Am an Alien or a Citizen?...Please help...

[sid86]

Anybody please help...

here's the thing..

I came to the U.S on a green card. My father is a naturalized u.s. citizen. Around 1996 he approached the USCIS and they had told him that the only way I(myself) can become a citizen is to file for a LPR and go through the whole process to become a citizen.

So in 2005 he had filed for it and I got my LPR in 2007.

About last month he was talking to an attorney casually and he said I(myself) am qualified as he(my father) has resided in the U.S. for more than 10 years and that automatically qualifies ME for a DERIVATIVE CITIZENSHIP i.e. to acquire a citizenship through a naturalized u.s. parent.

I filed for a passport and after going through a discussion for couple of hours with the officer I was finally issued my passport.

Now my question is what should I do with my Green card? do I need to inform the USCIS..? Am I a citizen or an alien...?

[ann_dossen]

If you obtained a US Passport, you are a US citizen. The only reason you'd want to deal with USCIS is if you want a Certificate of Naturalization (N-600).

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/usc...0045f3d6a1RCRD

[Ron Gotcher]

The Supreme Court has held that a valid US passport is conclusive proof of US citizenship.

[sid86]

Thank you so much Ron. But what do I do with my green card? Should I call USCIS and inform them about my new passport...?

[immigration83]

Quite an interesting scenario here.

Ron - what happened if the US citizen as describe here use his/her green card still to enter the country? What will be reflected on the immigration's computer screen?

Will the system update a LPR as citizen after naturalization automatically? So that any canclled, lost or invalid green card can't be used by unauthorized party.