If you are a U.S. citizen, your child was born outside the U.S., and you and your child regularly reside outside the U.S., your child may be eligible to apply…
New United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, “USCIS” policy will be allowing Legal Permanent Residents with an expiring or expired legal permanent resident card to file a naturalization application with…
Unlikely. A person is ineligible for applying for citizenship as the spouse of a United States citizen if before or even after the filing of the application, the marriage ceases…
This is a special provision for U.S. military service members to become eligible for citizenship based on military service during designated periods of hostilities pursuant to Section 329 of the…
Section 319(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, “INA” allows for the surviving spouse, child or parent of a deceased U.S. Citizen military service member who died during a period…
Section 322 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, “INA” allows a child of U.S. citizen born abroad that regularly lives outside of the United States to apply for U.S. citizenship.
Under section 319(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, “INA,” It is possible for Legal Permanent Resident, “LPR” spouses of U.S. military service members to request expedited processing of their…
A Legal Permanent Resident “LPR” who is married to a U.S. service member can naturalize outside the United States if he meets the requirements pursuant to section 319(e)(2) of the…
Applicants for Naturalization based on military service can be permanently barred based on being discharged or exempted from military service based on the applicant being a noncitizen of the United…
This is a special provision for U.S. military service members to become eligible for citizenship based on military service during peacetime pursuant to Section 328 of the Immigration and Nationality…
After USCIS receives your N-400 petition, it will review your documents, schedule an interview, schedule your oath ceremony and at the end of the process you will receive a naturalization…
If you plan to leave the US for more than 6 months after filing Naturalization petition, you'll have to rebut absence did not disrupt the Continuous Residence
USCIS has announced that they will revert back to the 2008 version of the naturalization civics test. On Dec. 1, 2020, USCIS implemented a revised naturalization civics test (2020 civics…
After halting all in person interviews and naturalization ceremonies for 3 months since March amid the coronavirus pandemic, USCIS has resumed naturalization ceremonies last week. Naturalization involves the filing of…
USCIS is preparing some domestic offices to reopen and resume public services on or after June 4, 2020. Due to the social distancing rules that will still be in place,…
USCIS announced today that U.S. service members and veterans can now file for naturalization online. Naturalization is the process a legal permanent resident must go through to become a U.S.…
USCIS has announced today that it is planning to reopen local offices on June 4. On March 18, USCIS temporarily suspended all in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices,…
If you are a U.S. citizen and your child was born outside the U.S., your child may acquire U.S. citizenship at birth. However, simply being born to a U.S. citizen…
Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval for a client that had a green card and applied for U.S. Citizenship. An application for citizenship can be made when after someone…
Scott Legal, P.C. had an approval for a naturalization application. The green card holder had been in the U.S. for several years and recently decided to apply for Citizenship. The green card…
USCIS has updated a policy guidance clarifying the “married” and “living in marital union” requirements for applicants filing for spousal naturalization. In short, the applicant and his or her U.S.…