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Naturalization
Can USCIS Reuse Biometrics Submitted Previously?
If an individual previously submitted biometrics in connection with a prior application, can USCIS reuse those biometrics in connection with a new application? USCIS requires biometrics appointments in connection with various types of applications, such as for adjustment of status (Form I-485), reentry permits (Form I-131), employment authorization (Form I-765), and naturalization (Form N-400). Once…
Can a Green Card Holder Who’s Been Overseas for 6 Months Apply for Naturalization?
This article discusses the "continuous residence requirement for naturalization, including eligibility for an applicant who has been abroad for under 6 months, under 1 year, and over 1 year. The article also introduces the Form N-470, Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes.
Death by a Thousand Cuts: Naturalization Backlogs
The Trump administration’s war on immigration has included an array of tactics. There have been full frontal assaults, such as the Muslim ban, cancellation of DACA, the border wall, and the RAISE Act. Simultaneously, the Trump administration is using the tactic of death by a thousand cuts: numerous assaults in the administrative agencies and courts…
USCIS Filing Fees Increase
USCIS has issued a final rule increasing filing fees for most immigration applications and petitions. The new fees go into effect December 23, 2016. USCIS explains that fees are increasing “for the first time in six years, by a weighted average of 21 percent.”
USCIS Fee Increase
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced it is raising fees an average of 10%, effective Nov. 23, 2010. The agency is primarily fee-based, with about 90% of its budget coming from applicants and petitioners seeking immigration benefits. The agency justifies the fee increase as a way to recover costs after fiscal year 2008…
Chinese Green Card Holder Under Deportation Proceedings After Voting in U.S. Election
Hong Skains, age 37, is a green card holder from China. She registered and voted in the 2004 federal elections in Colorado, apparently unaware that only citizens are eligible to vote.
Expeditious Naturalization on the Basis of
U.S. Citizen’s Spouse’s Employment Abroad
The spouse must be employed by one of the following entities:
- an American firm or corporation engaged in whole or in part in the development of foreign trade and commerce of the United States, or a subsidiary thereof
- the U.S. Government
- an American institution of research “recognized as such by the Attorney General
- a public international organization “in which the U.S. participates by treaty or statute
- a religious denomination or an interdenominational mission organization having a bona fide organization within the U.S.
Nothing found.
Birthright Citizenship
Nothing found.
Acquisition of Citizenship at Birth Abroad
Nothing found.
Child Citizenship Act of 2000
A child born abroad and currently residing in the U.S. as a permanent resident automatically becomes a U.S. citizen if at any time after Feb. 27, 2001 all of the following are true:
- The child has at least one U.S. citizen parent
- The child is under 18 years of age.
- The child is currently residing permanently in the U.S. in the legal and physical custody of the U.S. citizen parent.
Such a child may apply for a U.S. passport and/or file with USCIS a Form N-600, Application for Certificate of Citizenship.
A child born abroad and currently residing abroad may apply for naturalization if the child is temporarily in the U.S. and all of the following are true:
- The child has at least one U.S. citizen parent.
- The U.S. citizen parent has been physically present in the U.S. for at least 5 years, at least 2 of which were after the age of 14–or the U.S. citizen parent has a citizen parent who has been physically present in the U.S. for at least 5 years, at least 2 of which were after the age of 14.
- The child is under 18 years of age.
- The child is residing outside the U.S. in the legal and physical custody of the U.S. citizen parent.
- The child is temporarily present in the U.S., having entered the U.S. lawfully and maintaining lawful status in the U.S.
Such a child may file with USCIS a Form N-600K, Application for Citizenship and Issuance of Certificate under Section 322.
Children with Dual Nationality (U.S. and China)
Translation: Nationality Law of the People’s Republic of China
(Source: Ministry of Public Security. The English translation is not official.) NATIONALITY LAW OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (Adopted at the Third Session of the Fifth National People’s Congress, promulgated by Order No. 8 of the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on and effective as of September 10, 1980)…
Translation: Interim Regulations for the Administration of Schools Established for Children of Foreign Personnel
(Source: Ministry of Education. English translation is unofficial).
Translation: Notice of the Beijing Education Committee Regarding Measures for Enrolling in Kindergarten, Elementary, and Secondary Schools the Children of Certain Parents Coming to Beijing for Investment and Innovation
(Source: Beijing Education Commission. English translation is unofficial).