Citizenship derived through my dad

[Chiwindy 0]

I came to the US when I was 2, my dad was a resident, he naturalized when I was 16. He died when I was 17. I am 35 now and just found out I had become a citizen when he naturalized since I was under 18. I could not get a passport because I did not have my dad’s naturalization certificate. So I had to do submit another form to USCIS to see if i could get something that proves when my dad became a citizen. They did sent me a copy of the naturalization. So I sent form N600. Now I have my oath ceremony April 17. Everybody over 14 yrs old have to take the Oath. Never give up, all it takes is a little patience.

 

[ykowalski 11]

You could have just applied for a passport and skipped the N600...

That's how my wife did it. Her dad was naturalized before she was 18 and she never had a citizenship certificate. 

 

Out of curiosity, how long did the N600 take anyways? She applied for it last July and still nothing yet?

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

Congratulations. Thanks for sharing your story.

[Dashinka 24,705]

10 minutes ago, ykowalski said:

You could have just applied for a passport and skipped the N600...

That's how my wife did it. Her dad was naturalized before she was 18 and she never had a citizenship certificate. 

 

Out of curiosity, how long did the N600 take anyways? She applied for it last July and still nothing yet?

I think he would still need to show proof to the passport office that he is a citizen, and being that his father passed away and the certificate from his father's naturalization was lost he may have needed the N600.

 

To the OP, congrats!

[Chiwindy 0]

2 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

2 hours ago, ykowalski said:

Applied june 2018, I guess it depends where you live. After leaving the nbc it went to Chicago uscis office. Check uscis processing times and look up your city. 

 

 

You could have just applied for a passport and skipped the N600...

That's how my wife did it. Her dad was naturalized before she was 18 and she never had a citizenship certificate. 

 

Out of curiosity, how long did the N600 take anyways? She applied for it last July and still nothing yet?

To the OP, congrats

 

[ykowalski 11]

32 minutes ago, Chiwindy said:

 

She applied in July. 

We can't check the status on uscis anymore 

We get this error. Before it used to show we received your application. 

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