Application for Citizenship Certificate for my newborn in USA

[fangcai]

Hi there,

I'm Canadian and my wife is Chinese. We've given our daughter birth in the USA this April, and already got her US passport, SIN#, and etc. Now we live in China and are going to file the Application for Citizenship Certificate for my daughter. I understand I should fill up the CIT0001 (01-2019) E.

Per the instructions, I completed everything until section 9: were you born before 1977? There are two options: No, skip to section 11. Yes, fill out this section. As all the questions are about the minor (my newborn daughter) and I should answer as though I'm the minor. But I can't select any of the two options and the check mark can't be shown on the checkbox. I've gone through all the previous answers and couldn't find anything wrong. I may have to ask for help from here.

Thank you for your attention!

 

[hawk39]

Per the instructions, I completed everything until section 9: were you born before 1977? There are two options: No, skip to section 11. Yes, fill out this section. As all the questions are about the minor (my newborn daughter) and I should answer as though I'm the minor. But I can't select any of the two options and the check mark can't be shown on the checkbox.

You can check the box by hand after you print out the application.

 

[fangcai]

Thanks! If I can't check, I thought there might be something wrong with my previous answers which made me hesitated if I should submit it or not?

 

[hawk39]

It's just a fillable PDF, so it's not going to verify if you filled out something correctly or not. It's probably something they forgot to allow when they designed it. You need to print it out and include your other documents with it when you submit it to the embassy anyway.

 

[fangcai]

It's just a fillable PDF, so it's not going to verify if you filled out something correctly or not. It's probably something they forgot to allow when they designed it. You need to print it out and include your other documents with it when you submit it to the embassy anyway.

Very appreciate your explanations and we will go to the embassy for filling my daughter's citizenship application in the coming days.

 

[hawk39]

Very appreciate your explanations and we will go to the embassy for filling my daughter's citizenship application in the coming days.

Normally I'm not picky about spelling or grammar mistakes online, but this is one instance where a potential typo could mean something different. I hope you mean "filing" (as in 'to file') because you should have the completed application printed out with the supporting documents and payment receipt, and neatly arranged per the instructions into a package, which you would hand in to (e.g.: file with) the embassy as a whole. If you actually intend to go to the embassy to fill out the application, not only would they probably give you a dirty look, but they would probably not assist you if you need help or have questions about it.

 

[fangcai]

Normally I'm not picky about spelling or grammar mistakes online, but this is one instance where a potential typo could mean something different. I hope you mean "filing" (as in 'to file') because you should have the completed application printed out with the supporting documents and payment receipt, and neatly arranged per the instructions into a package, which you would hand in to (e.g.: file with) the embassy as a whole. If you actually intend to go to the embassy to fill out the application, not only would they probably give you a dirty look, but they would probably not assist you if you need help or have questions about it.

My apologies for the error. Yes, I'll get everything ready per the instructions and submit them at the embassy.