N-400, Application for Naturalization: Do I have to have a passport if I never travled outside of us since recieving green card?

[naron13 0]

I don't have a passport and when i want to apply for becoming citizen, Will i be denied because of missing passport? I came here legal and stayed legal, but due to other problems - lost passport, I can't recieve a passport soon. I am still in process of removing conditions on my green card. I also like to know if i can complete i751 process without a passport. Please advice, thank you.

[Alabamak1 688]

no way to prove your citizenship if you dont have a passport.  

[__immigrant__ 58]

16 minutes ago, Alabamak1 said:

no way to prove your citizenship if you dont have a passport.  

False! You can use your birth certificate to prove your citizenship. My Jordanian birth certificate proves that I'm a Jordanian citizen.

[Alabamak1 688]

i don't know of any application from USCIS that can be processed w/o a passport. unless you are a asylum seeker or stateless....that woud be an exception 

[Going through 5,671]

6 hours ago, Alabamak1 said:

i don't know of any application from USCIS that can be processed w/o a passport. unless you are a asylum seeker or stateless....that woud be an exception 

There's no requirement by USCIS to keep a foreign passport updated when applying for the ROC or the N400----OP cannot be denied based solely on not having one.  

 

Biographic information can be confirmed through birth certificate/other identification, and previous AOS with USCIS.

Travel history can be confirmed through USCIS databases and info sharing with border control.

Edited March 28, 2018 by Going through

[naron13 0]

Thank you for all responses.

 

I have an original birth ceritifate and also translation. So right now, am i good with no passport?

 

Can i just use my birth ceritifcate to proove my citizenship to argentina?

[OnlyTheBrave 5]

19 minutes ago, naron13 said:

Thank you for all responses.

 

I have an original birth ceritifate and also translation. So right now, am i good with no passport?

 

Can i just use my birth ceritifcate to proove my citizenship to argentina?

You should’ve had a passport when you entered the US, otherwise you wouldn’t be let in. Your birth certificate is a sufficient proof of your Argentine citizenship if Argentina follows ius soli. But passport may still be necessary at the interview. Bring the expired one you entered with. 

[naron13 0]

4 minutes ago, OnlyTheBrave said:

You should’ve had a passport when you entered the US, otherwise you wouldn’t be let in. Your birth certificate is a sufficient proof of your Argentine citizenship if Argentina follows ius soli. But passport may still be necessary at the interview. Bring the expired one you entered with. 

yes i recently lost my passport and everything about me has been legal so far. I don't have a passport - i lost it and i applied for a new one. It just takes long time to get one. so i have no chance to bring an expired passport. in this case, would i have any problem?

 

thank you again.

[Going through 5,671]

46 minutes ago, naron13 said:

yes i recently lost my passport and everything about me has been legal so far. I don't have a passport - i lost it and i applied for a new one. It just takes long time to get one. so i have no chance to bring an expired passport. in this case, would i have any problem?

 

thank you again.

You won't be the first person to attend their interview without a current foreign passport.  It won't be an issue, as it's not a USCIS requirement to have an updated foreign passport.

[KVE 29]

On 3/28/2018 at 12:21 AM, abe&kari said:

False! You can use your birth certificate to prove your citizenship. My Jordanian birth certificate proves that I'm a Jordanian citizen.

Having a UK birth certificate doesn’t mean you are British. It also depends on the citizenship/permanent resident status of your parents at the time of your birth. Also the rules can change dependending on when you were born, as the law has change a lot over the last 30 years.

 

If the UK can have complex rules, I wouldn’t be surprised if other countries do. USCIS would then need to know the citizenship rules of the other country. A passport is a document from a country proving you are a citizen (and states it on the passport).

 

[little immigrant 801]

1 hour ago, KVE said:

Having a UK birth certificate doesn’t mean you are British. It also depends on the citizenship/permanent resident status of your parents at the time of your birth. Also the rules can change dependending on when you were born, as the law has change a lot over the last 30 years.

 

If the UK can have complex rules, I wouldn’t be surprised if other countries do. USCIS would then need to know the citizenship rules of the other country. A passport is a document from a country proving you are a citizen (and states it on the passport).

 

Well a German passport does not proof that you're a citizen of Germany believe it our not. 

 

@naron13, do you have some sort of receipt to show that you're applying for the new passport? Also did you file a report for the loss of the previous one? If yes, those are documents I would bring to an interview. But you can't bring what you don't have. I would explain the situation to the interviewing officer if asked. I do not think you'll be denied because of that. 

[OnlyTheBrave 5]

12 hours ago, naron13 said:

yes i recently lost my passport and everything about me has been legal so far. I don't have a passport - i lost it and i applied for a new one. It just takes long time to get one. so i have no chance to bring an expired passport. in this case, would i have any problem?

 

thank you again.

If that is the case, you should be fine. Just bring a copy of the police report if you have one. 

Edited March 29, 2018 by OnlyTheBrave