How, where, and what forms and other documents should be filed?

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 8

(a) (b) (i) The child's birth certificate or record; (ii) Marriage certificate of child's parents (if applicable); (iii) If the child's parents were married before their marriage to each other, proof of termination of any previous marriage of each parent (e.g., death certificate or divorce decree); (iv) Evidence of U.S. citizenship of parent, ( (v) If the child was born out of wedlock, documents verifying legitimation according to the laws of the child's residence or domicile or father's residence or domicile (if applicable); (vi) In case of divorce, legal separation, or adoption, documentation of legal custody; (vii) Copy of Permanent Resident Card/Alien Registration Receipt Card or other evidence of lawful permanent resident status (e.g. I-551 stamp in a valid foreign passport or Service-issued travel document); (viii) If adopted, a copy of the full, final adoption decree and, if the adoption was outside of the United States and the child immigrated as an IR-4 (orphans coming to the United States to be adopted by U.S. citizen parent(s)), evidence that the foreign adoption is recognized by the state where the child is permanently residing; and (ix) Evidence of all legal name changes, if applicable, for the child and U.S. citizen parent. (2) If the Service requires any additional documentation to make a decision on the application for certificate of citizenship, applicants may be asked to provide that documentation under separate cover or at the time of interview. Applicants

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 8:§ 320.3