Certificate Of Citizenship for Your Internationally Adopted Child
Your IR-3/IH-3 child has not received a Certificate of Citizenship
If your child was admitted with an IR-3/IH-3 visa, but has not yet received his or her Certificate of Citizenship and it has been more than 50 days since admission, we will send you further instructions, please contact:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
130 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, New York, 14202
Be sure to include the proper fee and evidence of your child’s legal name. The Form N-565 can be found at the website www.uscis.gov
Your child’s name on Certificate of Citizenship is incorrect or contains misspellings
The name on your child’s certificate may not agree with how you want it to appear
The information on your child’s certificate is the same as the information on your child’s legal documents in the Immigrant Data Summary issued by the American Consulate
USCIS can not legally change your child’s name. That must be done through court proceedings.
If the U.S. Embassy, Consulate or USCIS made an error, it will be corrected without fee
Please file a Form N-565, Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document, with a written explanation of the error, mail the original Certificate of Citizenship and 2 new photos to:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
130 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, New York, 14202
Attn: CCA Unit
If there was an error on our part, we will correct it without fee. However, if the information provided during the Form I-600 adjudication and visa issuance shows the child’s legal name to be the same as on in the Certificate of Citizenship, another certificate may not be issued
The date of birth on my child’s Certificate of Citizenship is incorrect
The date of birth on your child’s certificate may not match the age you believe your child to be
The information on your child’s certificate is the same information on the child’s legal documents which were submitted to generate the biographical information in the Immigrant Data Summary issued by the U.S. Embassy or consulate
We must use the age as it appears in the legal documents, as received from the evidence presented to USCIS or U.S. Embassy or consulate
If USCIS determines that the U.S. Embassy, consulate, or USCIS made an error, it will be corrected without fee. However, if the information provided during the Form I-600 adjudication and visa issuance shows the child’s legal age to be in the same as on the Certificate of Citizenship, another certificate may not be issued.
You may file Form N-565, Application for Replacement of Naturalization/Citizenship Document. Follow the directions on the form on where to file this application
Be sure to include the proper fee and evidence of your child’s age. The Form N-565 can be found at the website www.uscis.gov.
Note: Even if USCIS cannot change its official records concerning your child’s date of birth, the law of your State of residence may permit you to obtain an amended birth record or other evidence of a different birth date. You may use that State document, to the extent permitted by State law, to prove your child’s legal age.
We lost my child’s Certificate of Citizenship
If your child’s certificate is lost or destroyed you may file Form N-565, Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document, with fee. Follow the directions on the form on where to file this application.
Be sure to include the proper fee and evidence of your child’s legal name. The Form N-565 can be found at the website www.uscis.gov.
We adopted more than one child, and have not received all of their certificates
The visas of sibling groups of children who entered together may have been separated during the certificate preparation process. Each child’s certificate will be mailed separately. Please allow 50 days from the date of entry into the United States for the receipt of all the certificates.
