US passport or Certificate of Naturalization for K1?

[VFittipaldi 30]

Hi,

Do i need to wait to receive the US Passport to begin the K1 process or is the Certificate of Naturalization enough?

Thank you!

[Faizanzeba143 2]

I'm also wondering the same to apply for I-130 for my husband. I heard that a naturalization certificate should be enough but not too sure. Any advice on this from others would be helpful!

[Al422 221]

Certificate of Naturalization is adequate proof of citizenship.

But out of curiosity: How did you meet your alien fiance if you don't have a passport?

[Pitaya 2,577]

Welcome to the forum.

For K-1 visa, please review the Form I-129F instructions, in particular, page 4, for more information:

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-129finstr.pdf

Good luck on your visa journey.

[asianculture 14]

My Fiance didn't wait for his US passport, he is still have his Canadian passport when we started the K1 process, we just include his naturalization certificate and we didn't encounter any problem at all, now we are waiting for my MNL# @ NVC .

I hope I answered your question. Good luck!

[VFittipaldi 30]

Posted Today, 11:29 AM

Certificate of Naturalization is adequate proof of citizenship.

But out of curiosity: How did you meet your alien fiance if you don't have a passport?

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Thank you!

We met in the 5th grade but i went to visit her earlier this year on a green card.

[VFittipaldi 30]

My Fiance didn't wait for his US passport, he is still have his Canadian passport when we started the K1 process, we just include his naturalization certificate and we didn't encounter any problem at all, now we are waiting for my MNL# @ NVC .

I hope I answered your question. Good luck!

I don't think i quite understand.

When you started the K1 process he was going thru the process of becoming a US citizen?

How did you Included the Naturalization Certificate?

Thank you!!!

Certificate of Naturalization is adequate proof of citizenship.

But out of curiosity: How did you meet your alien fiance if you don't have a passport?

Thank you!

We met in the 5th grade but i went to visit her earlier this year on a green card.

[KayDeeCee 4,896]

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-129finstr.pdf

5. What Documents Do You Need to Show That You Are a U.S. Citizen?
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b. If you were naturalized, submit a copy, front and back, of your original Certificate of Naturalization.

[asianculture 14]

I don't think i quite understand.

When you started the K1 process he was going thru the process of becoming a US citizen?

How did you Included the Naturalization Certificate?

Thank you!!!

Thank you!

We met in the 5th grade but i went to visit her earlier this year on a green card.

@VFittipaldi, he is already an American Citizen when we started the process for K1 though he hasn't change his passport yet ( or renew) he is still holding the Canadian passport. But we were able to complete our K1 document by sending his naturalization certificate copy ( front and back), right now he is on the process of renewing it, so he can have his what we called blue passport ( US PAssport ) , we were out of budget few months ago and we have to prioritized filing the K1 instead of having the US Passport.

[VFittipaldi 30]

@VFittipaldi, he is already an American Citizen when we started the process for K1 though he hasn't change his passport yet ( or renew) he is still holding the Canadian passport. But we were able to complete our K1 document by sending his naturalization certificate copy ( front and back), right now he is on the process of renewing it, so he can have his what we called blue passport ( US PAssport ) , we were out of budget few months ago and we have to prioritized filing the K1 instead of having the US Passport.

Thank you for the help!

[BJ_Baloo 1]

Hi,

For what it's worth, adding my $0.02 in case others encounter this issue. I recently submitted my I-129F application and ended up submitting my passport as proof of citizenship, although I'd planned to use naturalization certificate. Instructions for naturalization certificate are to submit copies of front and back of certificate. My naturalization certificate is blank on the back so didn't make sense to me to submit a blank page. To avoid RFE I submitted passport page copies instead.

Edited May 7, 2014 by BJ_Baloo

[VFittipaldi 30]

Hi,

For what it's worth, adding my $0.02 in case others encounter this issue. I recently submitted my I-129F application and ended up submitting my passport as proof of citizenship, although I'd planned to use naturalization certificate. Instructions for naturalization certificate are to submit copies of front and back of certificate. My naturalization certificate is blank on the back so didn't make sense to me to submit a blank page. To avoid RFE I submitted passport page copies instead.

I red that a lot of people took copies of both sides of the certificate as instructed and on the empty side they stuck a sticky note on which they wrote "this is the back side, its empty"

[BJ_Baloo 1]

I red that a lot of people took copies of both sides of the certificate as instructed and on the empty side they stuck a sticky note on which they wrote "this is the back side, its empty"

I wish I'd known that - my package would have been much lighter without copies of all my passport pages. This is an eaxmple of what frustrates me with govt instructions. If the back is blank why instruct people to photocopy a blank page? I'm sure this causes a lot of confusion - I for one, assumed that I had an outdated Naturalization certificate. They should have said provide back and front copies, even if back is blank.