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Naturalized citizens can run for president. It is just that naturalized citizens can't actually BE president. In practice, of course, there isn't much difference because the ineligibility to actually assume the office would mean that no naturalized citizen would ever get any traction beyond...

Although most born citizens are generally unfamiliar with immigration, I do think that most people have heard of the green card--and do understand that it confers some form of legal status. But very few born citizens would know anything about the plethora of different statuses that one might...

I understand your point Dedo--although the timings for me were a little different. Getting my new, first US passport was only a 1-2 day affair--of course I was travelling imminently. By contrast, one of my renewals of my Canadian passport before naturalizing took 3-4 months--during which time...

No it doesn't. There is no one definitive proof of US citizenship that all US citizens carry so I'm not sure that there is any one document that you can acquire that makes you a "real, card carrying American". I would suggest that the SSN card is the closest, though: Almost all US...

Really? In 22 years there have never been even brief gaps when you didn't have a passport because it was being renewed? The USA will expedite passport processing if there is an urgent need to travel--something my former country won't do if I'm living in the USA. I'm not sure I see a...

Understood. But the need to visit family with foreign citizenships in a foreign country--who may not particularly care about US citizenship--really has nothing to do with the journey to become a US citizen. That's a family matter, not a citizenship matter. Visiting mom and dad in the country...

There is no one citizenship document that would be readily recognized by other US citizens. There is no such thing as a standard US birth certificate--rather there are 50+ state and other birth certificates. I am sure that in, say, California it is much more common to see a naturalization...

You can file the I-485 immediately--concurrently w/the I-140 along with an I-765 for employment authorization. There are advantages and disadvantages to doing so. The primary disadvantage is, of course, that if the I-140 is denied, all associated other applications are denied and the cost of...

As noted I think she has an excellent chance. Good luck!

Actually, the US passport itself is a bit of an outsider document. Almost all newly naturalized citizens seem to be in a big rush to get a US passport. Not so, you will notice, with born citizens--only about 40% of the population have passports. You've observed that you "can't do much" with...

In my opinion, your wife stands a better chance. The petitioner must establish that it is in the national interest not only that the green card be granted, but also that the usual labor certification process be waived. Thus the person must in some way benefit the national interest...

I'm not one to comment on Indian law--as I'm not from India and have no association with India--but I thought I'd read elsewhere--and recently--that there was a grace period of 90 days after US naturalization during which the old Indian passport could still be used.

Except that the H-1B and the PERM/I-140 phases of the GC process are the employer's petition over the employer's signature--so if there was fraud then it would be the employer's fraud, not the employee's. Of course, if under oath (and being recorded) during the N-400 interview, he admitted to...

More information is clearly needed here--although if you've used your real legal name as your handle on here you might want to also be cautious in how much you reveal in a public forum. You might try re-registering on another immigration board without using your full legal name. First off--you...

You!! It is understood that an H-1B cannot work as an independent contractor. I'm trying to understand if you are also claiming that an H-1B cannot work for a contracting company as an employee. The OP seems to have heard a rumor that even that would be illegal--and I'm trying to understand...

Can you clarify what you mean by this? If Company A contracts with Company B to provide certain services to Company A--then Company B is allowed to use its legal employees to perform those services. It does not matter if those employees are USC's, GC's, H-1B, or TN. This has...

I'm thinking that 20+ years ago one could have gotten, at the very least, a non-working SSN for a child in such a situation without too much aggravation. Of course if the OP has a non-working SSN, it will still be necessary to show a passport or other proof of citizenship to upgrade it to a...

If the OP is younger than about 28, it is highly likely that the parents would indeed have obtained a social security number for the OP while living in the US. This is because beginning in 1989 it became necessary for a dependent child age 2 or older to have a social security number to be...

You can apply directly for a US passport at a US consulate in Canada rather than going through the intermediate step of a citizenship certificate. This may be easier. You can use the citizenship certificate as proof of eligibility to work in the US. However, you are supposed to be using a US...

This is true but even this, by itself, is not sufficient to qualify him for a NIW (although it is necessary). Not only must his work be in the National Interest, but it must also be shown that it is in the National Interest to waive the usual labor certification process. That is usually the...