Dear All,
Appreciate your advice on my situation. I have tried to research on the net including reading the USCIS field manual on this topic and do not have clarity on how to proceed.
Self and Spouse got naturalized in May 2015. All of us (including my then 6 year old son) got US passports. My wife and son relocated to India immediately thereafter. I continued to stay in US. Last week they approached the US Consulate in Mumbai for passport renewal and were asked for a Certificate of Citizenship for my son.
N600 is the usual option to obtain the Certificate, however the child regularly stays abroad with this mother. The form instructions state that the child should reside in the US. N600-K for children residing abroad does not seem to be a valid option since Child derived citizenship under section 320 and therefore 322 will not apply.
What are my options ?
1. File N600 and get my son to US using his US passport when they schedule the interview
2. File N600-K with a covering letter knowing that it could get denied since child is already a US citizen by derivation under 320 Child Citizenship act ?
Appreciate your inputs and thanks in advance.
Appreciate your advice on my situation. I have tried to research on the net including reading the USCIS field manual on this topic and do not have clarity on how to proceed.
Self and Spouse got naturalized in May 2015. All of us (including my then 6 year old son) got US passports. My wife and son relocated to India immediately thereafter. I continued to stay in US. Last week they approached the US Consulate in Mumbai for passport renewal and were asked for a Certificate of Citizenship for my son.
N600 is the usual option to obtain the Certificate, however the child regularly stays abroad with this mother. The form instructions state that the child should reside in the US. N600-K for children residing abroad does not seem to be a valid option since Child derived citizenship under section 320 and therefore 322 will not apply.
What are my options ?
1. File N600 and get my son to US using his US passport when they schedule the interview
2. File N600-K with a covering letter knowing that it could get denied since child is already a US citizen by derivation under 320 Child Citizenship act ?
Appreciate your inputs and thanks in advance.