citizenship

navy2016

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Here is my scenario, am I a citizen or not?:

BOTH of my parents became naturalized citizens this past August. We have sent in the paperwork and the fee for me to become a citizen based on my parent's current status. I have been waiting ever since......................

Actually there were 2 updates:
1. I received a letter a few weeks later(mid September) informing me that they have received my paperwork.
2. My sister had to stop by the immigration office in Charleston, SC a few weeks ago (Thanksgiving break) and asked about my status. They said they somehow mishandled my paperwork and corrected it but I was still in the process.

Also, I am 16.
On USAFA SS application I put yes because it asked whether I was going to be a citizen by the first week of SS.

My parents have friends in the same situation who's children received their citizenship about a month or two later

I posted in this forum because it seems to be the most active.
 
If you are applying for naturalization as a dependent to your parents, you will have been a citizen at the time of your parents' naturalization (August).

I was "naturalized" last March as a dependent to my Father, who was naturalized Nov. 2006. On my certificate of citizenship/naturalization (N-550, N-570), it states "...that (s)he is now a citizen of the United States of America, become a citizen of thereof on November xx, 2006:"

I suppose that this means even though I signed and received my certificate months later (I applied for naturalization a year ahead), I was officially a citizen at the same time as my father (because I was a dependent).
 
If you are applying for naturalization as a dependent to your parents, you will have been a citizen at the time of your parents' naturalization (August).

I was "naturalized" last March as a dependent to my Father, who was naturalized Nov. 2006. On my certificate of citizenship/naturalization (N-550, N-570), it states "...that (s)he is now a citizen of the United States of America, become a citizen of thereof on November xx, 2006:"

I suppose that this means even though I signed and received my certificate months later (I applied for naturalization a year ahead), I was officially a citizen at the same time as my father (because I was a dependent).

Thanks

By your user name, I am assuming you are either of Chinese or Taiwanese descent.
 
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freedomtruck is right. You are now a citizen by virtue of 'derivative citizenship'. As long as you are 18 or below and a permanent resident, you become a citizen once either your father or mother becomes a citizen.

You don't even need to file for a certificate of naturalization. All you need to do is file for a US passport using one or both of your parent's naturalization certificate and your birth certificate. You can then use your US passport as proof of citizenship. A certificate of naturalization is just nice to have, albeit an expensive one.

This is what my son did one year before becoming a cadet at USAFA.
 
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