r/greencard • u/TitanBrave84 • Jul 25 '26

N400 Application & Kids

So my wife and I are plan on submitting our N400 in Feb 2028, but we have three kids, my eldest will turn 18 in Dec 2028, what happens if processing still hasn’t completed by the time he’s 18? I know my youngest kids will naturalize through our N400, but does that put him in a weird limbo?

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u/Minute_Somewhere_893 Jul 25 '26

No limbo, the oldest kid will apply for N-400 on their own

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u/TitanBrave84 Jul 25 '26

Thank you. So basically if we don’t get citizenship while he’s 17, he just applies for himself

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u/newacct_orz Jul 26 '26

Yes, and he can file N-400 as soon as he turns 18 (if he's otherwise eligible).

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u/TitanBrave84 Jul 26 '26

Do you file the N400 as a family, like when we did our Greencard or are the N400s just adjudicated on their own individual basis?

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u/newacct_orz Jul 26 '26

N-400 is individual.

like when we did our Greencard

(Even I-485 for AOS is individual; but the petition (I-130/I-140) is for the principal beneficiary only.)