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| I'm an american citizen (my wife is not) and have lived recently in
| the US for 5 years. During that time my minor child was admitted as a
| Lawful Premanent Resident, received a citizenship and passport via the
| Child Citizenship Act section 320. I applied for a Certificate of
| Citizenship (N-600) on the child's behalf, but before finishing that
| process had to temporarily move out of the country for some business
| reasons. As such, I could not attend the interviews (stating that it's
| due to a temporary move out of the country) and eventually got a
| denial from them.
|
| (1) Does that mean that the minor child's citizenship is not valid
| anymore?
|
| Thanks
One does not have to have the Certificate to be a US citizen as long as one
fulfills all the requirements to be a citizen in accordance with the
operation of the law that granted the citizenship.
The application for CC was denied because you did not attend the required
interview, thus, USCIS considered the application abandoned. Your child is
still a US citizen but the application for the certificate was not granted
due to reasons you've already stated.
You can apply anew and you have to make sure you abide by the administrative
requirements next time unless you want it to be denied again.
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