For an N-600 certificate application, do I need to supply parents’ foreign birth certificates?
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For an N-600 certificate application, do I need to supply parents’ foreign birth certificates?
I have my US passport due to parents naturalizing before I was 18 citizenship through derivation. For N-600 certificate application do I need to supply their foreign birth certificates? The old N-600 form from just a few years ago does not ask for this but the new form
mentions it and I cannot tell if this requirement applies to my situation. Neither of my parents have their birth certificates and I am having difficulty obtaining information from the consulate.
I have all the other documents asked for such as copies of their marriage certificate, naturalization certificates and a copy of my passport. I want to apply for my own certificate to make it easier to renew/replace my passport in the future, rather than having to present
their original documents each time. I do not believe my father will let me have his original again.
Asked on April 1, 2016 under Immigration Law, New Jersey
Answers:
SB Member California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
I don't think the parents' birth certificates are necessary if you are naturalized because of their naturalization. It is their certificates of naturalization that would be more pertinent in this type of situation. Submit the most current form to USCIS and all the documentation you have or can easily obtain. If the USCIS requires additional documentation they will issue a request for additional evidence.
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