回複：請教8老師 N600

我們夫婦是公民，領養的孩子2014年4月將滿18歲。到2014年3月他就和在一起滿兩年了（法院的adoption court order 日期是2012年3月生效的）。
 

請問： 第一位律師說2014年3月可以開始申請綠卡。
 

第二位律師說 直接填N600, 未滿18歲可以直接申請公民。

哪種說法對？
--Need more details to answer your question accurately.  Are you a US citizen when you adopted the child? Did the adoption was completed outside US? What kind of visa your adopted child used to enter US?

It seems your adopted child has not get the green card yet, right? If so, the first lawyer is right. If the child can get his/her green card before he/she turns 18 years old, you (the adoptive parent) can file N-643 for the child to get the US citizenship. If the adopted child get the green card after he/she turns 18 ears old, the child can file N-400 to get the US citizenship by him/herself after he/she meets the N-400 requirements such as physical presence in US for at least 5 years after getting green card, etc. 

It seems the second lawyer might think your adopted child has become a green card holder at this point or thought your child entered US using IR4 visa.

對上大學的利弊？（孩子成績GPA可以， 但SAT差，文藝體育領導力全沒有）
-No difference in this issue whether he/she is a green card holder or US citizen.

我有親戚是按第一位律師的路數走的，但我想走第二條路

我已經約了第二位律師，應該帶什麽文件？ 
 

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• Both my husband and I were US citizen when we adopt him -Blcu- ♀ (335 bytes) () 12/26/2013 postreply 19:02:24

• 回複：Both my husband and I were US citizen when we adopt him -863211- ♂ (566 bytes) () 12/26/2013 postreply 19:57:59

• 回複：回複：Both my husband and I were US citizen when we adopt him -blcu- ♀ (17 bytes) () 12/26/2013 postreply 20:28:08