citizenship application

I had citizenship interview 12 months ago, it went well, passed everything, no criminal records. I’ve been told all good, got Congratulation letter, and was told to expect oath appointment. But since then the case was pending. Called USCIS many times, many inquiries, congress, senate, nothing...

Hello, my wife and I have been resident in the US for 12 years and currently have green cards. Mine has a few months remaining until its end date, and my wife has one with several month remaining. If I apply for Citizenship now and thus get an N-400 receipt with a 2 year extension to the green...

Hello immigration forum, I am 19 years old, I have been a permanent resident in the United States since November 2, 2015, I am a non-citizens, I live in Garden Grove, California and I want my story to be heard about my N-400 denial. On February 6, 2023, I took my Naturalization test to become a...

hi friends im a 25years old man born in haiti with a us citizen father and a non citizen mother ( my father married another woman) deep in my heart i know that i m a citizen through my father but i dont know i to claim it because my father is dead when i was 7 years but he filled out some...

Hello all- I plan to apply in June 2022. Counting back 5 years from June 2017 until June 2022 I will have about 600 days out of USA and over 1100 days in. What I am concerned about is my frequent trips in 2017 and 2018. I am in my early 60s now (58 years old 5 years ago) and retired in 2019...

Greetings - We moved to US in 2015 Jan and filed tax returns through company provided services (through Deloitte). I am now eligible for apply for my Citizenship and the document checklist suggests that one needs to provide last 5 years of return transcription. Upon logging into IRS.GOV, I do...

From (Wikipedia)/FBI_Name_Check : Since a permanent resident has already undergone the comprehensive FBI Name Check, why would he/she need to undergo the same Name Check again when applying for naturalization?

Hey everyone, My situation is a little complicated so I'll try to be as clear as possible. My husband (US citizen) and I have been married since February 2017, and lived together in the US for over 3 consecutive years. In those 3 years we were only abroad for a total of 50 days (1 to 2 weeks...

We got the biometrics appointment after filing N 400 in March but due to covid the uscis centers closed before our appointment. Now it has been almost 4 months and even after repeated requests to uscis to reschedule they are providing standard answer that they will reschedule the biometric...

Hello, im applying for my N-400 and I have one major concern. i received my permanent residence via marriage in 2012 but before that when I didn’t have a status and my daughter was born in 2010 I filed for WIC and food stamps for her and my husband who is a US citizen. We received food stamps on...

Hey I got a ticket when I was 17 class c misdemeanor at Josephine tx. I felt because of my color cause I had no weed with me. I got pulled over because of my headlight and my car smell like weed and he gave me class c misdemeanor which I had dismissed last month feb11th and my greencard was...

I'm on a DV green card right now. Got it in April of 2016. I remember reading that you need 5 years of green card before you can get citizenship but that you can apply within the fourth year. Does this mean I can apply for citizenship this month? Can someone briefly walk me through the process...

Hi, Would it be a good idea for me to apply N-400 now (while I'm abroad)? I've been resident Since 1/28/2015. My husband still lives in the state. (He filed divorce 6months ago but didn't proceed). I didn't do anything until now. I thought I can get green card anytime since we have a child who...

Hey everyone! I have an interview coming up in a couple of months for my US citizenship. However, on my N-400 application, I totally forgot to declare that I traveled to Canada for 5 days (it does not affect the 6 mos rule out of the US). I was wondering whether or not I should let the officer...

My ex husband helped me get a GC through filing a I-601 for waiver of inadmissibility based on extreme hardship. He was deployed to the Middle East. I received my GC in 2013 around March/April and then he filed for divorce in May. Our marriage was true and we have a daughter together. I had my...

I have a problem. I'm am doing my form N-400 and I am stuck at the part where I have to submit the tax returns for the past 3 years. My husband and I have been filing as married filing jointly for the past two years. However three years ago I filed as head of household under a different address...

I'm about 362 days away from filling my asylee based N400. Thought I would start this tracker, uniquely tailored for us asylees. I will be sharing my experiences from preparation for filling to the 'passport in hand' stage. Sweeter if I can complete the journey before the 2020 elections so I can...

Hi everyone I have a weird situation. My son was born in Bolivia he has permanent Residency with US. He is not my biological son but my name is on his birth certificate. His mom is a second generation us citizenship she was born in Bolivia. They would not give him naturalization at birth...

I passed my n-400 interview a month ago, went back to college the following day, and then got caught for underage consumption (I am 20). I was unlucky as 80% of the students here drink underage. Unfortunately, the police officer wrote me a ticket for underage consumption, but told me not to...

Hi I received the "placed in line for oath ceremony" message in early June 2017, but have not yet received a notice with the date of my ceremony. Every time I put in a request with the field office I am told to expect a reply by a certain date but never receive a reply. Has this happened to...