Citizenship cerificate damaged

[miami-kendall 1]

Hi all,

I got my citizenship sep 19th in Miami and applied for passport 9/21/11 received it on 10/6/11. I was very happy to get my passport. I've been waiting to CON and marriage certificate.

On Saturday 10/8/11 i it was raining down here all day long and on sunday went to our complex mailbox all the letters where wet . A big envelop with my documents was wet and wrinkled. They were all discolored from the khaki envelop. I am so upset because i sent my con and marriage cert in good condition and now it is wet. What do i do now? The edges look creamish like some old documents. I had made copies of con before sending it.

So who pays for it to be replaced because it is suppose to be in good condition and it is not. HELP HELP.

[miami-kendall 1]

Oh one think I am thankful i received all my documents back ;-). I don't know weather I should worry about the stains since down the road they might consider them damaged

Hi all,

I got my citizenship sep 19th in Miami and applied for passport 9/21/11 received it on 10/6/11. I was very happy to get my passport. I've been waiting to CON and marriage certificate.

On Saturday 10/8/11 i it was raining down here all day long and on sunday went to our complex mailbox all the letters where wet . A big envelop with my documents was wet and wrinkled. They were all discolored from the khaki envelop. I am so upset because i sent my con and marriage cert in good condition and now it is wet. What do i do now? The edges look creamish like some old documents. I had made copies of con before sending it.

So who pays for it to be replaced because it is suppose to be in good condition and it is not. HELP HELP.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

You pay for replacements. You could speak to your complex about the mail getting wet, you could have purchased a PO Box (which are inside) to prevent it. As you don't control the mailbox that would be your only option. I doubt the complex will pay. If you're worried about it happening again get a PO Box. Otherwise, you pay.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

You dry it and put it inside a protective cover into your bank safe. Since you now have a U.S. passport book and a U.S. passport card, the certificate has done what you needed it to do and it can retire and serve as a last resort Tsunami/Wildfire/Earthquake backup.

One more thing: you don't have a citizenship certificate. Its correct name would be Certificate of Citizenship anyway. You have a Certificate of Naturalization. That's a different animal and it would take 12 to 21 months to replace it anyway. Don't bother.

Edited October 9, 2011 by Just Bob

[miami-kendall 1]

I decided that i will not sweat all this stuff. I will let it dry and be thankful that i got all my documents back ;-) Certificate of Naturalization. If we get hurricane my Certificate of Naturalization will evacuate withe me hehehhe.