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sidfoes

Junior Member
What is the name of your state? TX

I am a US passport holder. I came to the United States when i was 12 and USCIS gave me passport because i was below 18. Now i have a US passport and i already travelled abroad various times as US passport holder. I got married last month with a non-immigrant. When i was filing I-130 for my wife, the form asked for proof of citizenship and they gave me 2 options (Citizen by Birth or naturalization). I am a passport holder but does not have either US birth certificate or certificate of naturalization. Am i apply for my wife as a US citizen for permant residency.

Please advice
Thanks
 


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ImmigAttyLana

Senior Member
First of all, the USCIS does not issue passports. The State Department does. If you got a passport it would have been on the basis of a certificate of naturalization that you would have received as a child as a result of your parent(s) becoming naturalized, if that was how you got it or through adoption, etc. In either case there would be proof of becoming a US citizen on the basis of which the passport would have been issued and this proof is what you need to submit as part of the I-130 on behalf of your spouse.
 
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evcalyptos

Senior Member
sidfoes said:
What is the name of your state? TX

I am a US passport holder. I came to the United States when i was 12 and USCIS gave me passport because i was below 18. Now i have a US passport and i already travelled abroad various times as US passport holder. I got married last month with a non-immigrant. When i was filing I-130 for my wife, the form asked for proof of citizenship and they gave me 2 options (Citizen by Birth or naturalization). I am a passport holder but does not have either US birth certificate or certificate of naturalization. Am i apply for my wife as a US citizen for permant residency.

Please advice
Thanks
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You are a citizen through naturalization--presumably your parent's naturalization. Your US passport is your ONLY proof of US citizenship unless your parent filed N-600 for a Certificate of Citizenship for you. If you don't have one of those, you can apply now as a backup piece of evidence, but your passport is sufficient proof for the I-130.
 
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