US citizenship for indian born kid to US naturalized parents

[kali1657]

Came to US from India in 1997 on H1 visa. My wife and daughter joined me on H4 in 1997. We all got GC in 2001. My wife and I had applied for US citizenship in 2007. we both got naturalized citizenship certificate and US passport in 2008.

My daughter is 12 years old now. We have gone to US post office and applied for her US passport (using our citizenship certificates, her birth certificate from India, her GC and our marriage certificate). Subsequently, she got her US passport a few months back (USCIS did not keep her GC)

My question is - Is she now a US citizen since she got her passport? or Do I have to apply N600 form to get her citizenship certificate?

Your help is greatly appreciated...

 

[absrao]

Came to US from India in 1997 on H1 visa. My wife and daughter joined me on H4 in 1997. We all got GC in 2001. My wife and I had applied for US citizenship in 2007. we both got naturalized citizenship certificate and US passport in 2008.

My daughter is 12 years old now. We have gone to US post office and applied for her US passport (using our citizenship certificates, her birth certificate from India, her GC and our marriage certificate). Subsequently, she got her US passport a few months back (USCIS did not keep her GC)

My question is - Is she now a US citizen since she got her passport? or Do I have to apply N600 form to get her citizenship certificate?

Your help is greatly appreciated...

She is USCitizen. But the opinion on getting citizenship certificate varies widely - read other threads in the forums on same topic for wide variety of opinions.

Personally, I advice you to get the certificate of citizenship for has as a) that certificate does not expire b) its evidence from USCIS which is the agency responsible to grant Citizenship (unless the person had it by birth).

 

[Jackolantern]

My question is - Is she now a US citizen since she got her passport?

She became a US citizen in 2008 when you naturalized. The US passport didn't give her any citizenship; it only gave her proof of citizenship.

Do I have to apply N600 form to get her citizenship certificate?

You don't have to, but the certificate may be useful if her passport is lost or expires, as the certificate does not expire. If you don't feel like spending the money to apply on her behalf, let her know about it when she is a little older so she can decide if she wants to apply for it on her own as an adult. But for now, you should go to the Social Security office and update her citizenship status with them (and do the same for yourself if you haven't already done so). If your SS card still has the employment restriction wording on it, fill out the SS-5 form to request a new card.

 

[Huracan]

I agree with Jackolantern and absrao

I would just add that N-600 might be easier now that you have all the information you need at your fingertips. N-600 might need a formality visit to USCIS office, some people call that an interview, but it's not really an interview. For older kids there is an oath taken. To emphasize, she was a citizen regardless of passport or certificate of citizenship. These documents are useful to prove her citizenship to different authorities. In my case I got the whole enchilada, passport book, passport card and certificate of citizenship. For me all of those are money well spent, but others disagree on the certificate of citizenship. A passport card is also a good idea to serve as backup proof of citizenship.