When I arrived in California from Georgia, one of the first things I did was hang out with some old friends. We went to Six Flags where my wallet was promptly stolen. The only picture i.d. that i had by that point was my certificate of citizenship (btw, not naturalization, citizenship), and i needed to get a California driver's license. The lady after i took my test took it and said she needed to get a copy of it, so she took it, then told me that i would get it via mail with my driver's license. I know... tremendously naive. I was really tired that day after starting my new job, so i wasn't thinking straight.
Suffice it to say that i never got it back, and when i called several people eventually even talking with the director of the CA DMV, they said that unfortunately and definitely against protocol the certificate was destroyed. They promised to pay for the cost of getting a replacement certificate and they'll also pay for my passport. They also got me an inspector who'll try to speak with Homeland Security to expedite the replacement process... Unfortunately, for a month now, nothing has been done.
I'm planning on leaving the country and heading to Korea at the end of December in the 24th or so for nearly a year because of a job, and I absolutely must have a passport by that point. I called Passport and they told me that if I have the receipt for the replacement certificate along with some letters from USCIS or so that i'm sure to procure with the help of the DMV, I should be able to get a temporary passport for a year until I get a permanent one.
This is what i wrote down what the passport people told me.
a. Letter from immigration or court of naturalization that shows my name dob certificate number date and place of naturalization. Request that verification letter is sealed on an envelope. Contact ins freedom of information division officer at local immigration office to receive the verification.
b. Receipt for replacement certificate
c. Statement explaining how it was destroyed.
I just think it's a peculiar situation that i was wondering if someone else went through.
Suffice it to say that i never got it back, and when i called several people eventually even talking with the director of the CA DMV, they said that unfortunately and definitely against protocol the certificate was destroyed. They promised to pay for the cost of getting a replacement certificate and they'll also pay for my passport. They also got me an inspector who'll try to speak with Homeland Security to expedite the replacement process... Unfortunately, for a month now, nothing has been done.
I'm planning on leaving the country and heading to Korea at the end of December in the 24th or so for nearly a year because of a job, and I absolutely must have a passport by that point. I called Passport and they told me that if I have the receipt for the replacement certificate along with some letters from USCIS or so that i'm sure to procure with the help of the DMV, I should be able to get a temporary passport for a year until I get a permanent one.
This is what i wrote down what the passport people told me.
a. Letter from immigration or court of naturalization that shows my name dob certificate number date and place of naturalization. Request that verification letter is sealed on an envelope. Contact ins freedom of information division officer at local immigration office to receive the verification.
b. Receipt for replacement certificate
c. Statement explaining how it was destroyed.
I just think it's a peculiar situation that i was wondering if someone else went through.
