Confused about derived citizenship for a child - bring them to Oath Ceremony?

[osu07 1]

So I am confused about how this is supposed to work. Basically, the mom passed the n-400 interview and has an Oath ceremony coming up. As far as I understand, the child, who is 15, has lived in the US for a few years and is a LPR, is supposed to become a derived citizen as a result of that. I saw mentioned somewhere that in a situation like this the child can attend the same ceremony/be sworn in at the same time. Is this something that is actually accurate? So, if accurate, how does this work? We show up with filled-out n-600 etc.? Or this is totally off and we need to wait until after the ceremony to do the whole n-600 thing online? There's not much detailed info on this..

Thanks for any suggestions/experineces!

[top_secret 2,463]

There is no oath ceremony for the child.  The newly naturalized US Citizen parent could just apply for their minor child's US Passport by submitting the parents naturalization certificate along with proof that the parent had legal custody and actual custody of the child and that the child was in the US as a LPR.  N600 is recommended too but not strictly necessary for the child to be a US Citizen.

[osu07 1]

56 minutes ago, top_secret said:

There is no oath ceremony for the child.  The newly naturalized US Citizen parent could just apply for their minor child's US Passport by submitting the parents naturalization certificate along with proof that the parent had legal custody and actual custody of the child and that the child was in the US as a LPR.  N600 is recommended too but not strictly necessary for the child to be a US Citizen.

Thanks, the direct passport route sounds great (not to mention a whole lot cheaper). The reason I brought up the Oath ceremony is according the USCIS, the Oath of Allegiance is required for anyone over 14.

[top_secret 2,463]

38 minutes ago, osu07 said:

Thanks, the direct passport route sounds great (not to mention a whole lot cheaper). The reason I brought up the Oath ceremony is according the USCIS, the Oath of Allegiance is required for anyone over 14.

 

There is an oath for 14+ y/o if you file the N600.  Not required to just get the passport which comes from the U.S. Department of State instead of USCIS.  Although it is expensive and not strictly necessary, there is an argument for filing a N600 in addition to getting the child's passport.  Just in case years from now they get asked to prove their citizenship again for a security clearance, or passport renewal, sponsoring another immigrant, claiming social security benefits etc.  The same proof they used first time might still work but there have been cases where a passport was granted the first time and denied on renewal or someone lived here as a US citizen for 50 years but had issues when they went to claim Social Security benefits.  Proving you met residency and custody requirements can get murky decades later.  A Certificate of Citizenship removes any ambiguity forever.

[osu07 1]

1 hour ago, top_secret said:

 

There is an oath for 14+ y/o if you file the N600.  Not required to just get the passport which comes from the U.S. Department of State instead of USCIS.  Although it is expensive and not strictly necessary, there is an argument for filing a N600 in addition to getting the child's passport.  Just in case years from now they get asked to prove their citizenship again for a security clearance, or passport renewal, sponsoring another immigrant, claiming social security benefits etc.  The same proof they used first time might still work but there have been cases where a passport was granted the first time and denied on renewal or someone lived here as a US citizen for 50 years but had issues when they went to claim Social Security benefits.  Proving you met residency and custody requirements can get murky decades later.  A Certificate of Citizenship removes any ambiguity forever.

Oh yes, definitely one of those "better have it and not need it, than the other way around" kind of things.