N-600

[annapolise]

I am applying this for my son based his american dad.

here is the notice from Vermont says, please help what does it mean?

 

Section 341 of the Act states in ertinent part:

A person who claims to have derived United States citizenship through the naturalization of parent... may aply to the Attorney General for a certificate of citizenship. Upon proof to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that the applicant is a citizen, and that the applicant's alleged citizenship was derived as claimed, or acquired, as the case may be, and upon taking the subscribing before a member of the Service within the United States to the oath of allegiance required by this Act of applicant for naturalization, such individual shall be furnished by the Attorney General with a certification of citizenship, but only if such individual is at the time within the United States.

[Randy W]

I am applying this for my son based his american dad.

here is the notice from Vermont says, please help what does it mean?

 

Section 341 of the Act states in ertinent part:

A person who claims to have derived United States citizenship through the naturalization of parent... may aply to the Attorney General for a certificate of citizenship. Upon proof to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that the applicant is a citizen, and that the applicant's alleged citizenship was derived as claimed, or acquired, as the case may be, and upon taking the subscribing before a member of the Service within the United States to the oath of allegiance required by this Act of applicant for naturalization, such individual shall be furnished by the Attorney General with a certification of citizenship, but only if such individual is at the time within the United States.

 

 

If YOU are a citizen, and your son is under 18, then "upon taking the subscribing before a member of the Service within the United States to the oath of allegiance required by this Act of applicant for naturalization", he becomes a citizen also.

 

In other words, his citizenship would "derive" from yours, but not from your husbands .

[annapolise]

thanks for the reply, but i am not a citizen, we are applying for our son through his dad.

i guess this section 341 means, we need to see an attorney to issue a certificate of citizenship, based on all of the original documents

[Randy W]

I misunderstood - I was assuming that it was your son through a previous marriage, which is what the act they quoted appears to be about.

 

If your husband is his natural father, I think all he needs is his birth certificate - not the certificate of citizenship. If he was born in China, however, the certificate of citizenship may come in handy.

 

Maybe someone else can sort this out better than I did.

Edited March 9, 2007 by Randy W (see edit history)

[annapolise]

thanks again,

my son was born in canada, and finaly i figured it out.

we need to see an attorney general, show all the orignal documents, and he will issue a letter to prove that our son is my husband's son, birth certificate is not good enough for this case, we mailed that together with N-600 before, they are asking for further prove.