FindLaw | Find a Lawyer. Find Answers.
Are you a legal Professional?
| Featured Legal Services | |
Handling Employment Based & Family Immigration and Citizenship Matters.
|
(408) 271-9888
|
Applying for U.S. Citizenship
|
The Application Process
You'll need to complete a citizenship application and send it in with a copy of your green card, the required photos, and the appropriate fee. After filing your application, you will probably wait for many months, depending on your local USCIS office. Then you will be called in for a fingerprint appointment, and later an interview appointment.
At the interview, a USCIS officer will test your English language ability (unless you are over 50 and fit within an exception) and your knowledge of U.S. history and government. Applicants who are disabled can ask for accommodations at the interview, such as a sign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility.
If all goes well at the interview, you'll receive an appointment for your swearing-in ceremony. At that time, you actually become a citizen, and receive a certificate of naturalization to prove it. As a citizen, you can petition to have close family members join you in the United States.
Immigration Law Resources
Helpful tools and forms available for purchase.YOUR future life can be great....and when this much is at stake , let ICS handle it. Free consultations. Free chats.
Legal Ace.com offers turn key legal documents at affordable prices for business law, incorporations, trademarks, copyrights, wills, divorce and more.
Fast and friendly legal document service from LegalZoom, the #1 online legal document service
Download more than 50,000 state-specific legal forms. Real estate documents, power of attorney forms, wills, employment contracts, divorce and separation agreements and much more.