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K-1 Visa: Cant find my certificate of citizenship, but have passport

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GuruSikh   6

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Hello Everyone,

I'm about to file a K-1 Visa on behalf of my fiancee. She lives in India & I live in the USA. We've known each other for almost 3 1/2 years now & had our engagement ceremony in India last Dec.

I moved to the us in 1993 when I was 4 or 5 years old. I'm a legal resident & become legal through my parents. I have my passport, but cant find my certificate of citizenship. Not sure if it was ever made or requested. I don't know. My parents don't remember it ever being made or ever requesting it. They remember my passport being made.

I was looking through all the forms needed for a K-1 Visa. In "I-239F" form they ask for proof of citizenship in #10. & ask for cert. of citizenship #.I cant find the cert. of citizenship & don't know the number. Should I check the "Parents" box & select "No" to "Having obtained a certificate of citizenship in your name?" Not sure what to do, in case we might have requested in the past & lost it.

I looked online & found out it takes about a year to get replacement of cert. of citizenship. I can't wait another year. Our families want to do the wedding next fall.I don't want to do anything wrong or fill the form incorrectly. I was reading through the forums & saw that you can send pics of your passport pages in place of your certificate of citizenship in the 1st package.

If anyone can give me any advice or insight, that would be great. Thank you very much.

-Tegpal Singh

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Inky Grand Master

Inky   1,110

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If you have a certificate of citizenship(even if you lost it) you cannot say you don't have one and lie. That will cause problems.

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Your I-129f was approved in 5 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 67 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

AOS was approved in 2 months and 8 days without interview.

ROC was approved in 3 months and 2 days without interview.

I am a Citizen of the United States of America. 04/16/13

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Tim/Mav   305

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I don't know. This maynot be correct.

I would go to your State Office where you reside or where upon entry was made. Those records are there. There maybe a fee but those records are there. Everything. Thats where I would start.

TIM/MAV K1-JOURNEY
3/27/2007....We first met on myspace
1/30/10 ......My Honey proposed
8/15/10 ......He visit Philippines(2wks) & met my family
12/17/10 ....USCIS received the Filed I-129F for K1-visa
12/21/10 ....Received hard copy,NOA1
5/25/11.......Received RFE
6/09/11.......NOA2 approved
12/07/11.....Visa fee paid at BPI
6/11/13.......2nd visa fee payment
7/10-11/13.. Medical Exam completed@St.Lukes Clinic
1/15-16/14.. 2nd Medical exam updated
1/21/14...... k1 interview-Visa Approved
.....................................................................
8/29/14...... Submitted AOS application
10/03/14.....Biometrics
01/07/15.....Received my EAD card

01/31/15..... I got my SSN from the mail

04/20/15......AOS Interview - Approved :star:

4/24/15 .......Got the Driving Permit Card

4/30/15 .......Green Card Received :) (Exp.4/20/17)

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Zen Den Proficient

Zen Den   18

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Hello Everyone,

I'm about to file a K-1 Visa on behalf of my fiancee. She lives in India & I live in the USA. We've known each other for almost 3 1/2 years now & had our engagement ceremony in India last Dec.

I moved to the us in 1993 when I was 4 or 5 years old. I'm a legal resident & become legal through my parents. I have my passport, but cant find my certificate of citizenship. Not sure if it was ever made or requested. I don't know. My parents don't remember it ever being made or ever requesting it. They remember my passport being made.

I was looking through all the forms needed for a K-1 Visa. In "I-239F" form they ask for proof of citizenship in #10. & ask for cert. of citizenship #.I cant find the cert. of citizenship & don't know the number. Should I check the "Parents" box & select "No" to "Having obtained a certificate of citizenship in your name?" Not sure what to do, in case we might have requested in the past & lost it.

I looked online & found out it takes about a year to get replacement of cert. of citizenship. I can't wait another year. Our families want to do the wedding next fall.I don't want to do anything wrong or fill the form incorrectly. I was reading through the forums & saw that you can send pics of your passport pages in place of your certificate of citizenship in the 1st package.

If anyone can give me any advice or insight, that would be great. Thank you very much.

-Tegpal Singh

do you mean to say that you are in the US legally or that you were a permanent resident and have since become a citizen? just making sure. anyway, yes, select NO and submit all the pages (in color) of your passport, and make sure it's valid for at least 5 years. =)

I-129F, AOS, ROC

02-11-2008 Sent out I -129F in mail

02-13-2008 NOA 1

03-14-2008 NOA 2

04-07-2008 Medical exam passed

04-25-2008 Interview, visa aproved, no RFEs!

04-25-2008 Waiting for DELBROS/NSO

05-07-2008 Visa on hand ! Wow, less than 3 months! Thank you Lord!

05-26-2008 POE Detroit, no problems, thank God!

07-01-2008 Married 07-01-08, civil, just us w/ his parents

07-16-2008 Mailed out AOS package

07-19-2008 wedding ceremony

08-19-2008 biometrics appointment

08-25-2008 i-485 touched

09-23-2008 i-485 touched

09-30-2008 i-131 approval notice THANK YOU LORD!!!!

10-04-2008 Received my EAD

10-06-2008 Received my AP...yehey, i can go back to Phil for xmas!

11-14-2008 DMV driving test-passed! thank you Lord!

11-18-2008 Received RI driver's license

11-30-2008 Went home to PHILs for the holidays

12-21-2008 Church wedding!

01-08-2009 AOS Approved! thank you Lord! no interview required!

01-16-2009 Received GC in mail

09-02-2010 Sent out application for ROC

09-08-2010 Received NOA1

09-10-2010 Received Biometrics Notice

10-06-2010 Biometrics

12-06-2010 Approved! Thank you Lord God!

12-11-2010 Received NOA2 and 10-yr GC in the mail =)

N-400

10-03-2011 Sent N-400

10-07-2011 NOA1 date

10-25-2011 Biometrics

12-02-2011 Civics Test/Interview (passed)

04-09-2012 Oathtaking (got my little USA flag and souvenir photo!)

Matthew at 1yr

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Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Less than 10% of all Americans have a Certificate of Citizenship, so it's not necessary to prove that you are a U.S. citizen. You can use your U.S. passport for that.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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bigdog   376

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Your passport should work, can't get one without being a citizen.

In Arizona its hot hot hot.

http://www.uscis.gov/dateCalculator.html

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GuruSikh Explorer

GuruSikh   6

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@Inky: I don't want to lie either. I hate leing. I know it will cause problems if I do, so I wont do it.

@Tim/Mav: Thx, I will call them & find out. Not sure if they will be open today. Hopefully they never issued me a Cert. of Citizenship. & I can put that on the form. My parents said they dont remember ever requesting my cert. because they didn't need it. My passport was made with the help of my parents & my parents said they never asked for cert. of citizenship. cuz my parents were already citizens.

@Zen Den: I'm a legal & permanent resident. I have my passport, my social security number, driver's licence etc. My parents took the citizenship test & got their citizenship & their cert. Because I was under 18 at that time, I automatically become a citizen through my parents & wasnt required to take the test. My passport expires in 2017, got it renewed in 2007.

Thank you everyone for quick reply :). I will let you guys know after I call & find out. Have a great day, thanks again.

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BlueBonnet   84

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If im not mistaken, doesnt one of the forms, I think the Affidavit of support, ask a series of questions like;

Are you a US Citizen - copy of BC

Are you a PR - Provide Certificate number and copy

ect ect . . .

Im sure I saw on one of the forms during this process that a certificate number needed to be provided. Now just because you cant find yours, doesnt mean you cant get it. Just call or look on a website to find whom you need to talk to to get a copy of the certificate.

~~~ Hes the chance Im taking ~~~

April 2007 - Met online

Oct. 2008 - He came to Canada to meet me

Dec 25 2009 officially engaged

March 2010 - sent off I-129F

March 27 2010 - Vermont receives package :)

April 3 2010 - Informed through mail that cheque is cashed NOA1

May 28 2010 - RFE notification ( yeah Im online checking alot >.< )

June 5 2010 - RFE hardcopy received

June 18 2010 - RFE returned ( had done it June 7 - but USPS returned grrrr )

--- case says we should hear from them in 60 days from June 18 ---

June 23 - Touched

Aug4 - Email notification of NoA2 :)

Aug. 10 - NOA2 Hardcopy received

Sept. 13 - Faxed off Package 3

Sept 14 - Interview notification set for Oct. 5

Oct. 5 2010 Interview Passed

March 17 2011 POE Canadian/US border

April 1 2011 Marriage

Mailed AOS June 1

Chicago Lockbox confirms delivery June 3

Check cashed through bank - notification June 9

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