N-600 nightmare interview

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newbie76

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Had an appointment in the morning got there a little late, but people with appointements an hour before me were being called up. Then after waiting 40 or so minutes me and my USC parent went to the interview. He started checking some of the paperwork and went across something we didn't have. Proving that the US parent had custody of me became a huge pain in the behind.

He said I needed to get transcripts from my arrival in US to graduation from high school showing, health insurance card copies any letter from the health insurance companies, 3 bills showing addresses. DMV ID's, US passport ID pages, stamps showing entry into the US, Naturalisation certificates, birth certificates for both of my parents and me. Also the marriage certificate (USC parent). Last three years of taxes showign that I was claimed as a dependent. I was told to come back the same day. I went to my school then my house to get all the papers ready.

I had two folders with the thickness of a 300 page book each (not kidding here) All the papers were checked and collected when i returned back to the office.

Remember FlyDog's post regarding taking the oath, I wondered the same when he gave me that piece of paper to read. I never had citizenship of the former country (weird laws) so i was a stateless person with an american legal residency. lol?

The professionalism of this man or lack thereof really made me mad. He started looking over my school transcript and commenting about the grades then started asking me trivia questions. What really pissed me of was when he asked my USC parent what country he has allegiance to. He didn't know what the word allegiance meant so didn't answer and the immgration officer smiled and said I'm taking you naturalisation certificate and passport. You don't joke about things liek that in my opinion.

Don't ask me to mention the office I'm not goign to answer that question.
 
Hi newbie76,

So after all that trouble, did you get the certificate? I hope so. I'm sorry to hear that they made you jump over all that many hoops. I hope I don't get so much trouble with my kid's N-600.
 
can you guys please tell me what is N600, I can read website/google, but couple of sentences will be useful. Why kids do not fill in N400?
 
If you qualify under the child citizenship act of 2000, then you can't do N400 you have to do N600. You can check the actual requrements but basically if the child's legal parent who had custody of the child naturalises then the child automatically becomes a citizen but you have to fill out the N600 to get it. When i got my certificate it said that i became a citizen on the day my USC parent naturalised and not the day of the interview.
 
Well, at least I am very glad that you got the certificate even as you had to withstand some tough interview and some unprofessional comments.

desihai, N600 is for people who are U.S. citizens through their parents, but were not born in U.S. soil. That is children of naturalized citizens and some other cases. In this case USCIS is not granting citizenship, it is more of making sure that all paperwork is in order and all the correct circumstances were met and that the applicant is indeed a citizen. Many might already have U.S. passports because there is the legal route of applying for a passport for children who become citizens under the child citizenship act of 2000. It is funny because it puts people in limbo, many are U.S. citizens, but if the interview goes wrong and they are denied their citizenship certificate what does that mean? Does it mean they are not citizens? It would create some funny limbo. Let's say that newbie76 couldn't come up with some important document requested during the interview and the application is denied, what happens then? To be honest I don't have the answer myself.

PS: I think the interviewing officer asked too many documents, in my view it is enough to show that at some point since your parent naturalized you met the requirements concurrently, i.e. that at some point in time you were under 18, had the green card and were living in the legal and physical custody of your parent. I would think that it is the spirit of the law that if the conditions are met even for a single moment in time it should be enough to obtain citizenship by operation of law. However, I guess the IO really wanted to make sure that everything was alright.
 
newbie76 I am rereading your post and it looks like your interview went above and beyond what should have been expected. They shouldn't have given you such a hard time. I understand that they need to make sure about custody, and presence in the U.S., but poring over the grades seems a bit too much. If you feel strongly you should file a complaint with the USCIS ombudsman or with whomever is willing to take suggestions at the local office where you went. You're a citizen and were treated rudely, make your voice heard.

My 2 cents.
 
Newbie,

Are you in your teens or 20's ?

I ask because i'm waiting for my son's N600 letter and would like to prepare him.

Huracan said:
newbie76 I am rereading your post and it looks like your interview went above and beyond what should have been expected. They shouldn't have given you such a hard time. I understand that they need to make sure about custody, and presence in the U.S., but poring over the grades seems a bit too much. If you feel strongly you should file a complaint with the USCIS ombudsman or with whomever is willing to take suggestions at the local office where you went. You're a citizen and were treated rudely, make your voice heard.

My 2 cents.
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