Lost Naturalization Certificate but need to apply for I-130 form. Please help. Thanks!?

Question

My husband misplaced his naturalization certificate and cannot find it anymore. I'm in process of preparing I-130 form for my green card application. I read the I-130 instruction and see that naturalization certificate and unexpired passport are both on the list. Actually, following is how it exactly states:
What documents do you need to show that you are a US citizen?
1. If you were born in US, a copy of your birth certificate, issued by a civil registrar, vital statistics office, or other civil authority.
2. A copy of your naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship issued by USCIS or the former INS.
3. A copy of Form FS-240, Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the US, issued by a US embassy or consulate.
4. A copy of your unexpired US passport; or
5. An original statement from a US consular officer verifying that you are a US citizen with a valid passport.

As you can see there is no "or" among these items except 4 and 5. Now I only have his unexpired passport but no naturalization cert...I saw a Yahoo answer from 09 says it should be fine to apply only with passport. I have 2 questions here:

1. Not sure if it'll still work to submit only passport. Any recent case to prove it?
2. When I call USCIS national customer service at 800-375-5283, I can't reach a real person. The machine asked my to call back between 8am to 8pm from Monday to Friday. I just called today from 9:50am to 10:10am, tried all the directories but all ended up being asked to call back between the hours mentioned above. What the deal with this? Any one knows how to reach a real customer representative? btw, I haven't submitted the application yet so don't have any confirmation or receipt numbers. I just wanted to ask them about this naturalization certificate problems.

Many thanks!

Answer 1

As indicated in the instructions, a valid US passport is all you need. You do not need both it an the naturalization certificate.

Answer 2

get an Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document



http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextoid=a910cac09aa5d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD

Answer 3

Go to Google and enter-- ins form i-130

Answer 4

take your paper work and go to the www.uscis.gov and make an appointment at info-pass and go in and show them what you have they can tell you if it will work or not.