Instructions For Form N-600 - Application For Certificate Of Citizenship (Page 9 of 13) in pdf

5. Documents Showing the Marriage Termination (if applicable). You must submit a certified divorce decree, death

certificate, or annulment document.

6. Proof of U.S. Citizenship. Examples of this are birth certificates showing birth in the United States; a Form N-550,

Certificate of Naturalization; a Form N-560, Certificate of Citizenship; a Form FS-240, Report of Birth Abroad of

United States Citizen; or a valid unexpired U.S. passport.

7. Proof of Status as U.S. National (only required if you are claiming U.S. citizenship through a U.S. national, such as

a person born in American Samoa or Swains Island).

If you were born outside the United States or its outlying possessions, you are born a U.S. citizen if your parents met

the following conditions:

A. Your U.S. citizen parent was physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a

continuous period of one year prior to your birth; and

B. Your other parent was a national, but not a U.S. citizen.

NOTE: If you have a U.S. citizen parent and a noncitizen parent who is an alien but not a national, your U.S.

citizen parent must have met the physical presence requirements prior to your birth.

8. Proof of Legitimation (only required if you who were born out-of-wedlock and your father is your U.S. Citizen

parent).

For information regarding legitimation see the USCIS Policy Manual at

Provide legitimation documentation from the country or state in which you legitimated. Legitimation can also be

established according to the laws of your father’s residence or your residence.

9. Proof of Legal and Physical Custody (only required for applicants whose U.S. citizen parents divorced and/or

separated and for applicants who are adopted or legitimated).

10. Copy of Permanent Resident Card or Other Evidence of Permanent Resident Status (only required if you are

claiming U.S. citizenship after birth through a U.S. citizen parent).

11. Proof of Required Residence or Physical Presence In the United States. Any document that proves the U.S

citizen parent’s residence or physical presence in the United States. This proof may include, but is not limited to the

following:

A. School, employment, or military records;

B. Deeds, mortgages, or leases showing residence;

C. Attestations by churches, unions, or other organizations;

D. U.S. Social Security quarterly reports; and

E. Affidavits of third parties having knowledge of the residence and physical presence.

12. Copy of Full, Final Adoption Decree (only required for adopted applicants).

13. Re-adoption in the United States. If you had to be re-adopted in the United States, submit evidence of a full and

final foreign adoption if the appropriate authority in the applicant’s current location of residence recognizes its

validity.

14. Evidence of All Legal Name Changes. If you legally changed your name, submit evidence of an issued and certified

document by the court that authorized the legal name changes.

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