Naturalization Certificate for my kid

[BAMCITIZEN]

Hi,
I would like to apply for Naturalization Certificate for my kid but I do not have copy of Green Card which I sent along with passport application when I applied for kid's passport (I did not know that they will not return Green Card with other original document). What is the document should I send along with N-600 form? or I dont need to enclose anything or is it enough to write A# on the N-600 Form.

Your advise is more valuable to me.

 

[rick92]

Hi,
I would like to apply for Naturalization Certificate for my kid but I do not have copy of Green Card which I sent along with passport application when I applied for kid's passport (I did not know that they will not return Green Card with other original document). What is the document should I send along with N-600 form? or I dont need to enclose anything or is it enough to write A# on the N-600 Form.

Your advise is more valuable to me.

You need to send copies of:

1. An N-550, Certificate of Naturalization; OR
2. An N-560, Certificate of Citizenship OR

3. An immigrant petition or application are included in a USCIS administrative file. You should indicate that you want USCIS to rely on such documents and identify the administrative file(s) by name and A-number. USCIS will only request the required documentation again if necessary, OR

4. If the USCIS does not already have the document or if you would rather resubmit the document than wait for the retrieval of the USCIS file. Unless specifically noted otherwise, you must submit each of the documents listed below for yourself and/or your child and the U.S. citizen parent(s) through whom you are claiming U.S. citizenship.

 

[nkm-oct23]

In my opinion applying for a certificate of citizenship for a child is a waste of money and time. A perfectly good alternative is a passport card which is a secondary proof of citizenship and costs only $10 more for a child (when applied for along with a regular passport book). It does need to be renewed but still is a much better document for citizenship.
my 2¢

 

[rick92]

I agree completely with you !!!

 

[LolaLi]

In my opinion applying for a certificate of citizenship for a child is a waste of money and time. A perfectly good alternative is a passport card which is a secondary proof of citizenship and costs only $10 more for a child (when applied for along with a regular passport book). It does need to be renewed but still is a much better document for citizenship.
my 2¢

You may think that - but isn't necessarily true. When a parent applies for a child's passport as a result of their naturalization, they are using their status to derive the child's claim to citizenship. A certificate of citizenship when issued will give the child his/her own claim to citizenship - irrelevant to that of the parents. Therefore in this regards it is extremely valuable and more important than a passport. The passport states a person is a citizen and is proof of citizenship, but a certificate confers citizenship status - these are great distinctions. A certificate is akin to a U.S. birth certificate. A permanent record is created in the DHS database attesting to the child's U.S. citizenship.

Without the certificate, the child will always have to provide proof of his/her parent's citizenship status - along with proof that have lived in the USA for a minimum of 5 years (2 of which are after their 14th birthday) every time they want to renew their passport. This continues forever! Even after the parents pass away. How cumbersome is that?! With a certificate, a child need only present that as their proof of US citizenship.

So you do the math and tell me if $500 or so isn't worth the piece of mind in the long run.

 

[nkm-oct23]

"The passport states a person is a citizen and is proof of citizenship, but a certificate confers citizenship status - these are great distinctions." That is nonsense. The notion that a USCIS issued document is more valuable is incorrect. As far as the US government is concerned a passport is the definitive proof of citizenship. A citizenship certificate is not even accepted as documentation for I-9 purposes.
Once a passport is issued to a child there is no further need to prove citizenship using parents' documentation unless the passport is lost. That is where the passport card comes in; if the passport book is lost the card can be then used to prove citizenship instead of the certificate.
I am not sure what you mean by the 5 year residency requirement for passports; even if you do not reside in the US you can get a passport by applying to the nearest US consular mission.