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Hello,

I read several of the posts on N-600K but none of them really answers the question as it relates to my circumstance. If anyone can answer this I would greatly appreciate it.

My mother is a US citizen and we would like to petition for her 2 grandchildren (ages 10 and 8) using the N-600K form.

Both the mother father of these children are alive but separated. We are not interested in filing for the mother or father just the children.

Is this possible? or do the parents need to be dead in order for my mother to file a petition for these children?

do the children need to be "adopted" by my mother? or is if sufficient if the parents are not opposed to this process?

Many thanks for reading my quesiton.

Gabriela

For them to qualify for N-600K, at least one parent must be a US citizen. Which of their parents is a US citizen, and what is the basis for that parents citizenship (born in the US, naturalization of their parents, born abroad to US citizen parents, other)?

neither of the parents is a US citizen - but I had read that grandparents can petition - if the grandparent is a US citizen - the form says US citizen grandparent

Grandparents can file N-600K in certain cases, but a parent of the grandchild still must be a US citizen (or if deceased, was a US citizen when alive).

It is possible that your sibling, who is a parent of the grandchildren, is a US citizen and doesnt know it. The fact that your mother is a US citizen means her children would be born citizens if she lived in the US for the required number of years before giving birth and was a citizen at the time of your siblings birth.