As the lottery mail-in period approaches, look to The Daily News for complete entry instructions. I'm a naturalized U.S. citizen. He became a permanent resident in May 1996. You can immediately apply for a certificate of citizenship for your adopted son. U.S. immigration laws allow a U.S. citizen parent to get a certificate for an adopted child if the parent adopted the child before turning 16.
Derivative citizens can get a U.S. passport without first getting a certificate of citizenship.
I fell in love with a U.S. citizen shortly after having arrived in the United States in 1993. My problem is that this man doesn't want to get married. J. Almonte, Ossining, NY A. New York State doesn't consider you married. New York abolished common-law marriages on April 29, 1933. New York now recognizes only common-law marriages entered into prior to that date and those entered into in certain other states and countries.