Mom lost her citizenship papers

[Anonymous]

My mom has been in cognitive decline, age 80. She has been a citizen since 1975 but she has misplaced her papers. Apparently she also can’t find her social security card either.

Just wondering what our recourse is if we end up not being able to find them. I’m a little worried with the current climate towards immigrants and how difficult it might be to get replacements.

What can we do?

[Anonymous]

Does she have a safety deposit box? That's where my immigrant parents kept theirs.

[Anonymous]

She’s not an illegal she’s a citizen, big difference. Stop with the fake outrage and get a new social security card like any normal person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does she have a safety deposit box? That's where my immigrant parents kept theirs.

Thanks I will check with her.

[Anonymous]

she doesn't have a passport?

[Anonymous]

I just helped someone apply for a replacement N-565. Does that look like something you and your mom might be able to do?

[Anonymous]

Papers are all replaceable. It’s an annoyance not a tragedy.

[Anonymous]

Does she have her passport? I wouldn’t worry about the citizenship papers if she has her passport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She’s not an illegal she’s a citizen, big difference. Stop with the fake outrage and get a new social security card like any normal person.

+1 🙄

[Anonymous]

You can get your social security card replacement online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Papers are all replaceable. It’s an annoyance not a tragedy.

It can be challenging if other documents are also lost or if she doesn’t have a drivers license or state Id. I had a bad situation where I lost my wallet with drivers license. At that Lonny I realized that my birth certificate had been lost on our last move and I had let my passport expire because with young kids we weren’t traveling much. You need something to prove who you are to get a replacement.

I ended up having my mom request a replacement for my birth certificate and then I used that to get a new license but it was a really long process. Before it occurred to me that my mom was entitled to a copy of the birth certificate, the only option was for me to go to New York with witnesses to appear in court and arrest to my identity. So lesson being don’t ever let yourself get down to one form of ID or keep them all in the same place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom has been in cognitive decline, age 80. She has been a citizen since 1975 but she has misplaced her papers. Apparently she also can’t find her social security card either.

Just wondering what our recourse is if we end up not being able to find them. I’m a little worried with the current climate towards immigrants and how difficult it might be to get replacements.

What can we do?

It’s not difficult to replace a these papers OP. It’s a PITA and some bureaucracy but please. Cut the drama; Google is your friend.

[Anonymous]

I assume she knows her SS#? Just get a new card.

[Anonymous]

Old Medicare cards have social security numbers on them. They have been updated a few years ago so their social security number isn't on them, but if you look for old medicare cards you should be able to find her social security number.
Does she have or did she have a driver's license? I took my mother who no longer drives to the DMV to get an ID card. They had all her old driver's licence info on file so it wasn't hard.

[Anonymous]

Op here. No safe deposit box. I think we will eventually find it, they can’t have just got up and left her house.

Just worried, because to apply for a replacement, you need a bunch of information she simply doesn’t have or remember. (Alien registration number, date/location of naturalization) etc.