Citizenship Eligibility

[ktatavar]

My daughter is 14 years old right now and got her Green Card on 09/11/2014. Since she is under age 18, is she eligible to apply for citizenship? She got the green card as my dependent. I got the Green card based on my employment (EB2). Our plan is apply for citizenship together (me, my wife and my daughter). Any help is greatly appreciated.

[N400questions]

See this link for details: https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/u...hrough-parents

Read the paragraph titled "Derivative Citizenship Through Parents"

I think it works like this....If you or your wife apply for and obtain citizenship then your child automatically becomes a citizen because one or more of her parents will be a citizen. There is a form N-600 that you can use for your daughter after you obtain your citizenship but I don't think it is strictly necessary to ever file that form.

In other words, you only need to pay for TWO applications not THREE

N-600 details here: https://www.uscis.gov/us-visa-and-immigration-forms/n-600-ap...sked-questions

[ktatavar]

Thank you so much for the information. It helps.

[newacct]

If either of you become a citizen while she is under 18, she automatically becomes a citizen, and can thereafter apply for a US passport at any time. It is not required for her to file N-600 to apply for a Certificate of Citizenship.

[Grahamcracker]

hi
i don’t know if i need more evidence but here is the situation;
i am a us citizen as my mother is a us citizen, my father later naturalized i obtained my us citizenship derivatively through my mother when i was 32. My child is now seeking citizenship. I have easily met the residency requirements as a child I attended school here etc so i have the residency prior to 14 and after, however, here is the tricky part. My parents divorced long before i was 14. When I was 17 my father finally entered rehab and needed some help. I left to help him and lived with him for about 2 1/2 years, as i was not a citizen at that time i could not work, so i stayed with him he gave me an allowance etc. he relapsed pretty badly and basically dumped me on a street corner in Detroit for my mother to come and get me. I have no contact with him and do not care to as he is still a miserable drug addict and alcoholic
if i do an affidavit testifying to this and my mother does an affidavit to testify to this, and i do have my high school records showing when i left school to move with him, would this be sufficient or will immigration need more evidence? I have all of my mothers proof that she was a us citizen and i’m Sure i can obtain vital statistics records showing my fathers residency here at the time.
Thanks for any help, i just thought i would ask here before we spend thousands of dollars on an attorney for him/her to say no can do. I can also check the border crossing records to see if they recorded my entry and departure, although this was in the 80’s and i think i crossed the border with my library card....times have changed

[Grahamcracker]

Ive been trying to post to this forum and everytime it says unapproved. Has anyone used an affidavit for residency requirements?