Help adopted our son in 1996. He received an IR3 status. Now trying to apply for Pennsylvania non driver photo I'd, which requires a PA birth certificate, which requires a proof of citizenship certificate which we realized we never received. I believe we completed the form N 600 in 1996 which is how we obtained the IR3 status what do we do now?
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Adopted son has IR3 status and never received certificate of citizenship from 1996
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Jackolantern
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Before the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 took effect on Feb. 27, 2001, adopted children did not qualify for N-600; their adoptive parent(s) had to apply N-643 for them, and they did not obtain citizenship until the N-643 was approved, the approval of which required an oath. And it had to be approved before their 18th birthday otherwise they wouldn't get citizenship (but as an adult they could then apply for citizenship on their own via N-400).
You apparently did not complete the N-643 process, so your son would not have obtained citizenship through that.
However, your son may have obtained automatic citizenship on or after Feb. 27, 2001 under the Child Citizenship Act. Was he still under 18 on Feb. 27, 2001? If yes, was he living in the US in your physical and legal custody (I'm assuming you're a US citizen) at any time between Feb. 27, 2001 and his 18th birthday? What was done with his green card, do you at least have a copy of it? Is he 18 or older now? Does he have a US passport?
Your answers will determine the options for what to do next.
You apparently did not complete the N-643 process, so your son would not have obtained citizenship through that.
However, your son may have obtained automatic citizenship on or after Feb. 27, 2001 under the Child Citizenship Act. Was he still under 18 on Feb. 27, 2001? If yes, was he living in the US in your physical and legal custody (I'm assuming you're a US citizen) at any time between Feb. 27, 2001 and his 18th birthday? What was done with his green card, do you at least have a copy of it? Is he 18 or older now? Does he have a US passport?
Your answers will determine the options for what to do next.
My wife is in the same situation. She was adopted by a US soldier at the end of the Vietnam War. She entered the US at 9 months old in 1972 with an IR3 status. For whatever reason her parents never completed the process. Can anyone advise what she needs to do now? Does she need to submit a N400, N600, or something else?
hazelickes
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My wife is in the same situation. She was adopted by a US soldier at the end of the Vietnam War. She entered the US at 9 months old in 1972 with an IR3 status. For whatever reason her parents never completed the process. Can anyone advise what she needs to do now? Does she need to submit a N400, N600, or something else?
Jackolantern
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My wife is in the same situation. She was adopted by a US soldier at the end of the Vietnam War. She entered the US at 9 months old in 1972 with an IR3 status. For whatever reason her parents never completed the process. Can anyone advise what she needs to do now? Does she need to submit a N400, N600, or something else?
She is not a US citizen, because under the old rules (before the Child Citizenship Act took effect in Feb 2001) the parents had to apply for their adopted children's citizenship; it wasn't automatic with the adoption and subsequent IR3 immigration.
Does she have the old passport with the IR3 visa which was used to enter the US? Or a green card? If she has either, she can apply for citizenship via N-400 (assuming other conditions have been met such physical presence).