N600 or N400

[arecella]

Hello All,

I have a question for me and my wife status to naturalize and not sure for which form to use in our case.

First of on my case, I was 12 yrs old living in the Philippines when my father on Aug. 1999 became a U.S. Citizen.
I was petitioned and lawful resident May of 2002, under the age of 18yrs old. I am now 30 yrs old and married and would
like to file for naturalization. Will that be a N600 or N400?

My wife case is, She came to U.S. as lawful resident while her dad have an on going case for his naturalization.
Her father became a U.S. Citizen when she was 11yrs old and already residing in the U.S. She is now 30yrs old and would like
to file for naturalization. Will that be N600 or N400?

[newacct]

Hello All,

I have a question for me and my wife status to naturalize and not sure for which form to use in our case.

First of on my case, I was 12 yrs old living in the Philippines when my father on Aug. 1999 became a U.S. Citizen.
I was petitioned and lawful resident May of 2002, under the age of 18yrs old. I am now 30 yrs old and married and would
like to file for naturalization. Will that be a N600 or N400?

You automatically became a US citizen when you entered the US. You can apply for a US passport at any time. You could also file N-600 to apply for a Certificate of Citizenship, but that doesn't really serve any purposes that a US passport doesn't, and it is much more expensive ($1170) and slower to get.

My wife case is, She came to U.S. as lawful resident while her dad have an on going case for his naturalization.
Her father became a U.S. Citizen when she was 11yrs old and already residing in the U.S. She is now 30yrs old and would like
to file for naturalization. Will that be N600 or N400?

She automatically became a US citizen when her father became a citizen. Again, she can apply for a US passport at any time; or, she could also file N-600 to apply for a Certificate of Citizenship, but in my opinion that is a waste.

[arecella]

[QUOTE=newacct;562173]You automatically became a US citizen when you entered the US. You can apply for a US passport at any time. You could also file N-600 to apply for a Certificate of Citizenship, but that doesn't really serve any purposes that a US passport doesn't, and it is much more expensive ($1170) and slower to get.

Thank you very much for the reply, if what you said is true, one of the needed documents for applying US passport are


Form DS-11, completed but not signed
Evidence of U.S. citizenship
Photocopy of evidence of U.S. citizenship

Photo ID
Photocopy of photo ID
Passport photo

Im stuck as to what type of evidence of citizenship i can provide as im only holding green card.

[newacct]

[QUOTE=arecella;562179]

You automatically became a US citizen when you entered the US. You can apply for a US passport at any time. You could also file N-600 to apply for a Certificate of Citizenship, but that doesn't really serve any purposes that a US passport doesn't, and it is much more expensive ($1170) and slower to get.

Thank you very much for the reply, if what you said is true, one of the needed documents for applying US passport are


Form DS-11, completed but not signed
Evidence of U.S. citizenship
Photocopy of evidence of U.S. citizenship

Photo ID
Photocopy of photo ID
Passport photo

Im stuck as to what type of evidence of citizenship i can provide as im only holding green card.

From the DS-11 form:

If you claim citizenship through naturalization of parent(s): Submit the Certificate(s) of Naturalization of your parent(s), your foreign birth certificate (and official translation if the document is not in English), proof of your admission to the United States for permanent residence, and your parents' marriage/certificate and/or evidence that you were in the legal and physical custody of your U.S. citizen parent, if applicable.

[arecella]

[QUOTE=newacct;562181]

From the DS-11 form:

got it, i was reading it just now as well. Thank you very much. Very helpful.