two of wife's illegitimate teenage children live abroad with the father. Do we need to provide child support evidence or notarized letter with the N-400?

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My wife has completed the N-400 and we are ready to submit the application. She has two teenage children living with their father. My wife and this man were never married. There was never a court order or legal child support arrangement. Does a notarized letter from the father (or from the father's sister, who is the more involved caretaker) need to be included with the N-400 right now? Does anyone think that it is essential for us to address this in the N-400 application. We do send money regularly, but it's a complicated situation. Seems the father is more of a "dependent" than the children are.

We would like to submit the application soon, but we now wonder if not including evidence on this topic with the application will cause a delay with the approval process.

Mike 

 

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1 hour ago, msamulski said:

We do send money regularly, but it's a complicated situation. Seems the father is more of a "dependent" than the children are.

Then why would he voluntarily allow them to leave? They are income for him.

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2 hours ago, msamulski said:

 

My wife has completed the N-400 and we are ready to submit the application. She has two teenage children living with their father. My wife and this man were never married. There was never a court order or legal child support arrangement. Does a notarized letter from the father (or from the father's sister, who is the more involved caretaker) need to be included with the N-400 right now? Does anyone think that it is essential for us to address this in the N-400 application. We do send money regularly, but it's a complicated situation. Seems the father is more of a "dependent" than the children are.

We would like to submit the application soon, but we now wonder if not including evidence on this topic with the application will cause a delay with the approval process.

Mike 

 

She has to list her children in the application (Part 11).

 

Here's some useful info from http://projectcitizenship.org/can-person-owes-child-support-apply-naturalization/

 

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If children are listed on an application who are not living with the applicant, you should be prepared for the officer to ask whether the applicant is supporting those children.  You should bring proof of payments, including:

• Any court ordered payment arrangement;
• A notarized letter from the other parent stating that the applicant provides support to his/her child(ren);
• Copies of checks;
• Bank statements; and/or
• Money order receipts.

 

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[msamulski 0]

Thanks for your reply Databit. I didn't say that we were trying to make her two teenage kids leave. I am only trying to find out if we need to include a notarized letter or proof that we have been sending money. We may follow up with N-600K's for both of the kids, but once they become US Citizens and get US Passports, then they can stay there or come here on their own accord.

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2 hours ago, msamulski said:

Thanks for your reply Databit. I didn't say that we were trying to make her two teenage kids leave. I am only trying to find out if we need to include a notarized letter or proof that we have been sending money. We may follow up with N-600K's for both of the kids, but once they become US Citizens and get US Passports, then they can stay there or come here on their own accord.

You don’t need it to submit the form afaik, but she must have it to take to interview.