naturalization

[ikyang 1]

are we going to submit the same kinds of documents when applying for n-400 just like what we submitted for removal of conditions?

and another question, usually how long naturalization process takes?

[YuAndDan 153]

If you are applying for naturalization based on your marriage to a U.S. citizen, send the following four items:

All Applicants for Naturalization must send the following items with their N-400 application:

1. A photocopy of both sides of your Permanent Resident Card (formerly known as the Alien Registration Card or "Green Card"). If you have lost the card, submit a photocopy of the receipt for your Form I-90, "Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card"; and
2. Two identical color photographs, with your name and "A-number" written lightly in pencil on the back of each photo. For details about the photo requirements, see Part 5 of A Guide to Naturalization and the Form M-603 instructions. Do not wear eyeglasses or earrings for the photo. If your religion requires you to wear a head covering, your facial features must still be exposed in the photo for purposes of identification; and
3. A check or money order for the application fee and the biometric services fee (Applicants 75 years of age or older are exempted from the biometrics services fee). Write your "A-number" on the back of the check or money order. The application fee is $595 and the biometrics services fee is $80. You may combine the fees into one check or money order. Make your check or money order payable to "U.S. Department of Homeland Security."

If you are applying for naturalization based on your marriage to a U.S. citizen, send the following four items:

1. Evidence that your spouse has been a U.S. citizen for the last three years:
   • Birth certificate (if your spouse never lost citizenship since birth), or
   • Naturalization Certificate, or
   • Certificate of Citizenship, or
   • The inside of the front cover and signature page of your spouse's current U.S. passport, or
   • Form FS-240, "Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America," and
2. Your current marriage certificate, and
3. Proof of termination of all prior marriages of your spouse - divorce decree(s), annulment(s), or death certificate(s); and
4. Documents referring to you and your spouse:
   • Tax returns, bank accounts, leases, mortgages, or birth certificates of children, or
   • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - certified copies of the income tax forms that you both filed for the past three years, or
   • An IRS tax return transcript for the last three years.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00048f3d6a1RCRD

Naturalization can take a few months to a year or more depending on name checks and how busy your field office is.

You need to look at your field office for processing time.

Look it up here: https://egov.uscis.gov/crisgwi/go?action=of....office_type=LO

And then look here for time: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/ptimes.jsp

You may want to add your field office to your profile:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...rCP&CODE=01

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=36581 (Not enough people doing them for naturalization)

Edited March 12, 2008 by YuAndDan

[ilovecookies 0]

i sent almost the same exact things, but more current documents.