Certificate of Naturalization Question!

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Hi, I have a question about the Certificate of Naturalization and government jobs. some time ago a friend of mine who is a naturalized citizen with a US passport, applied for a Gov job, think it was NIH or FDA or something, they hired him but later rejected him because he didn't have the certificate of naturalization, even tho he is an US citizen w/passport.


so my question is, is this the normal policy, do you have to have the Certificate of Naturalization as the primary proof of citizenship for some jobs? im not trying for CIA or FBI or anything, but still, because i've always thought that passport is the ultimate document for proof of citizenship, the whole thing just sounds silly to me, i had to prove that I am a citizen to get the passport...
 
Your friend may have been someone who may be, or just thought he was, a citizen through his parent(s) naturalization. He may have applied for a passport and been issued one in error. That happens more than you might imagine.

The passport may be valid and proper but could not be verified by that particular government agency (it's not like everybody knows everybody else in government).

He probably never got any type of certificate from INS (now USCIS). If he had then his immigration records in the computer database would have been updated from greeencard holder to citizen.

USCIS maintains the E-verify database used by many employers to check on a person's work eligibility. It may have still indicated that he was an LPR and not a USC. The database is continually expanding to include more sources (passport photos just got added).

Even if the passport was actually correct, the discrepency in other records may have been the issue.

If your friend really did get his citizenship from his parents then he should file a form N-600 with USCIS.

If he did actually naturalize on his own in the past and was issued a certificate by INS or USCIS, then to get a replacement it is form N-565.

Find the forms at www.uscis.gov

There is still another possibility. Perhaps he was born abroad but was a citizen at birth. If his USC parent(s) registered his birth at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate he may have gotten a form FS-240, Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America. If he did the he can apply for a replacement or an equivalent abstract birth report from the State Department at: http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/first/first_825.html If he was a USC born abroad but his birth was not timely registered he may have only been issued a passport in the first place.

If it does turn out that he was a citizen all along and he wants his job back he can file, in U.S. District Court, a Petition for a Declaration of United States Nationality under INA 360(a) [8 USC 1503(a)] and pursuant to 28 USC 2201, naming the Secretary of the Department, and the Head of the Agency, that dismissed him or denied employment to him soley on the ground that he is not a national (which includes a citizen) of the United States.

National of the United States is defined at INA 101(a)(22) [8 USC 1101(a)(22)].
 
The USCIS does not keep track of all citizens of the USA. While eVerify indeed checks with the USCIS database to get an approval, a native-born citizen who presents a passport will not exist in the database but will get an approval never the less. In this case, the USCIS will not be able to decide whether such passport was issued by mistake or not and nobody will require such applicant to present the birth certificate.
 
The USCIS E-verify database also draws from Social Security database, so does cover everyone who was ever issued a social security number. Even still, typos exist throughout every database that is included, so there will always be some errors found in E-verify.
 
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