name change and naturalization

[DanielDK 0]

I became a US citizen through naturalization back in 2009. I also changed my name as well. I was given a certificate of naturalization and a certificate from the court approving my name change. I recently moved to a different house and must have misplaced those two documents. How would I go about retrieving the cert. of naturalization and the court approved certificate for the name change?

[milimelo 4,583]

I became a US citizen through naturalization back in 2009. I also changed my name as well. I was given a certificate of naturalization and a certificate from the court approving my name change. I recently moved to a different house and must have misplaced those two documents. How would I go about retrieving the cert. of naturalization and the court approved certificate for the name change?

Don't know about court - go to court that issued it? but for copy of naturalization certificate you file this form http://www.uscis.gov/n-565, pay $345 and wait 6 months to get it.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

The wait for a replacement Certificate of Naturalization is actually 12 to 21 months right now.

Luckily, neither the CoN nor the name change document is needed anymore once you have a U.S. passport which serves as proof of US citizenship.

That said: since the CoN is in the bank safe, it's probably easier to lose one's virginity and one's head than losing the CoN. It's just inconceivable to me.

[DanielDK 0]

The thing is, these banks won't accept my US passport when I had requested to change the name on my bank account. They want a court document.

[sciencenerd 56]

The thing is, these banks won't accept my US passport when I had requested to change the name on my bank account. They want a court document.

Yeah - the court document is really what most places want. I changed my name many years ago and thought the passport would be good enough, but it wasn't anywhere. I needed the court document for social security, DMV, banks, insurance companies, etc. You'll probably just have to go back to the courthouse and request copies - where I am, they have to pull them out of archive and it takes a week or so. It's a fairly painless process. I got 3 last time I had to do that just so I wouldn't have to again. Good luck!

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

The thing is, these banks won't accept my US passport when I had requested to change the name on my bank account. They want a court document.

Easy solution: open a new bank account for which you only need your driver's license. (Your U.S. passport is fine too, of course.) Then transfer the money from you old bank account into your new bank account and tell the manager to suck your toe. If you want to top it off, write a final complaint to the bank's corporate offices and never think about it again.