Am I here illegally

[Mcdala500 0]

 So I'm 17 years old turning 18 in about two weeks,  I was born in Canada to a U.S citizen father. He was a citizen for about 9 years before I was born. Him and my mother were already married so I wasn't born out of wedlock. I have a Canadian passport that's expired since 2015. I've been in America for about 9 years and I've gone to 4th-12th grade. I don't have social security number or anything I've never needed one until now cause I'm trying to apply for financial aid and I can't do that. I'm not even sure I have an actual status because I don't think I have a visa or anything. I'll be sending my form n-600 this week. ( it's proof of citizenship because I was born a citizen cause of my father ) In one of the questions they asked what I was and the answers were " lawful permanent resident (I'm not) , a nonimmigrant(I'm not) or a refugee( I'm not) so I put OTHER and just put Canadian. My question is 

1. Did I file the right form ?

2.Am I here illegally?

feel free to point out anything else you might've noticed.

[f f 725]

does your dad meet the requirements in this link?

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-child-born-abroad.html

[canadian_wife 1,829]

Just because your father is a citizen does not mean he can pass citizenship on to you.  Does he meet the requirements found in the link above?

 

Good luck 

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

 Is your father still alive ?  Did he recognize you as his child ?

[Transborderwife 4,666]

What about your mother?  Is she a citizen now?

[Mcdala500 0]

On 7/18/2017 at 6:18 PM, canadian_wife said:

Just because your father is a citizen does not mean he can pass citizenship on to you.  Does he meet the requirements found in the link above?

 

Good luck 

My mother passed away and I've been living with him since 2008 in Florida. He's on my birth certificate, he was naturalized 9 years before my birth and lived here before and after my birth. I'm not sure about the taking care of me till 18 in writing thing.but he is taking care of me till next week which is when I turn 18.

[Mcdala500 0]

23 hours ago, Transborderwife said:

What about your mother?  Is she a citizen now?

She passed away about 9 years after marrying my father, they were married before my birth 

23 hours ago, NigeriaorBust said:

 Is your father still alive ?  Did he recognize you as his child ?

He's still alive and he's taking care of me and has put me through school and stuff if that counts

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

So your issue with the N600 is you have to be the child of a USC AND a legal US resident .   It seems he is eligible to pas citizenship but it should have been done in Canada before you came to the US.  The good thing is because you are under 18 still you didn't accrue a bar yet.