Arizona State filing for US Citizenship

[cactusgurl 0]

Widowed here and now have to wait till next yr to file for my citizenship. Hubby died before my 3 yrs stay here in the USA continuous married to my late husband. October will be my anniv date (day I arrived in the USA). Ques are as follows:

1. When by next yr can I apply for my citizenship?

2. How much this will cost me?

3. Where should I apply (state is Arizona)

4. I have a 13 yo son, does he need to have his own application too and separate payment?

5. How long should I wait to hear from them after I filed my application?

6. Will they ask anything about my deceased husband?

7. About this booklet, how can I avail that?

8. What ques will they normally ask in the state of Arizona?

I apologize for these ques if I sounded unknowledgeable. I am honestly but that is why this forum was created for though.

Thanks guys and have a great day to all of you!

Cactus

[Ning 619]

Widowed here and now have to wait till next yr to file for my citizenship. Hubby died before my 3 yrs stay here in the USA continuous married to my late husband. October will be my anniv date (day I arrived in the USA). Ques are as follows:

1. When by next yr can I apply for my citizenship?

2. How much this will cost me?

3. Where should I apply (state is Arizona)

4. I have a 13 yo son, does he need to have his own application too and separate payment?

5. How long should I wait to hear from them after I filed my application?

6. Will they ask anything about my deceased husband?

7. About this booklet, how can I avail that?

8. What ques will they normally ask in the state of Arizona?

I apologize for these ques if I sounded unknowledgeable. I am honestly but that is why this forum was created for though.

Thanks guys and have a great day to all of you!

Cactus

You should get direct personal information from USCIS by making an INFO PASS appointment. You can do that on line at USCIS site by finding the link to I Pass. The office is on East side of Central Ave in PHX at 2035 N Central Ave.

[cactusgurl 0]

Widowed here and now have to wait till next yr to file for my citizenship. Hubby died before my 3 yrs stay here in the USA continuous married to my late husband. October will be my anniv date (day I arrived in the USA). Ques are as follows:

1. When by next yr can I apply for my citizenship?

2. How much this will cost me?

3. Where should I apply (state is Arizona)

4. I have a 13 yo son, does he need to have his own application too and separate payment?

5. How long should I wait to hear from them after I filed my application?

6. Will they ask anything about my deceased husband?

7. About this booklet, how can I avail that?

8. What ques will they normally ask in the state of Arizona?

I apologize for these ques if I sounded unknowledgeable. I am honestly but that is why this forum was created for though.

Thanks guys and have a great day to all of you!

Cactus

You should get direct personal information from USCIS by making an INFO PASS appointment. You can do that on line at USCIS site by finding the link to I Pass. The office is on East side of Central Ave in PHX at 2035 N Central Ave.

Tks for responding. Will you be more specific by giving me the web link add of uscis? what comes next if I did this info pass? im really not understanding this....

tks

[Ning 619]

Widowed here and now have to wait till next yr to file for my citizenship. Hubby died before my 3 yrs stay here in the USA continuous married to my late husband. October will be my anniv date (day I arrived in the USA). Ques are as follows:

1. When by next yr can I apply for my citizenship?

2. How much this will cost me?

3. Where should I apply (state is Arizona)

4. I have a 13 yo son, does he need to have his own application too and separate payment?

5. How long should I wait to hear from them after I filed my application?

6. Will they ask anything about my deceased husband?

7. About this booklet, how can I avail that?

8. What ques will they normally ask in the state of Arizona?

I apologize for these ques if I sounded unknowledgeable. I am honestly but that is why this forum was created for though.

Thanks guys and have a great day to all of you!

Cactus

You should get direct personal information from USCIS by making an INFO PASS appointment. You can do that on line at USCIS site by finding the link to I Pass. The office is on East side of Central Ave in PHX at 2035 N Central Ave.

Tks for responding. Will you be more specific by giving me the web link add of uscis? what comes next if I did this info pass? im really not understanding this....

tks

Google USCIS.

Info pass will get you a meeting with USCIS in the PHX Az office where you can ask all these questions & get any booklet you need.

[Lansbury 19]

Start by reading this http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

Just about all your questions are answered in the Guide to Naturalization.

[NickD 203]

Start by reading this http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

Just about all your questions are answered in the Guide to Naturalization.

You're also interested in download the N-400 form and instructions, including the current fees at this site.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...0004718190aRCRD

USCIS field office locater is here https://egov.uscis.gov/crisgwi/go?action=of....office_type=LO

I know a kid can under 18 tailgate his parent through marriage USC, but not sure what happens if the USC spouse dies, sorry about that. Do know you have to wait the full five years minus exactly 90 days from the date your LPR card was issued. It's 675 bucks now, no telling what it will be next year, USCIS seems to have much higher inflation rates than the rest of us, recently doubled most of their fees.

[lucyrich 20]

A few specific answers follow:

1. When by next yr can I apply for my citizenship?

The earliest date you can send the application is 90 days before you've accumulated five years with your green card. See the "resident since" date printed on your green card, add five years, and subtract 90 days. There is no deadline, so you may apply at any time after that, even decades later.

4. I have a 13 yo son, does he need to have his own application too and separate payment?

Not exactly. If he is under 18 at the time you become a Citizen, and if he has a green card and is living in your custody, he will automatically become a citizen on the date you become a citizen. He doesn't need to do anything. AFTER you become a citizen, you may file an N-600 to get a certificate of citizenship for him. Or you may directly apply for a US passport for him.

5. How long should I wait to hear from them after I filed my application?

You should get a receipt in a couple of weeks or so that says they received your application and they are processing it. It will probably take several months before they complete the processing. Watch here on this forum for a thread of applicants who filed in your month, so you can get an idea of how the processing time is going. Processing times change a lot.

6. Will they ask anything about my deceased husband?

Perhaps, but probably not in detail. You will have to list him on the N-400 form you filled out.

7. About this booklet, how can I avail that?

http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

8. What ques will they normally ask in the state of Arizona?

The questions are the same anywhere. A few of the answers to things like "who is your senator" or "who is your governor", "what is your state capital" are different based on your location. The questions can be found here:

http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/100q.pdf

[cactusgurl 0]

A few specific answers follow:

1. When by next yr can I apply for my citizenship?

The earliest date you can send the application is 90 days before you've accumulated five years with your green card. See the "resident since" date printed on your green card, add five years, and subtract 90 days. There is no deadline, so you may apply at any time after that, even decades later.

4. I have a 13 yo son, does he need to have his own application too and separate payment?

Not exactly. If he is under 18 at the time you become a Citizen, and if he has a green card and is living in your custody, he will automatically become a citizen on the date you become a citizen. He doesn't need to do anything. AFTER you become a citizen, you may file an N-600 to get a certificate of citizenship for him. Or you may directly apply for a US passport for him.

5. How long should I wait to hear from them after I filed my application?

You should get a receipt in a couple of weeks or so that says they received your application and they are processing it. It will probably take several months before they complete the processing. Watch here on this forum for a thread of applicants who filed in your month, so you can get an idea of how the processing time is going. Processing times change a lot.

6. Will they ask anything about my deceased husband?

Perhaps, but probably not in detail. You will have to list him on the N-400 form you filled out.

7. About this booklet, how can I avail that?

http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

8. What ques will they normally ask in the state of Arizona?

The questions are the same anywhere. A few of the answers to things like "who is your senator" or "who is your governor", "what is your state capital" are different based on your location. The questions can be found here:

http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/100q.pdf

Thanks for all your responses. I truly appreciate it very much and learned a lot.

Thanks for this site.

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