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• A copy of your birth certificate showing
that you were born in the United States, which includes Puerto Rico (on or
after January 13, 1941), Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands (on or after January
17, 1917), American Samoa, Swain’s Island, or the Northern Mariana Islands,
unless the person was born to foreign diplomats residing in the U.S.
• A current U.S. passport, except limited
passports (which are typically issued for short periods such as a year and
which don’t receive as much scrutiny as a regular passport when applying).
In the case of nationals who are not citizens, the passport will be stamped
“Noncitizen National.”
• A copy of Form FS-240 (Consular Report of
Birth Abroad), FS- 545 (Certificate of birth issued by a Foreign Service
post), or DS-1350 (Certification of Report of Birth). These are State
Department documents.
• A Certificate of Citizenship (N-560 or
N-561), issued by USCIS to individuals who derive U.S. citizenship through a
parent.
• A Certificate of Naturalization (N-550 or
N-570), issued by USCIS through a federal or state court, or through
administrative naturalization after December 1990 to those who are
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• “Alien Registration Receipt Card” Form
I-151, I-551 or I-551C; the I-551C must have a currently valid expiration
date, the student is required to submit front and back of the card (this is
commonly referred to as “green card”).
• Passport - Must be stamped “Processed for I-551 or I-551C ” with expiration date.
• I-94 - Must be stamped “Processed for I-551” with expiration date, or
“Temporary Form I-551” with appropriate information filled in.
• “Arrival-Departure Record” Form I-94 - Must be stamped as a Refugee,
Asylum Status, Conditional Entrant (before April 1, 1980), Parolee (for a
period of a year or more), or Cuban-Haitian Entrant.
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