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13 minutes ago, nastra30 said:

I am confused. How's op a citizen since birth? Op was born in 1998. Father naturalized in 2013. My understanding is op presumably was petitioned by father as LPR and upon landing in the US in 2016 became a USC because they were in the physical and legal custody of the father. Op tried to obtain a US passport but DOS came back asking for proof of father's legal and physical custody of op. She never responded to that? I think that needs to be sorted out. @JeanAb, is my understanding correct?

Brrr…I definitely missed facts, and read ( likely imagined 😂) that father was a USC when OP was born. Carry on…seems more coffee for me

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1 hour ago, Family said:

One citizen, one
alien parent
Citizen had been physically present26 in U.S. or its
outlying possessions 5 years, at least 2 of which were
after age 14.27

To me it wasn't clear from the post whether OP's mother was a US citizen at the time OP was born. Maybe I miss something, but OP may have been born to a foreign mother. Later in life father got employment based GC and naturalized... 

 

@JeanAb can you help understanding your mother status when you were born?

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15 hours ago, JeanAb said:

And I found a document alongside with my birth certificate are the affidavit of paternity or the document about my late registration of birth with both of my parent’s signature. 

 

Is that enough proof that I am my father’s child? because when my mom gave birth to me my dad was here in the states and they got married a year after my birth. I also have legal documents such as affidavit of legitimation. 
 

Can I submit the documents I have here like my Dad’s Citizenship, my birth certificate with the documents of affidavit, and my green card?

Op, I think this should do to prove that you are child of your father and also legal custody (affivadit of legitimation because you were born out of wedlock). Did mom also come along as LPR in 2016? If so add docs showing you lived in a marital uniom home with mom and dad; this also shows legal custody.

Add some some mails, school records, medical records, IDs, insurance, etc etc that shows common address with dad when you were living with dad before 18 to prove physical custody. Good luck.

Posted
1 hour ago, nastra30 said:

I am confused. How's op a citizen since birth? Op was born in 1998. Father naturalized in 2013. My understanding is op presumably was petitioned by father as LPR and upon landing in the US in 2016 became a USC because they were in the physical and legal custody of the father. Op tried to obtain a US passport but DOS came back asking for proof of father's legal and physical custody of op. She never responded to that? I think that needs to be sorted out. @JeanAb, is my understanding correct?

 

If my understanding is correct then proving you are the child of your father is not an issue since it seams you have solid evidence of that. I think the issue is proof that your father had legal and physical of you when you entered US as LPR before you turned 18. 

 

 

 

This is my interpretation.  It sounds like on the previous passport application they received a letter spelling out exactly what evidence needed to be provided to prove the US Citizen parent's physical and legal custody and to prove the applicant was a minor when they entered the US as a LPR.  It seems the easy solution is to provide what was requested.

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On 7/23/2024 at 4:21 PM, JeanAb said:

I got here in the states when I was 17 (still a minor) and my father is already a U.S citizen. I tried to apply for american passport last 2016 and I received a letter if I obtain my certificate of citizenship or if not I submit the following instruction such as a combination of school, tax, medical, or court documents that I am in my father’s physical and legally custody after I entered here in the states and before my 18th birthday. And second early public records issued at or near the time of my birth which shows my name and my parents name such as hospital, religious, medical or insurance records. Because the birth document I sent them was recorded more than one month after the birth occured. And if the early documents are unavailable, I may submit a DNA testing conducted by AABB testing facility.

 

So my question is, I am applying again for american passport since my green card is expiring next year’ and I am not applying for a certificate of citizenship since they said I can use my father’s citizenship as a proof. And I found a document alongside with my birth certificate are the affidavit of paternity or the document about my late registration of birth with both of my parent’s signature. 

 

Is that enough proof that I am my father’s child? because when my mom gave birth to me my dad was here in the states and they got married a year after my birth. I also have legal documents such as affidavit of legitimation. 
 

Can I submit the documents I have here like my Dad’s Citizenship, my birth certificate with the documents of affidavit, and my green card?

 

is that enough proof for me to get an american passport? 

 

Thank you, and hopefully I get a reply from you soon. 

*UPDATE

 

 

I applied my american passport yesterday’ and they got my green card from me so hopefully they will approve my application. Thank you guys so much!

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On 7/25/2024 at 8:09 PM, JeanAb said:

*UPDATE

 

 

I applied my american passport yesterday’ and they got my green card from me so hopefully they will approve my application. Thank you guys so much!

Hopefully, you get your passport soon. I just want to add that after you get your passport I'll highly recommend you also apply for N600 certificate. 

 
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