Citizenship in San Rafael, Ca
What is citizenship, and how to become a U.S. citizen?
Naturalization is a legal act by which a non-citizen of a country can acquire the nationality or citizenship of the United States. It can be done automatically by stature (for example, birthright citizenship, where the born child gets the citizenship automatically) or involves a citizenship application.
Many green card holders eventually want to become a U.S citizen. How long does it take to become a citizen with a green card? That depends from case to case. If you have your green card for five years (or three years if through marriage), you lived in the United States all that time, and you had good moral character, you can apply for U.S. citizenship.
There are some citizenship requirements, like speaking and writing English, and knowing a little bit about the United States' history, which is being tested in the USCIS citizenship test. Though, there are a few exceptions for people who have had their residency for a long time, having health problems, learning difficulties, mental problems, or other special exceptions.
Paying your taxes and traffic tickets and not being involved in criminal activities are important for your good moral character. If you were involved in a crime or didn't pay your taxes or your traffic tickets, please contact an immigration lawyer because they can deny your citizenship, and even worse, you can lose your green card and be deported.
How to become a U.S. citizen:
The citizenship application needs to be prepared with great care to avoid any mistakes resulting in your application being denied. When your N-400 application is denied, and you feel USCIS was wrong to deny it, you can request a hearing. You must file the form within 30 days that you received your denial letter.
The citizenship application fee for Form N-400 costs $640 and $85 for the biometrics fee.
Once you file your Form N-400, the entire process can take a year to a year and a half.
You can check your citizenship status online if you click here.
Why is citizenship important?
Once you become a U.S. citizen, you have more rights than a green cardholder. You can vote, you can go travel abroad for longer periods. (A green card holder who travels abroad for more than six months loses his green card!) Once you have your citizenship, that can never be removed, except in very, extremely rare cases. It can also never expire, so you won't have to worry ever again about immigration issues. Once you have citizenship, you are officially an American!
Here at Bueno immigration firm in San Rafael, we helped many immigrants in their American citizenship journey. It gives us joy in our hearts to see families from all over the world reunite and be together without any worries! Call us today to schedule an appointment for any of your immigration needs. We can help with filing your Form N-400, we prepare you for the citizenship test, giving you sample questions, and guide you through the entire process.
Naturalization is a legal act by which a non-citizen of a country can acquire the nationality or citizenship of the United States. It can be done automatically by stature (for example, birthright citizenship, where the born child gets the citizenship automatically) or involves a citizenship application.
Many green card holders eventually want to become a U.S citizen. How long does it take to become a citizen with a green card? That depends from case to case. If you have your green card for five years (or three years if through marriage), you lived in the United States all that time, and you had good moral character, you can apply for U.S. citizenship.
There are some citizenship requirements, like speaking and writing English, and knowing a little bit about the United States' history, which is being tested in the USCIS citizenship test. Though, there are a few exceptions for people who have had their residency for a long time, having health problems, learning difficulties, mental problems, or other special exceptions.
Paying your taxes and traffic tickets and not being involved in criminal activities are important for your good moral character. If you were involved in a crime or didn't pay your taxes or your traffic tickets, please contact an immigration lawyer because they can deny your citizenship, and even worse, you can lose your green card and be deported.
How to become a U.S. citizen:
- You have to meet the citizenship eligibility requirements, which we talked about in the above paragraph.
- Preparing the application, Form N-400
- Go to your biometrics appointment
- Citizenship interview
- Citizenship Test
- The naturalization ceremony
The citizenship application needs to be prepared with great care to avoid any mistakes resulting in your application being denied. When your N-400 application is denied, and you feel USCIS was wrong to deny it, you can request a hearing. You must file the form within 30 days that you received your denial letter.
The citizenship application fee for Form N-400 costs $640 and $85 for the biometrics fee.
Once you file your Form N-400, the entire process can take a year to a year and a half.
You can check your citizenship status online if you click here.
Why is citizenship important?
Once you become a U.S. citizen, you have more rights than a green cardholder. You can vote, you can go travel abroad for longer periods. (A green card holder who travels abroad for more than six months loses his green card!) Once you have your citizenship, that can never be removed, except in very, extremely rare cases. It can also never expire, so you won't have to worry ever again about immigration issues. Once you have citizenship, you are officially an American!
Here at Bueno immigration firm in San Rafael, we helped many immigrants in their American citizenship journey. It gives us joy in our hearts to see families from all over the world reunite and be together without any worries! Call us today to schedule an appointment for any of your immigration needs. We can help with filing your Form N-400, we prepare you for the citizenship test, giving you sample questions, and guide you through the entire process.