citizenship act of 2000

[jorick 0]

My wife and I received our visa to bring our adopted son( her nephew) at the Manila embassy in Sept and we arrived here in Texas on Oct 19th. We had been told by the National Visa Center and the U.S. Embassy in Manila that because he was under 18 and we were U.S. citizens that upon our arival he would automatically become a U.S. citizen due to the citizenship act of 2000. When we arrived at the airport the official took our visa packet but we have not received anything else except his social security number and now over two months have gone by. I thought we would have received his new passport by now I have tried to contact USCIS but get nothing by automated messages, none of which apply to our case. Should we be worried? I know we could file the N600 but I don't want to spend the $600 unless absolutely necessary. Thanks in advance for any help.

[Hypnos 6,578]

A US passport won't just automatically show up, you would need to apply for it: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1312.html#7

USCIS do not issue passports, the Department of State does.

Edited January 4, 2014 by Hypnos

[aleful 1,905]

hi

yes he will derive your citizenship, but once in the US. he enters the country as a LPR. once he is here, you have to apply for a US passport and if you want to, the certificate N600, that's optional

you filed for him to get his residency, a GC. now you have to apply for his US passport. those are 2 different steps

[Mark88 184]

For more information on how to get a passport under the CCA see here:

--Applying for a US Passport under the CCA--

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/431566-our-story-crba-for-our-child-denied-entering-the-us-with-a-baby-transportation-letter-and-citizenship-through-the-cca/

[jan22 3,064]

My wife and I received our visa to bring our adopted son( her nephew) at the Manila embassy in Sept and we arrived here in Texas on Oct 19th. We had been told by the National Visa Center and the U.S. Embassy in Manila that because he was under 18 and we were U.S. citizens that upon our arival he would automatically become a U.S. citizen due to the citizenship act of 2000. When we arrived at the airport the official took our visa packet but we have not received anything else except his social security number and now over two months have gone by. I thought we would have received his new passport by now I have tried to contact USCIS but get nothing by automated messages, none of which apply to our case. Should we be worried? I know we could file the N600 but I don't want to spend the $600 unless absolutely necessary. Thanks in advance for any help.

Also, did he enter on an IR-3 or an IR-4 visa? If an IR-3 (meaning adoption was full and final in the home country), he automatically becomes a U.S. citizen (but, as others have pointed out, that doesn't mean he automatically gets a passport -- you have to apply for that). IF he entered on an IR-4, you will need to complete a final adoption in the U.S. prior to him becoming a U.S. citizen.