Once the USCIS approves your citizenship application, it is mandatory you attend a ceremony and take the Oath of Allegiance to the US. You will receive notification from the USCIS regarding the time and date of your ceremony. You will receive the “Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony” (Form N-445). At times, you can take the [...]

The Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011, introduced on Jan 5 amends the INA to clarify a person born in the US “subject to the jurisdiction” of the US for citizenship at birth if the person is born in the US of parents, one of whom is: 1.a US citizen or national, 2.a lawful permanent resident [...]

USCIS, with the intention of streamlining the processing of naturalization and citizenship forms is making improvements to the filing system. Following a prior enhancement the form N-400, Application for Naturalization is already being filed at a Lockbox facility. To ensure “consistency in the intake process”, USCIS has announced that local offices will no longer accept [...]

An applicant has to be a US citizen to become eligible for filing N-600 form (Application for Certificate of Citizenship). The applicant is considered eligible only if he/she has become a citizen of U.S. through law or he/she was born outside US to parent(s) who are U.S. citizens. According to the Child Citizenship Act of [...]

Are you a green card holder content with being one and not interested in applying for US citizenship? If so, give it a second thought. Statistics show that every year 90% of the 8 million Legal Permanent Residents (LPR) who are eligible to become US citizens choose not to do so. Why Permanent Residents Delay [...]

There are a few different ways to obtain US citizenship. Anyone who becomes a US citizen gets all the constitutional rights and privileges that are a part of the country’s citizenship. They have the right to vote and choose their government; moreover they are also eligible to get Social Security and Medicare facilities when they [...]

If you have lost your Naturalization Certificate/Certificate of Citizenship, you need to apply for a replacement by filing Form N-565 which is the citizenship certificate replacement application. This application has to be sent to USCIS who will in turn send you a new Naturalization Certificate/Certificate of Citizenship. You can get the N-565 form online or [...]

A citizenship certificate is a very important document, which can open the gates of the US for you permanently. Citizenship in the US can be attained by birth as well as acquired with the help of law. Children born in the US are citizens by birth, but children born of US citizen parents outside US [...]

Form N-400, Application for Naturalization The American Citizenship Application can be initiated with Form N-400. The requirements of the Form N-400 (American Citizenship Application) are: The applicant’s age must be 18 years or above, and The applicant must be a Green Card holder for the past 5 years. Additionally, it has to be noted that [...]

The land of opportunities – the United States of America, is the perfect place for immigrants who dream to make it big. Although green cards and visas are there to help you to work in the country, citizenship is something that every immigrant wishes for. Most immigrants want to achieve the citizenship status while in [...]