Passport only

[HV89 0]

4 minutes ago, Mike E said:

At my wife’s I-485 interview I was required to produce my naturalization certificate  The ISO was tough, by the book, and fair.  

 

My wife’s N-400 interview letter says to bring:

 

“Your spouse's birth or naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship.”

 

You might.  Do you have your mother’s naturalization certificate? 

 

Moat of the time, it seems the ISO is satisfied with the petitioner’s US passport. There was a AMA on Reddit last year by a USCIS ISO who said that sometimes a passport of a petitioning spouse isn’t good enough.  

 

You have time to do an FOIA of your mother’s and your USCIS and DoS records.  

 

This is another advantage going the CR-1 route.  An CO can’t really say a U.S. passport of a petitioner isn’t  good enough because the CO’s department issued the passport in first place. 
 

Are you  aware of the proposed  fee hikes for I-485, I-765, I-131, and I-751? 

I do have my mother’s naturalization certificate and a translated copy of my birth certificate to associate my birth to her.

 

I wish i would have went CR-1 route if I knew the processing times would be as crazy as it is now. At the time that I started to file, the reported processing time was still at 9 months. Crazy that it’s 15.5 month now.

 

I am not aware of the fee hikes. I don’t mind the fee hikes if it brings in more resources for USCIS to clear the backlog.

[HV89 0]

@Mike E Could you also give me more details about the FOIA process you mentioned?

What additional documents i need to supplement for proof of citizenship? I looked into N-600 for certificate of citizenship and that looks like it would take 20 months.

[Mike E 11,739]

13 minutes ago, HV89 said:

@Mike E Could you also give me more details about the FOIA process you mentioned?

I’ve never done one myself. Web searches are your friend. Maybe start here. 
 

https://foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/home

13 minutes ago, HV89 said:

What additional documents i need to supplement for proof of citizenship? I looked into N-600 for certificate of citizenship and that looks like it would take 20 months.

Do you have a copy of your green card or immigration visa, and evidence of being in your mother’s physical and legal custody at the time she naturalized?

 

If so, you can use all that instead of a certificate of citizenship.  
 

Still it sounds like fees don’t phase you, so you should  file N-600.