First U.S. Passport for my child and marriage certificate

[elderdin]

Hi everyone!

I received an American citizenship and got U.S. passport. Then I have applied for an US-passport for my child. A week later, I got mail from the State Department, they need our marriage certificate. Two days later I received a letter from them that US-passport has printed and already sent by mail. At the end of the week, I received an American passport for my child.

I have a question about this marriage certificate: should I send or not?

 

[John Immanuel]

To be on the safer-side send your marriage certificate.

 

[cafeconleche]

You don't need to be married to transmit citizenship under the Child Citizenship Act, if I'm not mistaken. It's possible a novice officer requested it, and was overruled by a supervisor?

 

[1AurCitizen]

Don't send anything since the passport has been produced and received

 

[newacct]

You don't need to be married to transmit citizenship under the Child Citizenship Act, if I'm not mistaken. It's possible a novice officer requested it, and was overruled by a supervisor?

However, the child needs to be in your legal and physical custody, and USCIS considers a child living with biological parents who are married to each other as being in their legal custody. If you don't have that, you need some other evidence of legal custody.

 

[cafeconleche]

However, the child needs to be in your legal and physical custody, and USCIS considers a child living with biological parents who are married to each other as being in their legal custody. If you don't have that, you need some other evidence of legal custody.

Interesting. Makes sense. But, I guess they took his word for it