Question regarding application for replacement passport

[depaulbluedemon 0]

Wasn't sure how to title this post. Excuse my double post today, and please excuse my anxiety.

I derive citizenship through my naturalized mother via the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. She became a naturalized citizen about 2 months prior to my 18 birthday.

I received my first U.S. Passport last year. Unfortunately, it was stolen during a home burglary 3 weeks ago.

I applied for a new passport today.

I submitted the following all over again:

• Mother's original naturalization certificate
• Original Polish birth certificate + notarized translation
• Original Polish passport with the I-551 stamp indicating lawful entrance and permanent resident status
• Original Green Card that expired in April 2014, about 4 days prior to receiving my new United States Passport.

So now I'm paranoid that my Green Card is expired. The Green Card did not need to get renewed because I am a U.S. Citizen. I HAD a U.S. Passport until some punk broke into my home and stole it.

No one at the U.S. Passport hotline can give me a straight answer. One customer service rep says no problem, another says I will have to pay the $150 file search fee. I have no problem of paying that, but will I really need to?

Edited December 4, 2015 by depaulbluedemon

[arken 4,197]

There is no reason to be paranoid about the lost passport (or expired GC since an unexpired GC would have been useless anyway since you are now a citizen). You will not lose your citizenship just because you lost your passport.

Regarding getting the replacement passport for lost one, i think they will ask for 130 dollars for search fee only if you cannot provide the proof of your US citizenship. Your submission list don't seem to such proofs of citizenship.

[Jawaree 718]

Once you became a USC you no longer use or need to renew your GC

Yiu now use only your US PP ...quit worrying

[kovacs 20]

You are covered. The combination of your mothers naturalization certificate, plus your birth certificate tying you to her and showing your age at the time she naturalized proves that you are a citizen. If it isn't too late, also order a "passport card" with your application. Only around $20, and gives you a second document proving you are a citizen.

If you had had a passport card, that is all you would have needed to send to replace the passport book.