New N-400 form& K2 question

[jebs 0]

Hello

I am curious about the new N-400 form (Rev. 11-23-10) & it's implications for our daughter. My wife & her daughter arrived in late 2006 on a K1-K2 visa.

We immediately married & adjusted status around Feb. of 2007. My wife & daughter both have their 10 year green cards, and now it is

time for my wife to naturalize.

If I send in a check for both of their biometrics fees ($170.00) & one check for the N-400 filing fee ($595.00), will that be sufficient to

allow our daughter (13 years old) to naturalize along with her mother on this one N-400 form?

Or, will the daughter have to wait 1-2 years until she can apply for the citizenship certificate?

I seem to remember that the previous versions of the form had a checkbox that would specifically state if you desired proper aged children to naturalize along with the parent......

Thanks

[jodee 30]

Hello

I am curious about the new N-400 form (Rev. 11-23-10) & it's implications for our daughter. My wife & her daughter arrived in late 2006 on a K1-K2 visa.

We immediately married & adjusted status around Feb. of 2007. My wife & daughter both have their 10 year green cards, and now it is

time for my wife to naturalize.

If I send in a check for both of their biometrics fees ($170.00) & one check for the N-400 filing fee ($595.00), will that be sufficient to

allow our daughter (13 years old) to naturalize along with her mother on this one N-400 form?

Or, will the daughter have to wait 1-2 years until she can apply for the citizenship certificate?

I seem to remember that the previous versions of the form had a checkbox that would specifically state if you desired proper aged children to naturalize along with the parent......

Thanks

Nope,..no option for the kids on the paperwork, except to state their names, dates of birth,..and whether the child is with you or not...on the form you put "with me " as she lives with you.

I started mine in September, with previous form, and no spot to indicate for Children to naturalize along with the parent, simply because children under 18 automatically acquire it. I just have to provide my natz certificate, and marriage cert, and thier birth certs, to get their passports...oh and kids under 17 usually require approval from biological other parent by authorizing and acknowledging issuance of US passport. My kids are 17, but i am getting a letter from their Bio dad regardless, so we do not run into any problems.

I just noticed your daughter is 13,...after your wife naturalizes, she will have to get approval from bio dad for issuance of passport to the child. If father is not contactable, or can't be found, i think it says on passport site, a notorized letter stating that must be submitted.

US passport once issued is a form of proof of US citizenship fro the child. If you want a certificate for your daughter, you will have to submitt a N600 after mothers Natz is completed.

I should add, we have now finished, and I had my ceremony Thursday .

No fees involved for kids under 18 at all. they do not have to renounce anything, and mine get to hang onto their greencards for a souvenir...lol

Edited December 19, 2010 by jodee

[Sand 5]

Good Luck.

Edited December 20, 2010 by Sand

[Kathryn41 3,205]

As Jodee stated, your daughter is still a minor so when your wife becomes a US citizen, your daughter will derive her own citizenship status through her mother. She will just need to obtain proof of that status which can be with her own citizenship document (by filing the I-600) or by a US passport. As your wife will also require a US passport you will need to send off her citizenship certificate for each passport separately so you might decide who gets their passport done first. If you are lucky enough to live near an actual Passport Center, your wife would be able to bring in both applications with the certificate at the same time. Good luck.

and Congratulations, Jodee!

Edited December 20, 2010 by Kathryn41