Simplify kids citizenship.

[Jo&Ro 106]

I've been reading on what the process is for getting my wife's kids their citizenship and it might as well be written in Greek to me. I'm a multi generational U.S. citizen. My wife of 6 years has been a U.S. citizen for over a year and now her kids (ages 12 & 14) are here and we are trying to figure out the process of getting their U.S. citizenship. It's not clear to me if we need to do the same process as she went through to get her citizenship or is it much more simple and quicker? Thanks ahead for any advice...Jo&Ro

[OldUser 7,014]

1 hour ago, Jo&Ro said:

I've been reading on what the process is for getting my wife's kids their citizenship and it might as well be written in Greek to me. I'm a multi generational U.S. citizen. My wife of 6 years has been a U.S. citizen for over a year and now her kids (ages 12 & 14) are here and we are trying to figure out the process of getting their U.S. citizenship. It's not clear to me if we need to do the same process as she went through to get her citizenship or is it much more simple and quicker? Thanks ahead for any advice...Jo&Ro

As they're minors (under 18), they should have became US citizens over a year now if few conditions were met:

1) Kids had Green Cards

2) Kids lived with you and your spouse in the US when spouse became US citizen

 

If those are true, you can apply for their US passports. Also, highly recommended to file N-600 for each kid to have certificate of citizenship for life.