I-130 & Immigration Status HELP!!!!

[MannyPartridge 0]

Hello everyone,

I am in need of guidance because no one seems to be able to provide the information I am looking for. Or at least no one seems to want to help me. Not my immigration attorney, not my embassy and not the INS. I am looking to renew my passport which expired in January 2011 and my Embassy is asking me for proof of immigration status to confirm that I have not taken on American Citizenship. I did file an I-130 in 2003 which is pending processing.

Today, I physically went to the embassy and they told me that my case status search was not enough to prove my status. I got the information from the INS website at http://www.uscis.gov using my INS issues receipt # and they said it was not good enough. I then called the INS asking them how I can obtain this information and they acted like they had no clue what I was talking about.

All I am trying to do is to renew my passport, how hard has this become? My own embassy won't help me, lawyers won't give guidance, nor will the INS? Where do I find my information? How do I get help? I feel stranded in quick sand and I am sinking fast. HELP!!!!!

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Are you currently in the US? Some countries will not allow you to renew your passport if you are present in the US illegally. Is your country really UK?

[MannyPartridge 0]

Are you currently in the US? Some countries will not allow you to renew your passport if you are present in the US illegally. Is your country really UK?

Actually we are moving to the UK but I am a a Dutch Citizen. I am currently inside the US. Any other input?

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

What you are experiencing is common for citizens of countries where the original citizenship is lost when the person naturalizes. I recall cases where the German consulate asked the applicant for a German passport to prove that they have not become a U.S. citizen, as in such a case a German birth certificate or German passport would not prove that the applicant is still a German citizen. Usually a Green Card does the trick, as U.S. citizens can't have a valid Green Card.

However, Brits do not have such problems. Even if you had naturalized in the Land of the Brave and Free, you'd still be a Brit. So I don't get it.

Anyway, I can only suggest you do what the Krauts and Austrians here have to do: get a printout from the USCIS (INS ceased to exist a long time ago) based on the Freedom of Information Act. The form is: G-639.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/g-639.pdf