San Jose N-600 thread

Some sort of update.

Miraculously the processing time of San Jose jumped to January 2008. I can't still believe. This gave me the excuse to call customer support and got the case escalated to an IO. They told me I should get some notification in the mail in the following 30 days. Let's see how it goes. The IO tried to tell me that it would take a few more months when I quickly mentioned that my child's case is way out of processing time, and that made her look more closely and tell me about the letter they will send. She didn't tell me that there was anything wrong with the case, just that they have a big backlog. I could sense she couldn't believe the actual posted processing time is January 2008 ;)
 
Do both parents need to be naturalized to apply for a child's US passport?

Hello all,
My wife and I applied for U.S. Citizenship (N-400) at the same time. We both passed the interview-civic tests on the same day. My wife has already received the oath letter on July 2nd, but I am still waiting. Once my wife gets her Citizenship on August 6th, can she apply for a U.S. passport for my 12 year old son (who is a Green Card holder)? Or do we need to wait until I receive my Citizenship which may take longer than one can imagine? Thank you,
 
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No, it is enough if only one parent naturalizes. Your wife can apply for your 12 year old son passport. No need to wait for your naturalization. Good luck and I hope you get your oath letter soon.

It is better to get all the document information from the http://travel.state.gov site, but if my memory serves me well you'll need your son's birth certificate (I guess in English, or translated into English) his Green Card and your wife's naturalization certificate. Many post offices can let you apply for your wife passport and your son's passport in one shot by making a certified copy of the naturalization certificate.

Good luck.
 
I wanted to share some news. I hope they turn out to be good news. I'll update when I find out tomorrow. The news is that when I got home today there was a post office note for an attempted delivery of a homeland security item for my kid. With a more careful inspection of the notice it mentions that is a large envelope sent by certified mail. Just the little detail that it is not a letter, but a large envelope (magazine size) gives me hopes that it might actually be the certificate. The only thing that is dampening my enthusiasm a little bit is that the notice had a typo in the middle name, so I just hope the certificate itself (if it is indeed the certificate) is issued with the correct spelling. I used the computer to fill out the N-600 form so there is no way they could have gotten confused with the spelling of things, but anybody can make a typo. So I'll wait and see. I'll come back tomorrow to update this thread with what was in this envelope.
 
Good news and bad news. Yes, it was finally the certificate. Which was actually issued in April 2008. I guess they were withholding it for a possible interview, or was just misplaced. It's difficult to know. The bad news is that it came with a typo on the name. It seems pretty clear to me the typo was because the keys in the keyboard are one besides the other. I called USCIS and apparently I need to file a N-565 and, of course, I won't have to pay for this. The only problem is that I'll have to wait longer and send the certificate I just received.
 
ajaykumar87 said:
Thank you Huracan,

Hope your kid's N-565 gets processed very quickly.
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Thanks. I hope so too. Problem is that it seems there is no posted processing time anywhere for this application. I opened a thread to ask for this in the citizenship forum.

http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=283010

Only estimate I have been able to come with is 4 to 6 months. However, we know that this kind of estimate changes from month to month inside USCIS. I think I'll brace myself for 8 months of waiting and hope for better than that.

Good luck with your child's passport too.
 
Anyone from Boston for N600?

Thanks Huracan for the information on US passport (while N600 is in processing). Hope you get you kid's name corrected in resonable time frame on the N600 certificate.
 
Huracan said:
Thanks. I hope so too. Problem is that it seems there is no posted processing time anywhere for this application. I opened a thread to ask for this in the citizenship forum.

http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=283010

Only estimate I have been able to come with is 4 to 6 months. However, we know that this kind of estimate changes from month to month inside USCIS. I think I'll brace myself for 8 months of waiting and hope for better than that.

Good luck with your child's passport too.
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What about your OCI ?
Thanks,
 
Got the receipt notice for the N-565 application from Nebraska Service Center. The online status says:

Application Type: N565, APPLICATION FOR A NEW NATURALIZATION CERTIFICATE

Current Status: Case received and pending.

On August 2X, 2008, we received this N565 APPLICATION FOR A NEW NATURALIZATION CERTIFICATE and request that we waive the filing fee. We have waived the filing fee and mailed you a notice describing how we will process your case. Please follow any instructions on this notice. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. If you move while this case is pending, call customer service. We process cases in the order we receive them. You can use our processing dates to estimate when yours will be done. This case is at our NEBRASKA SERVICE CENTER location. Follow the link below to check processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.


Of course N-565 processing times are not posted online, so it is almost impossible to figure out when I should expect the new certificate.

This thread has transitioned from San Jose N-600 to Nebraska N-565. I guess I might open a new thread to track N-565 cases :)
 
a) which documents are needed to apply for US passpors for child ?
YOU WILL NEED THE ORIGINAL NATURALIZATION CERTIFICATE OF EITHER PARENT, CHILD'S ORIGINAL GREEN CARD AND CHILD'S ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE SHOWING BOTH PARENTS' NAMES.
b) which documents are needed to apply N-600 ?
YOU WILL NEED A COPY OF NATURALIZATION CERTIFICATE OF EITHER PARENT, COPY OF CHILD'S GREEN CARD AND CHILD'S ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE SHOWING BOTH PARENTS' NAMES, MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE OF PARENTS.

c) why one needs to apply N-600 if child is citizen already and can get
US passport from department of state. i.e. why child needs naturalization
certificate if he/she has US passport ?

THERE IS NO REAL NEED TO FILE N-600 IF YOU GET A PASSPORT FOR THE CHILD. IT IS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. IF ALTERNATE/BACKUP DOCUMENT IS NEEDED FOR CITIZENSHIP YOU SHOULD APPLY FOR THE NEW PASSPORT CARD ALONG WITH REGULAR PASSPORT. IT COSTS AN EXTRA $10 FOR A CHILD.
 
Update: First, Thanks to everyone who regularly post the Updates.

I got the Citizenship certificate at Boston, MA for my child today 10/30/2008. I had applied N600 at end of July 2008. The USICS agent asked me the questions from the application, about name, address, when did you become citizen etc. One question was, "is your child US citizen", I had filled in the form as NO, since he was not a citizen at that time. But after N600 filing I applied a US passport for my child and it came before this N600 was approved. So I said, he is Citizen, when question was asked, and told agent that I got US passport in between. But some she and I both ignored it, and I was given the Citizenship certificate after signing it and signing on the receipt copy. So all is done for now. Great relief from all the immigration paper work and wait etc. Wish you all good luck who are in this process.
 
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shangrilah28,

Congratulations on obtaining the certificate of citizenship for your child. Your child was a citizen from the moment you took the oath. Probably the question you meant is the question about, "Does your child have a US passport?" or something similar. I was in the same situation. I sent the N600 application before I got the US passport for my child. In my case we didn't have interview, but the certificate came with a typo. So I am waiting to get a free replacement from Nebraska service center. If I'm lucky we'll get it around April next year :(
 
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