Obtaining a passport for minor after naturalization

[bigley 0]

I always come back to the forum for the great information I get here. My wife was sucessfully sworn in last Friday November 30th. Now she is going to get her passport and has all the forms, etc. but our question is for her son. He is presently 15 came to the US with his mom and brother(he is 21 now)years back obviously on her I-129F fiance visa. Now that she is a citizen he automatically becomes one I believe as a "dirived" citizen. We want to get him his passport as well as proof of citizenship. I called the local post office which process passports and they said we needed the DS-11 application for both my wife and stepson but he would need to have both parents there since he did not have a US birth certificate. That seemed a little strange to me since he came to the US with his father permission on the I-129F visa so why would his father need to give permission for his passport? Can anyone help me with the procedure? They mentioned a DS-3053 form?

[nwctzn 55]

I always come back to the forum for the great information I get here. My wife was sucessfully sworn in last Friday November 30th. Now she is going to get her passport and has all the forms, etc. but our question is for her son. He is presently 15 came to the US with his mom and brother(he is 21 now)years back obviously on her I-129F fiance visa. Now that she is a citizen he automatically becomes one I believe as a "dirived" citizen. We want to get him his passport as well as proof of citizenship. I called the local post office which process passports and they said we needed the DS-11 application for both my wife and stepson but he would need to have both parents there since he did not have a US birth certificate. That seemed a little strange to me since he came to the US with his father permission on the I-129F visa so why would his father need to give permission for his passport? Can anyone help me with the procedure? They mentioned a DS-3053 form?

I assume your wife has sole custody on your son. Does she has documentation proving this?

Form DS-3053 found here: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/80106.pdf?

[bigley 0]

I assume your wife has sole custody on your son. Does she has documentation proving this?

Form DS-3053 found here: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/80106.pdf?

Her son (my stepson) has been in the US since 2008. He came with her and his brother when he was 11 I think. She has divorce papers I will see if she has sole custody. I do remember her ex husband had to give her permission for her sons to leave Colombia. In Colombia her sons lived with her full time not with her exhusband. I will have to look at her divorce papers to see if it says sole custody. IF it does not say do we need to get her ex to fill out the DS 3053? seems a little stupid considering they have permanent resident cards now.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

The DS-3053 tells them why no permission of the father is available and why no such permission is needed.

[Julie y Pat 67]

The DS-3053 tells them why no permission of the father is available and why no such permission is needed.

but it's also used for the parent's consent when it is available

[NickD 202]

How close is this boy to age 16? Saves all this grief. One thing I never learned is with the DOS, do they still require that other doesn't give a damn parent about his kid to give permission if that child has his own certificate of naturalization?

[bigley 0]

How close is this boy to age 16? Saves all this grief. One thing I never learned is with the DOS, do they still require that other doesn't give a damn parent about his kid to give permission if that child has his own certificate of naturalization?

My stepson just turned 15 November 8, 2012. We are going to try to bring the divorce papers and his green card along with his mother and her certificate to get his passport. I guess we will see what they do.

[nwctzn 55]

My stepson just turned 15 November 8, 2012. We are going to try to bring the divorce papers and his green card along with his mother and her certificate to get his passport. I guess we will see what they do.

Hope all goes well. Please report back.