Mormon Adoption, LDS Adoption, Child Adoption - Applying for a social security number for an adopted child, part 3

03/28/07

Applying for a social security number for an adopted child, part 3

Posted by : Tana W. in LDS Adoption Blog at 10:18 pm , 457 words, 446 views
Categories: Domestic, International, Once You're Home

For information about applying for a social security card for an internationally adopted child:
link

For a domestically adopted child:
link

And for those concerned about the proposed USCIS rate increases, the public is invited to comment on the proposals until April 2. Below is the pertinent information:

Fees are increasing at USCIS. The following is an outline on how the increase affects adoption. Please feel free to forward this message to any agency, listserv, group or individual who may want to help eliminate the fee increases affecting adoption. We only have a week left to act on this.

Fee Increase Proposal

On February 1, 2007, USCIS published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in the Federal Register that would substantially raise filing fees for most types of cases. If the proposed rule is adopted, filing fees would increase by an average of 66% over current fees. The proposed rule is subject to a 60-day comment period that ends on April 2, 2007. At the end of the comment period, USCIS will review and consider the comments it has received on its proposed rule. USCIS will then send its final proposal to the Office of Management and Budget for review. The OMB will make a final decision on the fee increase and issue the final rule.

Timing of Potential Increase

The "adjusted" fees will not take effect until the public has an opportunity to comment. The comment period was 60 days but is ending on April 2, 2007. The increase in fees should not become effective until June 2007 at the earliest.

Adoption-Related Petitions Affected by the Proposed Increase

Form, Petition Type, Current Fee, Proposed Fee

I-600/600A
Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative
$545
$670

N-565
Application for Replacement of Certificate of Citizenship (used for name changes)
$220
$380

N-600
Application for Certificate of Citizenship
$255
$460

Biometric Services (fingerprints)
$70
$80

Submit Your Comments to USCIS by April 2, 2007

Anyone may comment on the proposed regulation. Those interested in commenting should take time to review the proposed regulation and formulate logical, potentially persuasive statements. Comments will be made public, as they will be posted as submitted at www.regulations.gov.

One should NOT include any personal detail unless s/he is willing to share it freely. While no one likes prices to go up, simply complaining about the increase in costs is unlikely to have an impact.

Comments must be received by April 2, 2007, and must reference the agency name (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services), as well as the docket number (USCIS-2006-0044). Comments may be submitted at http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main the Federal eRulemaking Portal, or via mail or courier, in hardcopy, disk, or CD-ROM form to:

Director, Management Division
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Department of Homeland Security
111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, 3rd Floor
Washington D.C. 20529

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Comment from: BethPie [Member]

Tana... I was wondering if you could confirm something I heard from the social worker who completed our home study. He said that even if readoption wasn't necessary in your state, it's important because with only a certificate of citizenship, the first three digits will identify a child as an immigrant (and could lead to discrimination later in life - sad). If they are readopted, their SS number will look like they were simply born in said state. Is this accurate? It had never even occurred to us!
:o)

Permalink 03/28/07 @ 23:22

Comment from: BethPie [Member]

To clarify... I meant the first three digits of the SS number.

:o)

Permalink 03/28/07 @ 23:24

Comment from: Tana W. [Member]

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Hi Beth,

If I understand correctly, what you said is true. I remember the SS officer saying something similar when we applied for our first daughter's card.

In our case, our kids' numbers still have to stay that way because we can't take the time to readopt first because of the tax deadline. But yes, if you have the time, it's a good idea to readopt first, get the legal name change and certificate of citizenship with the correct name and THEN apply for a SS card.

What's really stupid is that even AFTER the Child Citizenship Act of 2000, the INS continued to issue Green Cards to adopted children for another couple of years. They were already citizens, yet all they got was a Green Card (like a resident alien) and had no way to prove citizenship with the SS office except showing the IR-3 stamp on their visa and hoping whoever was looking at it understood what it meant. And then they still get numbers that are like those assigned to resident aliens.

Unbelievable, isn't it?

Permalink 03/29/07 @ 11:28

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