N-600 Question

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DJA

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So it's been about a month since the ceremony and I'm ready to file an N-600 for my kid...or so I thought. I seem to have misplaced my daughter's green card and absolutely cannot find it anywhere...:eek:...I have a photocopy of it but no originals.

So my question is: do I need the original documents or can I get by with a copy? I really don't want to have to file for lost/stolen GC, it would set me back big time.

So can I or should I start filling out I-90?
 
Well you're a in a tough spot....

1) You can't apply for your child's US passport without an actual GC.
2) If you claim the GC as lost, then you will be forced to apply for a renewal


However, if the N-600 instructions ask you to apply for the certificate with a copy of the GC, then you may be able to file now wiht the photocopy you have. Then at the time they invite you to come in a pick up the certificate you can say the GC is lost.

I'm not sure how you can get around not applying for a renewal - just to satisfy the filing procedures.... But I'll let others chime in.
 
Okay...darn, I'd take my chances but I really don't want to have my application rejected and then loose the money that way.

Another question to add, I've noticed the N-600 does not give you the option to change the child's name as the N-400 did. Is there a way to do so?
 
You should be fine filing for N-600 with the photocopy. If they don't interview your daughter then you will never have to produce the physical green card.
If you didn't apply for a passport (I guess you didn't) for your daughter then the problem is a bit more serious, as I am pretty sure, as LolaLi pointed out, that you will need the physical green card to apply for a passport.
I don't know about the name change. I think they don't allow it with N-600 because N-600 is not a naturalization, it is proof of citizenship. You would need to change the name in court. So, the way I see it you have to:

1. Apply for name change in court. I don't know the steps.
2. Apply for N-600 with photocopy of green card and copy of court papers showing the new name.
3. When you get the certificate apply for passports. The certificate might take six months or more, so you might want to check with the passport agency to see if you have some alternative.

The problem is that I think you cannot apply for a replacement GC as your daughter is already a citizen. However, knowing how dysfunctional things are with this bureaucracy I wouldn't be surprised that you can apply and get a new GC for your daughter, and at the same time get the N-600 approved and get a certificate of citizenship.
 
Huracan said:
The problem is that I think you cannot apply for a replacement GC as your daughter is already a citizen. However, knowing how dysfunctional things are with this bureaucracy I wouldn't be surprised that you can apply and get a new GC for your daughter, and at the same time get the N-600 approved and get a certificate of citizenship.
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That's one thing that kind of threw me off, at the ceremony I asked the USCIS rep if she automatically became a citizen and their response was "...well, nothing is automatic..." so he pretty much left me hanging on that because he then walked off...so much for "anybody got any questions?"

I know the process to get the name changed through the court system, I was just hoping it could be done easier...errr...oh well.
 
Well, the citizenship act of 2000 says that it is automatic :) The department of state seems to think so and gives passport pretty quickly to qualifying children. It is USCIS that just needs to complicate things a lot and take forever to issue a certificate of citizenship. Well, I don't want to scare anybody, forever means several months. Good luck with all the process.
 
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