

you have point for that, but I want to escape for paying that $1,170 each lol, I already been paying their CR2 visa and removal of condition, now I realized that the fiancee visa is way cheaper than spouse visa, any way thank you.

Yes, I agree with Morgan.  The MyUSCIS site updated a day following our initial notification.  And our interview letter was posted to MyUSCIS in three days from notification.  

I owe this to this website it  helped me alot  , since I filed everything on my own no lawyers involved am going go go through my case time line first and am going to share interview experience.  
Piece of advice,  don't lie  , always tell the truth  .
October 2015  married  filed for adjustment of status 
 January 2016 got my EAD card 
March 2016 was my interview for adjustment of status  approved for conditional green card 
December 2017 filed for removing of the condition (I-751) based on the 90 days before rule .
January  the beginning of it I had my finger prints .
February 2018 got my extension letter for my status 
April 2018 my case was moved to the local office 
August 2018 got another 12 month extension letter 
December 2018 applied for my naturalization (90 days early rule ) be careful make sure u apply a week or so into the 90 dat rule because if u file too early they will reject it .I filed online .
January 2019  got my figure prints 
February 2019  my interview was scheduled for March 2019 !!! I know it was so fast , I followed the instructions on their website when it comes to filing , attached every thing they asked for and more.  
March 2019  the interview day  I get there half an hour early we check in , and we waited almost 2 hours till a nice officer came saying u look you have been waiting here for a while what you waiting for and my face was like "naturalization appoitment that I checked in 2 hours ago , she  walked with me to her office made me swear in and then the torture begun : she is like u never got your other green card have you? I said no but since I was eligible to apply for n400 I did it because why not and I brought my partner in case we need a joint interview . I can tell she didn't like the fact I know too much she said well it will never happen today we might have to reschudale you . My face was like you kidding me ,  I was polite deep inside like a volcano about to erupt but I kept it cool , I was like am going to play their game , I can tell she was going through my file that's why it took her 2 hours to call me in .
So she tells me I need to wait outside until she calls me in , I went outside and then 15 min later calls me back in reminds me am still under oath and she is going to interview me and send me home , now minds you I was excited that day I was so happy my journey going to be over , little did I know !!!! Any how she start going through my application , and I updated certain things like  the question about traffic tickets I said no originally but then I remembered I have a tickets that was reduced to non moving violation so I brought my driving record and she took it , also she asked me if I have any tax script for the years after filing for my I-751 I said yes and she took them so in my mind am like she is interviewing me for the I-751 AND N400 TOGETHER , she asks for a prove of car insurance paid and I said I don't have it but I have her alot of proofs , bank statements,  life insurance,  reitirments beneficiary,  health insurance , that covers  since we were married till the day of the interview (it's important to show that the documents covering that entire marriage interval ) ,joint saving account , phone bills . 
She then asks me if I signed up for  selective service and I said yes and I brought the receipt to show I did back in 2016 which I think they did sign me up I didn't do it and send me the information .
She then starts without telling me , the English and the history tests , I answered all of them correctly , the booklet they have on their website covered every thing  focouse on that the most 
Then she tells me am all done for today we went as far as we can , I asked her did I pass she said oh yah you did every thing she gives me the notice that said I passed everything and she said I can't make a decision  because your I-751 is not approved yet , I was like so now do I have to wait she said u will hear something in the mail soon . 
I came out , feeling like because let me tell you what the abuse in her looks , in her way of talking , the degrading , but I looked through all of that because you simply can't just start yelling , the ball in their hand  and she can simply toss my file some where and forget about it , I think she felt bad at the end and she said am sorry we had you waiting all this time , and I said it's okay I got the day off am all yours.  
 
So after that the waiting game begins ..... Nothing online , no updates till about 
 
April end of April 2019. My I-751 was approved and I got my 10 years green card in a matter of 4 days .
 
So am.like now what . So I signed in on my account that I filed the n400 on , there is an option where u can send a message to inquire  so I did that,  I got a very nice email from a uscis officer , telling me that my case is waiting the last approval  and if that is okay they will schedule me for my oath 
Now mind you the website still saying  we Schudaled you for interview March 2019 , it didn't even update that I attended it 
So what I did , since the filed office is literally 15 min away from where I live , I went ahead and schudele an info pass , I went there and I told him that I just got my 10byear green card and my n400 was bending because  I didn't have it at the time of the interview , he assured me my case is still with an officer and I have to wait . 
So 3 days after one evening I was bored so I decided to to into my account and email the uscis officer again ,   I got a response the next day saying that he initiate an inquiry with my buffole office that is handling my n400 to see what's going on...
May 2019  14 or 15 , my oath cermoney was schudeled . 
You know the saying squueky wheel gets the oil 
My advice through all of this 
Keep pushing them in a nice way 
Follownthe instruction online 
File online it's easy and u can follow the update on your case .
 
God bless all of you. Good luck and I hope my experience benefit other people 
Thanks again visa journey .