N-600 question

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maria_

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Hi! I'm new here =)

My mom and I were filling out my N-600 form, and we had a question:

-It says on the form that you have to include proof of US citizenship, which in our case would be my mom's Certificate of Naturalization. We don't want to send the original (because it might get lost or something), but if we were to send a copy, it says on the certificate that creating photocopies of it is illegal.
...So are we supposed to send the original or what? :confused:

Please help! Thanks! :)
 
Welcome to the forum :)

It seems to be the consensus of this forum that making a photocopy for the purpose of sending it with the N-600 is perfectly fine. Don't send the original with the N-600, just send a photocopy.

Good luck.
 
If I remember correctly, the instructions say to send a copy. I figured if they tell me to send a copy, it's OK to send them a copy.

No, don't send them the original.

For what it is worth, though we brought all the originals of the document whose copies we included with the application to our "interview/ceremony" thing, no one looked at anything. The *only* thing they cared about was my daughter's GC.

Interestingly, someone at work yesterday asked "so what would have happened if you had destroyed the GC once your daughter became a citizen?" (which was over a year ago, right before we applied).

Who knows.
Good luck
 
I would say in a perfect world they already had your daughter's file, so after a verification of identity they should have known she was granted a GC at some point, and the physical GC was not that important ;) However, I am sure it was good to keep it, not destroy it and have taken it with you to the N-600 appointment.
 
During my naturalization interview last month I mentioned to imm. officer that I was planning to file N-600 for my daughter later. She immediately jumped on this subject (I did not actually ask the question) and said that the N-600 says to send the copy of the parent US citizenship proof. And I should send only the copy of my natz cert. She stressed that in this case I should ignore warning on my naturalization certificate (about not making copies).
 
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