Question about my Certificate of Citizenship?

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Ronia

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My N-600 recently got approved and I picked up my certificate today at the field office of my state.
I realized now that the officer never instructed me to sign my photograph. I was only instructed to sign on the line on the certificate.
am I also supposed to sign my photograph the same way I have seen on other certificates?
 
Yes, you are supposed to sign the photograph. The idea is to sign your first and middle name (if you have one) on the white space over your shoulder on the left hand side of the photograph, and your last name over the shoulder on the right hand side. The direction of the signature is from the shoulder towards the top of the photo. Full name, no initials, and using black ink. My kid had to do this, so what I did is I made quite a few photocopies of the certificate for practice. I think that was a pretty good idea, then you can get a sense of the size of the letters that you need to get the signature to fit.

The instructions show the signature as cursive. I am not sure if cursive is mandatory anymore. However, both signatures should match (photo and certificate).

How long did it take you to get the N-600 certificate of citizenship? What was the reason you got one? Did you get it as an adult or still a minor?
 
ohhh, so both sides of my photo are supposed to be signed - first name on one side, last name on the other?
because I've always seen just one side (or bottom) signed with the whole name - together.
I'm asking again just to be sure I'm understanding correctly.
that's such a good idea, making copies to practice!

I filed my N-600 as an adult (19 years old) just this past August 10.
then I got an RFE on Sept 1 because my name is not on my birth certificate, so I had to provide additional evidence that my mom was in fact, my mom.
then it got approved on Oct 28.
I got it because I was a lawful permanent resident minor (13 years old) when my mom naturalized years ago.
 
Apologies for the confusion. I meant left and right side of the front of the picture. If you have your mother's certificate handy she probably signed that way. Here is a link that shows this, not completely clear, but you can see part of the name to the left of the head, and part to the right of the head, above the shoulders.

http://kjzz.org/news/arizona/archives/200607/citizenshipworkshops

If you look around you'll see that over time people have signed on different styles, as you say bottom, or just one side if there was some white part of the photo left at the bottom or side (I mean white border). Anyway, it looks like for now they are asking to sign on the front. As I said, first and middle name (if you have middle name) on the left portion of the photo, above the shoulders, writing on a direction away of the shoulders, i.e. from shoulder going up, and the last name on the right side of the photo, also above the shoulder.
 
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