Recent content by wojtek1

No problem. The key is knowing where your naturalization records are kept. Some older records from US District Courts were moved to National Archives. If you were naturalized in a County Court, the records might still be there. They won't give you a new certificate (only USCIS can do that)...

fedormma - I just gave the office of the US District Court Clerk a call. I explained my situation and they could not have been more helpful. They transferred me directly to the person who deals with naturalization records, she took my full name, DOB, place of birth, approximate date of...

Huracan - thanks for your comments. Actually, I managed to get in touch with the US District Court where I was naturalized and they gave me my CoN Number and my A number for free and a Letter Of Verification for $9. I can use that Letter and the numbers to file the N-595 if I so choose.

Thanks, dms1. Getting a Passport Card is definitely easier (and cheaper!) than a new CoN. Also, while reading your post I thought that if my current, valid passport is lost or stolen, perhaps I could use my older, cancelled one as both proof of citizenship and identity (I am pretty sure I...

Out of abundance of caution, I guess. Both myself and wife travel a LOT internationally, including to countries where purse-snatchings are very common. If I understand correctly how these things work, if a passport is lost or stolen, it's impossible to get a new passport without a CoN. We'd...

Lost Certificate of Naturalization and don't know A number or Certificate Number My wife's and my Certificates of Naturalization (CoNs) were lost in the eighties during one of the many moves we did during that time. Luckily, before we lost them, we had used them to obtain our US Passports...