• If you own a business, as a US citizen, you may qualify to bid on government projects.
• As a US Citizen, you can apply for green card for close family members, your children, spouse, elderly parents. Green card holders cannot apply for some of these. And it is much faster if you are a US citizen.
• Your children are automatically US citizens, even if they are born abroad.
• You can vote and also run for political office.
• A US passport facilitates travel. If you travel overseas a lot, you are already aware of the shorter queues and processing times for US citizens at almost every airport in the world.
• US citizen services abroad. If you are overseas and ever run into any problems, be it your belongings getting stolen, you get stranded, or are accused of a crime, you want the might of the US and its consular services supporting you.
• And, also, if you have a green card and get into legal trouble, there is a possibility that you might be deported to your country of birth. With a US citizenship, there are very few chances of deportation.

In the past few decades, applying for citizenship has become complex, with many requirements that need to be met. Below are general guidelines. Please reach out to us to discuss how we can help make the process easy for you.

If you meet one of these 3 requirements, you must also

• Have been living in the US over half the time
• Have a good moral character
• Be willing to take an oath of loyalty to the US
• Understand, speak, read and write in English
• And pass a US history and government test

• Having a criminal or arrest record
• Not paying US taxes
• Not paying court ordered child support
• Not having a good moral character
• Forgetting to register for the Selective Services

There may be other criteria as well, which we can discuss to make sure you will qualify

How to file for citizenship

Once we are able to review your information and determine that you qualify, we will have you sign our Fee Agreement. In almost all cases, we will charge a flat fee for our services, which we let you know upfront.

Once you are a client, we help you collect all the needed documents and file for the citizenship application for you.

A few weeks later the Immigration Service will schedule for you to go to their center for fingerprinting. This process is called “biometrics”.

Several months later, depending on where you live and how busy your local US CIS office is, you will be called in for an in-person interview. At the interview, you will go over the petition with the officer, and also take the Citizenship exam. Before you go, we will prepare you for the interview and provide materials for you to study for the citizenship exam. You can also hire us to attend the interview with you, if there is need.

If the officer who is interviewing you finds something missing, or incomplete, he will send out a Request asking for more evidence. If everything is complete, the officer will let you know that your application is approved.

Once the application is approved, you will get sworn in before a judge, hand in your green card, and be issued a “Certificate of Naturalization”. With this, you can go down to the local post office and apply for your US passport.

To talk with one of our attorneys, please contact us today.