N-600 or renew my green card?

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deltaflight

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Hi, I'm currently 19 years old my dad got naturalize in 2007 which I was 17 at the time. The court said if you have any son or daughter that was under 18 years old they automatically become U.S Citizen. I have the money to file the N-600, but its going to hold me back from enlisting in the military. The Marines want at least a passport from me because I don't have a birth certificate and thats the only thing they will accept. My green card expire because my dad didn't bother to renew it since I became a citizen already. Should I file the N-600 or renew my green card? I read somewhere on the forum that I you don't need to file the N-600 and you can apply for a passport can I get more information on that?

Thank You
 
You can get passport without an N-600. Check the passport instructions, but mainly:
- Your father's naturalization certificate
- Proof of relationship
- Proof of legal entry into US (expired GC might work)
- Proof that you lived with your father ... basically you were in his custody and not just using this process to your advantage

Best method is to check all requirements on DS-11 (passport) form, make sure you have them, and take an appointment at a passport agency. Post office people may not be very conversant with such intricacies.
 
sanjoseaug20 said:
- Proof of legal entry into US (expired GC might work)
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Proof of "legal entry" is insufficient. There needs to be proof of being a permanent resident when he was 17.

- Proof that you lived with your father ... basically you were in his custody and not just using this process to your advantage
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This includes legal custody papers granting at least partial custody to your father, if your parents were divorced or separated when you were 17.
 
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Yep, you must have been in the physical and legal custody of your naturalizing parent. I am not sure whether the expired GC can still be used for a passport application. It's better to go to a passport agency to check that. Obtaining a passport is quicker than N-600, although there is the occasional agency that prefer to see a certificate of citizenship instead of a passport. Anyway, you say that a passport would be good for what you need so you should probably focus on gathering the documents needed for that. However, a birth certificate is one of those documents, so I am not sure what you are supposed to do if you don't have one. Somewhat you have to prove the father/son relation, plus the physical and legal custody. Physical can be proven by school records showing the same address as your father, medical insurance and things like that.
 
When I was preparing to file the N-600 I had to gather some evidences proving the father/son relationship so, I got a high school official transit with dad name and birthday on the transcript still seal up. On the passport website it say if I can't get a birth certificate I can provided one of the following secondary evidence U.S. Citizenship which is an early school record can a high school be good? because I'm not sure if I can get a record from my first school.

Thanks
 
On the passport website it say if I can't get a birth certificate I can provided one of the following secondary evidence U.S. Citizenship which is an early school record can a high school be good?
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No, that is for those who were born in the US. Showing that they attended a US school from a young age is part of the evidence that goes towards showing they likely were born in the US.

In your situation, you'll need a birth certificate to prove the parental relationship to qualify for derivative citizenship.
 
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