Question about filing N600 for minor

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kanwarjag

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I am compiling documents for filing N600 for my daughter (12 Years). She was born out of my first marriage and is living with me from last 8 years (with my current wife). My first wife never came to US and I am legally divorced with kid’s custody (all documents submitted for immigration petition) . I have her US passport and am applying for N600. While I was filing the form in Part 4 section 9 about Martial History there is no column to fill in info about my first wife, while N600 instructions page 6 point 9 C read as – Indicate whether the US citizen father’s current spouse is your parent. If No you will be asked to provide information about your father’s previous spouse or spouses.
Please advice how to deal with this, should I leave it there as it is not having columns about my previous spouse or do something else. Please note that they have all info during the immigration petition.
Thanks
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If you look on the last page of the N-600 Form, you will see the Officer's report area. Notice how there are numerous sections of law possible and still a section for "other", well that should give you an idea of the complexity of the adjudication of the cases dealt with on the form. They need to draw out a great deal of information. Your child's case will fall under current section 320.

As for your specific question, provide the information on a seperate page as an attachment, see general instructions step 1, items 2 and 3.
 
There is no legal requirement to file N-600 and get a certificate of citizenship for your child - she is already a US citizen by action of law. A US passport is the only thing she needs to prove citizenship. Save your 600 bucks.
 
I agree nkm-oct23 that she is alreday a citizen and I have her US passport but after my discussion on this forum I figured out that it may be best to get certifiacte of citizenship rather than she will wait when she can apply at her own. Jut in case if certificate is required at soem stage. A silly Question to BigJoe5 should I make exacly same columns as mentioned for my current wife (Name, DOB, Country of birth, address (I dont know), DO Marriage, place of marriage, on seprate sheet than seprately insert the line saying we were divorced on this date?
Thanks for your input.
 
I agree with nkm-oct23 that for most people a certificate of citizenship will never be used or required. However, I would still recommend parents to obtain one for their children right away after they naturalize. You never know when a strange case like the following might pop up:

http://www.ambassadorlondon.ca/uscitizenship.php

Basically other countries might refuse to acknowledge the passport as proof of citizenship and request a certificate of naturalization or citizenship. There are other cases in which a bureaucrat might mistakenly ask for such a certificate not knowing that most people who obtained citizenship after their parents naturalized might not have a certificate of citizenship. Having the document might avoid unnecessary hassles. It is like trying to refuse giving out your SSN, unfortunately in many cases it is easier to give in and provide the number than try to fight it and get services denied.
 
Huracan said:
I agree with nkm-oct23 that for most people a certificate of citizenship will never be used or required. However, I would still recommend parents to obtain one for their children right away after they naturalize. You never know when a strange case like the following might pop up:

http://www.ambassadorlondon.ca/uscitizenship.php

Basically other countries might refuse to acknowledge the passport as proof of citizenship and request a certificate of naturalization or citizenship.
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From the article, it's not just other countries that might cause a problem; the US passport agency gave some trouble with the passport renewal:
I had/have a US passport, and was able to travel. I also had/have a social security number, and am able to work. But when it came time to renew my passport to travel to China, I came up against problems. The US passport issuing agency questioned my citizenship. I sent in a letter, stating how long I had been in the US, that I had a social security number, and pay US taxes, and as I recall I sent my parents' birth certificates in as well. After this, I was re-issued another US passport, and thought that this meant I was officially recognized as a US citizen.
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Others with derived citizenship who don't have their own citizenship certificate may find themselves having to show their parent's naturalization certificate and proof of having a green card at the time, in order to replace a lost passport or renew an expired one, if their citizenship is questioned by the passport agency or consulate. Having their own citizenship certificate would remove the need to have to dig up old documents which may be difficult or impossible to obtain.
 
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