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GC holders can get citizenship in 3 years!!
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FreedomFighter
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Do you know you can become an American citizen with only three years’ residency as a member of the United States Army? The normal residency requirement of five years is waived down to three years for Army soldiers, and the Army will help you process the paperwork!
Those resident aliens holding a valid INS I-551 "green card" may be eligible to enlist, pending a full determination of their qualifications. Soldiers who have been in the Army for three years can go to their personnel services office and get assistance with filing the proper paperwork.
Time a soldier spends outside the United States on active duty overseas service counts toward the residency requirement. Soldiers fill out the required forms and their Army personnel services offices assist in filling out the consent for a records review, which will document their three years’ service required by the INS. A full application must be forwarded to the INS to begin the naturalization process.
A full application includes the following forms:
INS Form N-400, Application for Naturalization*
INS Form N-426, Certification of Military or Naval Service*
INS Form G-325b, Biographic Information*
Consent form for records release
A money order or cashier's check for $225.00
A photocopy of the soldier's permanent resident card (INS I-551)
Two color photographs of the soldier.
Copy of appointment letter for fingerprinting.
Cover letter that specifies periods of member unavailability and geographic preference for the INS interview
The Army personnel services offices put the packets together and forwards them to the U.S. Army Central Personnel Security Clearance Facility, which will complete the screen and forward all associated documents directly to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Army officials at the Personnel Command have reported that screened military applications at the INS may be processed in as quickly as 120 days.
Those resident aliens holding a valid INS I-551 "green card" may be eligible to enlist, pending a full determination of their qualifications. Soldiers who have been in the Army for three years can go to their personnel services office and get assistance with filing the proper paperwork.
Time a soldier spends outside the United States on active duty overseas service counts toward the residency requirement. Soldiers fill out the required forms and their Army personnel services offices assist in filling out the consent for a records review, which will document their three years’ service required by the INS. A full application must be forwarded to the INS to begin the naturalization process.
A full application includes the following forms:
INS Form N-400, Application for Naturalization*
INS Form N-426, Certification of Military or Naval Service*
INS Form G-325b, Biographic Information*
Consent form for records release
A money order or cashier's check for $225.00
A photocopy of the soldier's permanent resident card (INS I-551)
Two color photographs of the soldier.
Copy of appointment letter for fingerprinting.
Cover letter that specifies periods of member unavailability and geographic preference for the INS interview
The Army personnel services offices put the packets together and forwards them to the U.S. Army Central Personnel Security Clearance Facility, which will complete the screen and forward all associated documents directly to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Army officials at the Personnel Command have reported that screened military applications at the INS may be processed in as quickly as 120 days.