Hey guys, I’m pretty new here. I have a very easy question, but my parents are giving me a very hard time with this. If I want to apply for a college (in my state of Florida, FSU, UCF, UF etc.), do I need any other types of proof of citizenship other than my passport? I’m naturalized through my parents, although I have my US Passport I don’t have the Certificate of Naturalization, would I need that for any type of benefit or application? (The form costs $1,170 lol)
Thanks in Advance.
http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/pdf/citizenship.pdf says that you need one of the listed documents for situations where UF wants to verify your US citizenship. A US passport is one of the listed documents.
Thanks for replying, would you know if this applies to all Florida universities?
My daughter was never asked for the documents at all. The applications (school, FAFSA, BF, etc) asked if she was a citizen, she checked ‘yes’ and was never asked for another document. At the time she applied for financial aid, her SSN had her status as citizens (I’d changed that many years ago). I honestly don’t remember if any of the applications asked for her birth place but probably not. She has never been asked to show proof of citizenship. All her school records are from the US. The only thing that would indicate that she was foreign born in the vaccination record, but that wasn’t requested (or provided) until orientation.
She uses a passport whenever she’s asked for a document (to get a DL, for example). She has a Certificate of Citizenship (like a certificate of naturalization) but has never used it since she got her first passport at age 4. It’s in a safe place because, as you said, it costs hundreds of dollars to replace. I’ve used her passport, rather than her birth certificate or certificate of foreign birth, to register her for school, for sports teams, to travel when other documents would have worked (a cruise would have required a bc and the C of C). It’s just easier.
If asked, the passport is proof of citizenship. If you go to the USCIS website, it even says that a passport is the BEST way to prove citizenship.
Thank you very much. I will clear this up with my parents. Many Thanks!
My son was asked by 3 or 4 colleges to provide a copy of either one of those documents before they could process his financial aid. (He was adopted as an infant from Korea.)
I tried pretty hard to convince them that a copy of his adoption certificate should do it; the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 made his citizenship automatic once his adoption was finalized. They didn’t want to hear it; he needed either a passport or a Certificate of Citizenship. In the interests of saving time, he got a passport.
It made me crazy… what good is an 18 year old law if no one recognizes it?