Permanent resident card

[rin and john 71]

We are in the process of filing N-400 for Rin. In doing this, I noticed her son's GC had him listed as female (didn't notice it three years ago when they received them). So I would need to file an I-90 to get it corrected (free of charge as it was a USCIS error). In reading through the I-90 instructions, I also saw the reason G1 for getting a new GC issued. It states "I have reached my 14th birthday, and my existing card will not expire before my 16th birthday". There is no processing fee, but there is the biometrics appointment. Rin's oldest daughter is 15 (16 in February 2012). Does she also need to file an I-90? Rin will hopefully be a citizen by then as we are filing the N-400 next week. Once she has citizenship, we will file N-600 for the children, so should be early next year, so filing the I-90 for her daughter might be a waste of time, but wanted to know if it is required? First I have heard of it.

[pushbrk 12,883]

We are in the process of filing N-400 for Rin. In doing this, I noticed her son's GC had him listed as female (didn't notice it three years ago when they received them). So I would need to file an I-90 to get it corrected (free of charge as it was a USCIS error). In reading through the I-90 instructions, I also saw the reason G1 for getting a new GC issued. It states "I have reached my 14th birthday, and my existing card will not expire before my 16th birthday". There is no processing fee, but there is the biometrics appointment. Rin's oldest daughter is 15 (16 in February 2012). Does she also need to file an I-90? Rin will hopefully be a citizen by then as we are filing the N-400 next week. Once she has citizenship, we will file N-600 for the children, so should be early next year, so filing the I-90 for her daughter might be a waste of time, but wanted to know if it is required? First I have heard of it.

My wife's green card arrived with the notation she was from Taiwan instead of China PRC. We filed the I-90 with no fee due to USCIS mistake and had the new card within a month.

[rin and john 71]

My wife's green card arrived with the notation she was from Taiwan instead of China PRC. We filed the I-90 with no fee due to USCIS mistake and had the new card within a month.

Thanks! What about the G1 option for an individual reaching their 14th birthday? What is it? I have never heard anything before about it. Seems to be only for obtaining biometrics on LPR children who reach the age of 14.

[pushbrk 12,883]

Thanks! What about the G1 option for an individual reaching their 14th birthday? What is it? I have never heard anything before about it. Seems to be only for obtaining biometrics on LPR children who reach the age of 14.

Sounds right. I haven't dealt with it.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Do nothing.

Both children will become US citizens when mom naturalizes. You also don't need to file for N-600s, unless the $1,200 it costs is chump change for you. Let mom and the two little ones apply for U.S. passports based on mom's CoN and that's all the proof of U.S. citizenship the children will ever need.

[rin and john 71]

Both children will become US citizens when mom naturalizes. You also don't need to file for N-600s, unless the $1,200 it costs is chump change for you. Let mom and the two little ones apply for U.S. passports based on mom's CoN and that's all the proof of U.S. citizenship the children will ever need.

Actually, three children. Thanks! Any references on it? Don't know why I assumed I needed to file the N-600s to get them a piece of paper that says they are USC. Went to the State Dept website and read up on evidence when applying for a passport. Couldn't really discern whether they qualify or not, but worth investigating further.

Again, Thanks!

p.s. So why would anyone ever file an N-600?

Edited August 16, 2011 by rin and john

[Virginian61 1]

Actually, three children. Thanks! Any references on it? Don't know why I assumed I needed to file the N-600s to get them a piece of paper that says they are USC. Went to the State Dept website and read up on evidence when applying for a passport. Couldn't really discern whether they qualify or not, but worth investigating further.

Again, Thanks!

p.s. So why would anyone ever file an N-600?

A friend at work did that. It's for foreign adoped children.

[Virginian61 1]

A friend at work did that. It's for foreign adoped children.

Adopted, that is.

[Jojo92122 1,924]

Actually, three children. Thanks! Any references on it? Don't know why I assumed I needed to file the N-600s to get them a piece of paper that says they are USC. Went to the State Dept website and read up on evidence when applying for a passport. Couldn't really discern whether they qualify or not, but worth investigating further.

Again, Thanks!

p.s. So why would anyone ever file an N-600?

Whatever documents are required for the N-600 are the exact same ones required when filing for a US Passport without a Certificate of Citizenship. Basically, the children are applying for US passports in lieu of filing the N-600. The documents required are the same.

Edited August 17, 2011 by Jojo92122

[pushbrk 12,883]

Whatever documents are required for the N-600 are the exact same ones required when filing for a US Passport without a Certificate of Citizenship. Basically, the children are applying for US passports in lieu of filing the N-600. The documents required are the same.

And the fee significantly lower. No need for the certificate once they have a passport. Some people have no intention of traveling abroad but need proof of citizenship. That's why the certificate is still available but it's simply not needed.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

It's late and I don't want to get too deep into this, but the main reason to apply for an N-600 is in cases where one really needs to prove that one is a U.S. citizen. Girl's mom in 'Nam got banged by a G.I. back in the 1960s. G.I. returns home but is later found and contacted. Such a case can't be done without an N-600 or N-600K.

Another example: boy is born on a farm in the woods near Podunk Holler, Nebraska, was home-schooled, grew up retarded. Found later on that farm babbling. No birth certificate, parents deceased. In order for him to get even a SSN, an N-600 is needed and proving his citizenship status won't be a walk in the park.

A Green Card holder who automatically became a U.S citizen when one of his parents naturalized is not in such a predicament. He or she can apply for a passport at the same time the parent does and afterward has sufficient proof of U.S. citizenship for all but the most unusual cases, i.e., when applying for a license to kill when joining the C.I.A. or some other non-existent government agency that does not torture people, officially.

Edited August 18, 2011 by Just Bob