Felix

Hi
I am filing i-130 for my foreign spouse, section b13 asks for proof of
US citizenship and ask for naturalizatioin certification number, can I
put my current US passport information instead? is it sufficent proof
of my citizenship? btw, I was naturalized when i was little. not too
sure where to find a such certificate anymore. has anyone used his/her
passport filing i-130 and gotten approved before?
please help
million thanks
Frankie

Folinskyinla

Hi:

Your passport IS not only "sufficient" -- it is CONCLUSIVE evidence of citizenship. On the naturalization number and place -- put in "unknown" -- if you want, attach a declaration that you obtianed citizenship as a small child. BTW, it may be that you "derived" naturalization from your parents naturalization so you won't have a certificate in your own right anyways.

Paul Gani

"Folinskyinla" <member@british_expats.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Your passport IS not only "sufficient" -- it is CONCLUSIVE evidence of
citizenship.

Just to be on the pedantic side, the Consulates do issue "Limited passports"
which are NOT conclusize evidence of citizenship. Below is a reply by a DoS
employee from an inquiry of mine in 1999:

    >A full validity passport is is accepted as evidence of citizenship. Full
    >validity is a passport issued for the full ten years for an adult and five
years
    >for a child. Passports issued for less than full validity are called
limited
    >passports and are usually issued when a person has provided some evidence
of
    >citizenship but not all and has an urgent need for travel. An individual
who
    >has been issued a limited passport has until the expiration date to provide
the
    >requested evidence of citizenship. An example would be someone who
presents an
    >application with all appropriate ID and an immediate ticket but has a copy
of
    >the birth certificate but not one with a raised seal. In this instance the
    >examiner has the authority to issue a limited passport if they believe the
    >individual to be truthful. If the examiner suspects something is wrong
they
    >will not issue a limited passport and have the applicant return with all
the
    >requested documentation. This is the reason that the INS will not accept a
    >limited passport as evidence of citizenship. A limited passport is issued
by
    >the Dept. of State to facilitate travel but is not issued as evidence of
    >citizenship only a full validity passport should be accepted as evidence of
    >citizenship. Hope this is helpful.

"Limited passports" are also mentioned here:

http://travel.state.gov/lost_passports_abroad.html

Granted, one probably runs into "Limited passports" about as often as one
runs into people born in the U.S. while their parents are on A/G visas and
thus are not U.S. citizens.

Paulgani

Felix

"Paul Gani" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > "Folinskyinla" <member@british_expats.com> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > Your passport IS not only "sufficient" -- it is CONCLUSIVE evidence of
    > citizenship.
    >
    > Just to be on the pedantic side, the Consulates do issue "Limited passports"
    > which are NOT conclusize evidence of citizenship. Below is a reply by a DoS
    > employee from an inquiry of mine in 1999:
    >
    > >A full validity passport is is accepted as evidence of citizenship. Full
    > >validity is a passport issued for the full ten years for an adult and five
    > years
    > >for a child. Passports issued for less than full validity are called
    > limited
    > >passports and are usually issued when a person has provided some evidence
    > of
    > >citizenship but not all and has an urgent need for travel. An individual
    > who
    > >has been issued a limited passport has until the expiration date to provide
    > the
    > >requested evidence of citizenship. An example would be someone who
    > presents an
    > >application with all appropriate ID and an immediate ticket but has a copy
    > of
    > >the birth certificate but not one with a raised seal. In this instance the
    > >examiner has the authority to issue a limited passport if they believe the
    > >individual to be truthful. If the examiner suspects something is wrong
    > they
    > >will not issue a limited passport and have the applicant return with all
    > the
    > >requested documentation. This is the reason that the INS will not accept a
    > >limited passport as evidence of citizenship. A limited passport is issued
    > by
    > >the Dept. of State to facilitate travel but is not issued as evidence of
    > >citizenship only a full validity passport should be accepted as evidence of
    > >citizenship. Hope this is helpful.
    >
    > "Limited passports" are also mentioned here:
    >
    > http://travel.state.gov/lost_passports_abroad.html
    >
    > Granted, one probably runs into "Limited passports" about as often as one
    > runs into people born in the U.S. while their parents are on A/G visas and
    > thus are not U.S. citizens.
    >
    > Paulgani


how would i tell that if a passport is "limited passport" or "validity
Passport"? do they look any different? just curious
Thanks
DJ

jeffreyhy

Felix (DJ?),

You can start by reading what Paul posted. "    Full validity is a passport issued for the full ten years for an adult and five years for a child. Passports issued for less than full validity are called limited passports ...

Regards, JEff