USCIS has a great resource web page, “Citizenship Resource Center”! They have centralized available online information about becoming a U.S. Citizen. This web page includes citizenship preparation materials and activities and is divided in to three main section: Learners – Prepare for U.S. Citizenship Educators – Welcome Teachers Organizations…
On Friday, September 17, 2021, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) celebrated the 234th Constitution and Citizenship Day by welcoming over 21,000 new citizens in 335 naturalization ceremonies across this wonderful country. USCIS Director, Ur M. Jaddou stated, “Citizenship Day and Constitution Day are special days at USCIS –…
Nearly 760,000 individuals became naturalized citizens every year between the FY 2015 and FY 2019 period! The total was over 3.7 million new naturalized citizens during that period. The linked fact sheet below summarizes the data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) naturalization records to provide information on the…
To celebrate the 245th Independence Day, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) held 170 naturalization ceremonies between June 30 and July 7 across America. These combined ceremonies totaled over 5,400 new citizens to our country! Acting USCIS Director Tracy Renaud stated. “We are committed to promoting policies and procedures…
President Biden has recorded a welcoming video for newly sworn in U.S. citizens! The video will be used during the naturalization ceremonies and thanks them for choosing the United States. Biden states, “I want to thank you for choosing us and believing that America is worthy of your aspirations,”. He…
The USCIS is returning to the Citizenship Testing and Testing Procedure to the 2008 version! This is the version used before the Trump Administration changed it in the last month leading up to the new Biden Administration taking office! This action by the USCIS is following President Biden’s Executive Order,…
USCIS has released their full Fiscal Year 2019 (FY2019) performance data for all form types as a statistical table. They have divided the forms by category: Family, Employment, Humanitarian, Citizenship and Naturalization, and Other as the rows. The columns are divided by case status: Received, Approved, Denied, and Pending. These…
On Friday, December 13th, USCIS updated and expanded its policy guidance (PDF) regarding unlawful acts that may prevent an applicant for naturalization to meet the Good Moral Character (GMC) requirements. Note*: The commission of, or conviction or imprisonment for, an unlawful act, during the statutory period for naturalization, may render…
USCIS has a great resource web page, “Citizenship Resource Center”! They have centralized available online information about becoming a U.S. Citizen. This web page includes citizenship preparation materials and activities and is divided in to three main section: Learners – Prepare for U.S. Citizenship Educators – Welcome Teachers Organizations…
USCIS has released their second quarter, Fiscal Year 2017 (FY2017) citizenship and naturalization data for Naturalization (Form N-400 Application) as a statistical table. This table contains data on citizenship and naturalization benefits and application processing times. They have divided the form by category: Category of Naturalization, Case Status, and USCIS…