Disteny

Finally I received my NC yesterday in the mail, after 4 months

As long as you have money, why don't apply as an investment ? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Update to this unbelievable situation, my friend as I said was managed to enter the country  after being away for 9 years, and now she applied for green card renewal and scheduled to receive the new green card within two weeks from now.

Update: My friend was managed to enter US yesterday via New York, she didn't apply for the reentry  resident visa, she just booked the tickets, got on board, when they arrived in New York POE , the officer didn't notice that she was away for 9 years, he just looked at the last visa to Egypt and asked her why they were away for 6 months, she told him about her husband illness and her sisters' death and he let them go. Actually she is so lucky. 
@Kor2USA

That's good.  My comment was referring to the post from JourneyFromA2 about applying for N-600 after a failed passport renewal.  Not a good idea.
 

If you already have a U.S. passport, you generally don't need to obtain a Certificate of Citizenship. However, some people prefer to have a certificate as a form of back-up documentation. The Certificate of Citizenship does not expire. Therefore, it may give some citizens more reassurance than a U.S. passport

If you don’t want to file N-600 to get her a Certificate of Citizenship, do her a favor and preserve all the evidence that was used to apply for her passport:
 
* if applicable her green card and/or passport that has the stamped immigration visa.  If not applicable your evidence of physical presence
 
* if applicable your marriage certificate 
 
* if applicable evidence she was in your legal and physical custody 
 
* your USA Birth certificate, CRBA, naturalization certificate, or certificate of citizenship 
 
Otherwise down the road she might need a certificate of citizenship. Producing the evidence I’ve listed decades after she turns she 18 or after you have passed away is challenging. 
 
Increasingly, more bureaucracies are no longer satisfied with a U.S. passport or passport card as evidence of U.S. citizenship.  Examples I’ve see include:
 
* USCIS if your daughter wants to petition a relative to immigrate. Varies by case and IO
* federal civil service for certain roles 
* military  service for certain roles
* registering to vote online in the state of Tennessee
* California state DMV when electronic verification of citizenship does not work
* security clearances for certain work under contract to the federal government 
* SSA when issuing an SSN (unlikely to apply to your daughter if she got an SSN before age 18 … there is a secret policy that has stymied citizens born abroad who learn as adults that they are USA citizens) 
* passport agency if she loses both her passport and passport card and doesn’t want to pay the file search fee
 
10 years ago you never heard of most of the above. Not not a year goes by when I find another edge case.  Stricter interpretations of the PATRIOT and REAL ID laws are resulting in  citizens who don’t have a USA birth certificate, CRBA, certificate of naturalization, or certificate of citizenship to be treated as second class citizens.  
 

Speaking from a personal experience here:
 
My sister was adopted and got her US citizenship when my step-father got his citizenship and my mother got het green card. 
My step-father has passed away and my mother had gotten her citizenship, since,
 
So, now mom is trying to settle up all affairs here before moving back to her home country to retire and one of the thing was to make sure my sister was taken care of. She then found out that my sister’s passport had expired and lost her passport before she turned 21 last year. In December, my sister applied for a renewal so she could go to Indonesia with her, but for whatever reason, the application was returned and she was asked to supply proof of citizenship. Now we are all scrambling to get her N600 filed. 
 
Take this story with a grain of salt. 

I do not recommend applying for N-600 if she cannot get a passport.  N-600 is a one-time deal.  If she gets denied, she will not be able to apply again.  Re-apply for a passport first, submitting other proof of citizenship.
 

It doesn't hurt to get Certificate of Citizenship. I wouldn't do it because I am cheap. It's very expensive!

I think you mean the certificate of citizenship (CoC).  The certificate of naturalization is obtained via the N-400, not the N-600 process.  Applying for CoC via N-600 is optional.
 

Update to this unbelievable situation, my friend as I said was managed to enter the country  after being away for 9 years, and now she applied for green card renewal and scheduled to receive the new green card within two weeks from now.

Update to this unbelievable situation, my friend as I said was managed to enter the country  after being away for 9 years, and now she applied for green card renewal and scheduled to receive the new green card within two weeks from now.

Update to this unbelievable situation, my friend as I said was managed to enter the country  after being away for 9 years, and now she applied for green card renewal and scheduled to receive the new green card within two weeks from now.

I have a friend who has a green card , but left the country and has been away for 9 years due to family issues and they couldn't adapt to life in America, her green card will be expired in March. Can she come  back before the expiration day and renew it in order to live in America once again?

Update: My friend was managed to enter US yesterday via New York, she didn't apply for the reentry  resident visa, she just booked the tickets, got on board, when they arrived in New York POE , the officer didn't notice that she was away for 9 years, he just looked at the last visa to Egypt and asked her why they were away for 6 months, she told him about her husband illness and her sisters' death and he let them go. Actually she is so lucky. 
@Kor2USA

I have a friend who has a green card , but left the country and has been away for 9 years due to family issues and they couldn't adapt to life in America, her green card will be expired in March. Can she come  back before the expiration day and renew it in order to live in America once again?

Update: My friend was managed to enter US yesterday via New York, she didn't apply for the reentry  resident visa, she just booked the tickets, got on board, when they arrived in New York POE , the officer didn't notice that she was away for 9 years, he just looked at the last visa to Egypt and asked her why they were away for 6 months, she told him about her husband illness and her sisters' death and he let them go. Actually she is so lucky. 
@Kor2USA

Update: My friend was managed to enter US yesterday via New York, she didn't apply for the reentry  resident visa, she just booked the tickets, got on board, when they arrived in New York POE , the officer didn't notice that she was away for 9 years, he just looked at the last visa to Egypt and asked her why they were away for 6 months, she told him about her husband illness and her sisters' death and he let them go. Actually she is so lucky. 
@Kor2USA

Update: My friend was managed to enter US yesterday via New York, she didn't apply for the reentry  resident visa, she just booked the tickets, got on board, when they arrived in New York POE , the officer didn't notice that she was away for 9 years, he just looked at the last visa to Egypt and asked her why they were away for 6 months, she told him about her husband illness and her sisters' death and he let them go. Actually she is so lucky. 
@Kor2USA

Update: My friend was managed to enter US yesterday via New York, she didn't apply for the reentry  resident visa, she just booked the tickets, got on board, when they arrived in New York POE , the officer didn't notice that she was away for 9 years, he just looked at the last visa to Egypt and asked her why they were away for 6 months, she told him about her husband illness and her sisters' death and he let them go. Actually she is so lucky. 
@Kor2USA

Update: My friend was managed to enter US yesterday via New York, she didn't apply for the reentry  resident visa, she just booked the tickets, got on board, when they arrived in New York POE , the officer didn't notice that she was away for 9 years, he just looked at the last visa to Egypt and asked her why they were away for 6 months, she told him about her husband illness and her sisters' death and he let them go. Actually she is so lucky. 
@Kor2USA

I'm following this story with interest as I have a friend in a similar situation.
They've been filing taxes and have a home in the US. 
 
@Disteny please update us when and if they enter the US.

In OP’s case and the case I referenced there were economic reasons why the LPRs didn’t remain in the USA.  
 
Given ICE policy as of November 2021, is to not prioritize removals of people who aren’t threats to homeland security or public safety, my guess is if not ever does come up for trial, the LPR in OP’s case will have demonstrated good residency behaviors. 
 
Or maybe the LPR will relapse.  

I have a friend who has a green card , but left the country and has been away for 9 years due to family issues and they couldn't adapt to life in America, her green card will be expired in March. Can she come  back before the expiration day and renew it in order to live in America once again?