Changes to COC N-600 Filing procedures?

[Bluegrass1]

Hi everyone, I understand that now when sending in a N-600 for a COC you need to send it to a lockbox in Phoenix rather than your local office as before. Here's my question, do they then send it to your office to adjudicate it, etc. or is the adjudication/processing/etc. done at a national level now?

Next question, the N-600 instructions says that if there are some documents the USCIS already has on file that will help them process the N-600 then you don't need to re-send all of those. But if those were "on file" at the local office then how will they be used at the national office for processing? Unless they are electronic.

Last question, do you think this will speed up the COC processing and everything? Or make it longer and more difficult?

My son is already a U.S. citizen under the Child Citizenship Act and already has a U.S. passport, I just want to make sure I get him a COC before he gets older and might need it for some reason. Thanks everyone and Happy holidays!

 

[BigJoe5]

Hi everyone, I understand that now when sending in a N-600 for a COC you need to send it to a lockbox in Phoenix rather than your local office as before. Here's my question, do they then send it to your office to adjudicate it, etc. or is the adjudication/processing/etc. done at a national level now?

Next question, the N-600 instructions says that if there are some documents the USCIS already has on file that will help them process the N-600 then you don't need to re-send all of those. But if those were "on file" at the local office then how will they be used at the national office for processing? Unless they are electronic.

Last question, do you think this will speed up the COC processing and everything? Or make it longer and more difficult?

My son is already a U.S. citizen under the Child Citizenship Act and already has a U.S. passport, I just want to make sure I get him a COC before he gets older and might need it for some reason. Thanks everyone and Happy holidays!

Each Immigrant is assigned an A#. That A# has a corresponding A-file (an actual physical file folder). So, if your kid previously submitted a birth certificate (or it was submitted with his immigrant petition), it is already "on file" as you put it. Did you petition for your kid as a "child of a USC"? If yes, then the parent's proof of citizenship is on file. IF the parent's divorce decree was previously submitted to establish custody in order to immigrate the child, it is on file, etc....

When not in use, files tend to be kept either in the main central storage facility or a designated file control office. The A-file is tracked via computer databases and when needed it is located and sent between office locations.

N-600s have been getting adjudicated at the Service Centers for the past several years because mots don't need an interview. IF a face-to-face interview is needed, it is sent to the local office. Many N-600 cases will be sent to the local office at the very end for a "Ceremony", some Certificates are sent by mail.

The N-600 form continues to be reviewed and a new revision is in the final stages.