US Immigration from Germany

I am in this, what feels like a never ending, immigration journey for my kids.

We are still trying to get their social security card and their naturalization certificate. While we applied for their n-600 in 01/2022, we applied via consulate in Frankfurt for their socials security card twice now. Its July 2022 and we are still nowhere near getting the social security card. We are leaving for the US next months and won't be able to sign up the kids for school, drivers license, health insurance etc or even file our taxes at this point. The kids do have a US passport at this point.

My first question is about the wait times for n-600 applications? We have been waiting since 01/2022 and didn't even get an invite for a biometrics appointment so far. And secondly, what can I do to get their SS cards without the naturalization certificate? I don't think we can wait that long.

I am getting somewhat impatient and called our soon-to-be local SSA office. My husband is already in the US, so we do have a US address. However, the gentleman on the phone said that kids with a five year US passport are only temporary citizens and not "real" US citizens. Every real US citizen has a 10 year passport. I mentioned several times that both kids are minors and below 16 to which I just heard that I would need to address my concern with the State department.

Point is, our local SSA office wants to see the naturalization certificate to issue their SS card. We are in day 174 of waiting for a USCIS response on the naturalization certificate and we are nowhere near any response. Why can the SSA office not issue a SS card based on my children's previous LPR status before they naturalized unter the Citizenship Act 2000 upon being admitted to the US? What is the hold up and is there any help or advice you may have? Is a naturalization under the Citizenship Act THAT RARE?

PS: We applied for the kids SS card via the US consulate general in Frankfurt twice now. The first application got lost but getting an appointment is a real challenge and almost 4-6 months wait time to get an appointment. I am not sure what the status of the second application is at this point, its been a couple weeks and the expedited application doesn't seem processed yet.

Hi.

my situation is the following:

- I got DQ'd last week

- I called the four official German doctors available for the medical exam upfront, but I am only able to get an appointment already next week in Munich. Otherwise I would have to wait until October for an appointment, which is crazy.

- I might not have the invitation letter (I think you only get an email these days? nothing written?) for the medical exam yet, but the doctor only states they need the "case number issued by the consulate".

So my question now is: is the case number issued by the consulate the same as the one issued by NVC? If that's not the case. What would I do? Any poeple here who have more experience with the Frankfurt consulate and medical exam in Germany? thank you so much :).

interested in this topic.

I voluntarily gave up my green card. filed I-407 and got a confirmation, but still can't get an ESTA.

How long does it take to remove the LPR status in the system?

Hi everyone, I hope this is the right place to post this. I filed I-130 while I was living in Germany and I am now moving back to the States as a US citizen. I could not update my address on the USCIS website because it doesn't let you select a prior address in a foreign country.

I reached out to USCIS which instructed me to mail in form AR-11 to my service center. This form just doesn't seem right as it's clearly intended for an alien to fill out. Can someone confirm this is what I should be doing? Wouldn't it just be easier to pick a random state/zip code from the dropdown in the prior address section because it'll be changed to the new one anyway?

Thank you in advance!

Hello,

I am a US Citizen, and I got citizenship through my parent who naturalized when I was a child at the time. I am planning to fill out the I-130 online for the spousal visa, petitioning for my spouse, but there is a question asking whether I have ever obtained a Certificate of Citizenship. I have asked my parents and they said that I got one at the time, but we cannot find it anywhere! I was wondering if there is a way to still fill out the form online without answering yes or no to the question, or without providing the number of the certificate. Could I just send all pages of my US passport as proof of citizenship? But then how would I get around the yes/no question and the question asking for the number of the certificate, I wouldn t be able to answer no if I received one before? I was reading online it takes so long to get a new one, so is there a way to fill the form out without providing the Certificate? I really do not want to get an RFE for this. And it would be unfortunate if I had to wait an extra 5-8 months for them to send me a new Certificate of Citizenship, and only then start our spousal visa process.