CRBA application issue

[AZOE 0]

Hi,

 

I am applying for my kid's CRBA.  I have gathered required support documents except for my naturalization card which I have lost. The check list (for those applying  for CRBA from Canada) says the US citizen parent was naturalized that they MUST bring their naturalization card.  

 

 In absence of my naturalization card, will my expired passport plus current passport suffice?  These show my citizenship status since October 1996.  My son was born November 21 2000.

 

 My concern is do I need to prove citizenship for 5 years prior to his birth to coincide with the 5 years I need to prove I was physically present in the US prior to his birth?  My expired passport only proves I was a citizen 4 years prior to my son's birth.

 

Will the US consulate in Canada insist I show my naturalization card and reject my CRBA application if I don't do this?  I know I can replace my naturalization card but it will take time and a very expensive application fee which I'd like to avoid as in the thirty over years I had lost my naturalization card I never had a need for it.

 

Thank you for your help.

 

[JFH 12,190]

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[AZOE 0]

 

While I don't lack proof of spending 5 years in the US, I only have proof I was a US citizen about the time I left the US and  I lived abroad in Canada (i.e October 1996).

 

Is this an issue?  Do I need to replace my naturalization card to proof I was a citizen while I lived the US?

 

I lived in the US from 1980 to 1996.

 

My records of physical presence include: records from school starting in 1980 to 1986, and record of employment at US companies from 1986 to 1996, bank statements from 1987 to 1996, a copy of NJ tax filed in 1995.  

 

 

[williamAR 17]

The requirement is physical presence doesn’t matter if you were not a citizen at that time.