Paul Hanaki

Not true at all. People cross the border all the time without a passport. Heck you can take cruises with just a birth certificate. And yes there is a Supreme Court decision that states US Citizens have an absolute right to return to the country.

Any law with criminal penalties requiring a US passport to enter the US is unconstitutional. What it probably means it's unlawful for a US citizen to use a foreign passport to enter the US. William Worthy, Jr., Appellant, v. United States of America, Appellee, 328 F.2d 386 (5th Cir. 1964) Any law with criminal penalties requiring a US passport to enter the US is unconstitutional. What it probably means it's unlawful for a US citizen to use a foreign passport to enter the US. William Worthy, Jr., Appellant, v. United States of America, Appellee, 328 F.2d 386 (5th Cir. 1964)

If you read the full case you would notice that the case was never approved. The OP has been approved. It also specifically states that the person couldn't appeal but they could file another N-600 "[D]enial due to abandonment does not preclude the filing of a new application or petition with a new fee[.] A better example for the current OP's situation is this case. The person failed to appear 4 times after his approval and then claimed that the taking of the oath wasn't needed. They determined that he must take the oath and in the future if he changed his mind and wanted to take the oath he could file another motion and reopen the case. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/err/E2 - Applications for Certification of Citizenship/Decisions_Issued_in_2023/OCT102023_01E2309.pdf "This dismissal is without prejudice to filing a motion to reopen this Form N-600 should the Applicant become available to attend an oath of allegiance ceremony."

?? The case is approved. The darn message on the site states "Your Form N-600, Application for Certificate of Citizenship, has been approved." You just need to sign for the document or if over 14 take the oath, regardless it is approved. I am going to assume you have never applied for the N600. I have done two. One had to take the oath (over 14) and the other didn't (under 14). Also as I have said numerous times on this site it's not "One Shot" you can only file one N600 but you can file a motion to reopen the case with new evidence you can also request the time be changed due to your circumstances.

Yes as least it was for my daughter. She was 11.

Do it now before the price increase by $215 I think in March. Yea it is expensive and takes a while. I think it was 9 months for one of my daughters. Get a fire and waterproof lock box to keep it in once you get it. It costs $500 or more to replace. While you may have all the paperwork now and a passport, who knows in 30 years after the passport has been expired for years. They may have issues proving citizenship.

If you are outside the US and need to submit you can probably do what I did for the N-600 and place the photo on a white paper and scan that in, front and back of photo with the a number. I didn't have any issues doing that.

eh thought it was another form. Can't delete now.

Just call and get the appointment date moved. I to don't understand why they can't mail it but yea we had to go in and pick my daughter's up and sign.

You may have waited too long. Just looking at the average processing time it was 23 months. You may want to contact a congressman after filing to speed up the process. It has to be approved before they are 18.

Just make sure you go over with your attorney all of the facts again to be double sure the child qualifies since you have had issues with the state department. USCIS if they feel the facts don't support citizenship can tell the state department to cancel their passport.

Person 1- Well they denied my N-600 I don't know what to do now. Person 2 - Did you file an appeal within 30 days or file a motion to reconsider? Person 1 - Nope someone on VJ told me it was a one shot deal. I'm mad because I found the paperwork that they said I needed. Person 2 - Well I guess you only had one shot so there is nothing you can do.

It's not it. There is zero limit and no deadline on the number of motions to reconsider a case. (You are confusing it with an appeal) You also do not need an attorney. The process is pretty simple. Filing fees for a N-600 is going up to 1,300 in 2024. A motion to reopen is still cheaper than it would be to file another N-600. Not sure why you are giving advice that is not correct. It is not "One Shot" you have as many shots as you need to get the needed information to immigration.

My wife applied yesterday via 3 year rule. It was the longest form we've done and required a lot of research. Like I can remember my ex wife's birthday from 40 years ago We still have pending ROC. GC date - 4/20/2021 Biometrics reuse notice - 1/24/2024 Our 2 daughters 11/14 already have their citizenships via step-parent adoption. (We included them on the ROC application but it's not necessary it appears, but better safe than sorry) Evidence of marriage provided. We provided a lot more for ROC but since they have all that and it will probably a joint interview I sent minimal docs. Marriage certificate Car title with both names Electric bill with both names Bank account statement with both names 3 years of tax transcripts Employee benefits sheet with all family members listed. Credit card statement with both names listed. Children's adoption paperwork House deed Hopefully this is a smooth process like everything else has been. Just the long waits.

The daughter should hit the 5 year mark in 2 years. The N-400 is increasing to $760 this year and the N-600 is going up to $1,385. It is very crazy that getting a certificate that you are already a citizen is twice as much as getting citizenship. The N-600 is a very short form about 30 minutes as compared to the N-400 which took me about 4 hours to complete. (Includes research and pulling in all the documents).

"You only get one chance to get N-600 approved. If not, they'll be stuck in limbo." This is very much misleading. You can only file a N-600 once but it is not a one and done thing. If you are denied you can appeal and you can also if you get more evidence is file a motion to reconsider. Not sure why this keeps getting posted that you only get one chance at it.

I did an inquiry online last week and just got a generic response "Our records show that your N-600, Application for Certificate of Citizenship, is currently pending adjudication. We regret that we are unable to provide you with a completion date at this time. Once a decision is made you will be contacted. We apologize for the delay." If I were you I would try calling your US Senate office and see if they can help.

Not exactly correct. Airlines will not allow you to board if your passport expires within 6 months for some countries and 3 months for others and you may have to have. a return flight scheduled before your passport expires in other countries.

Just to say a number of countries waive the 6 month requirement and the USA does not require its citizens to have 6 months left. Here is a list where agreements are in place to wave the 6 month requirement and South Korea is on that list. https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2022-Mar/Six-Month Passport Validity Update 20220316.pdf

One of my daughters received her certificate. We had to go to Louisville to pick it up in person. The other daughter who we applied first still hasn't received her's. I asked about her's while we were there but all they could tell me was it was still being adjudicated. We are almost at the 9 month mark for her so not nearly as long as yours. The processing time for Louisville is 6.5 months so not sure why her's is stuck.

Some government jobs with certain security levels require the N-600. Someone has posted about that before. . Also your passport can't be expired to be used as identification. In certain cases even though the person had a passport they were ruled not to be citizens due to the passport being issued in error. I have not found any case that has happened with a N-600,

I'm sure there are lots of people waiting on the N-600. In my area it was supposed to take just 3 1/2 months but it has been 7 months already. One daughter they reused her biometrics but the other we had to have new one done.

On ours I just put a note that the green card was returned to USCIS via the State Department when we applied for the passport. I think I did include a photo copy that I had just in case. I don't think that was necessary though as they should have the document.

Passports are issued by the state department. N600 is issued by immigration. The N600 is better proof of citizenship plus the kid doesn't need to keep renewing the passport.

You just file an I-290B. That is a motion to re-open or reconsider your case.. Yes it costs about $700 but that is half as much if they allowed you to file a N600 again.