Jennifer Gagliardi - U.S. Citizenship For Dummies

9 Part 5: The Part of Tens Chapter 19: Ten Tips to Help You Pass Your Naturalization Interview Be On Time Present Yourself Favorably Listen Carefully Answer the Right Questions Know Your Application Be Prepared Know Your Stuff Bring What You Need Be Honest and Honorable Treat Immigration Officers with Respect Chapter 20: Ten Things That Can Hurt Your Naturalization Case Perpetrating Fraud Participating in Subversive Activities Supporting Violence, Terror, and Participating in War Crimes Committing a Crime Doing Drugs Behaving Poorly (Even If You’re Not Breaking a Law) Unlawfully Staying in the United States Failing to Register with the Selective Service (If You’re a Male) Failing to Meet Deadlines Abandoning Your Application Chapter 21: Ten Important American Heroes George Washington Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson James Madison Alexander Hamilton Abraham Lincoln Susan B. Anthony Woodrow Wilson Franklin Delano Roosevelt Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower Martin Luther King, Jr.

10 Part 6: Appendixes Appendix A: The Declaration of Independence Appendix B: The United States Constitution Article. I. Article. II. Article. III. Article. IV. Article. V. Article. VI. Article. VII. Appendix C: Document Checklist

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12 About the Author

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1 Chapter 4TABLE 4-1 Direct Filing Addresses for Form N-400

2 Chapter 12TABLE 12-1 Committees of the House and Senate

3 Chapter 13TABLE 13-1 U.S. States, Territories, and CapitalsTABLE 13-2 Federal versus State Governments

4 Chapter 17TABLE 17-1 Parts of USCIS Form N-400

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So you want to live in America? You’re in good company. Between 2015 and 2019, approximately 1.1 million people per year became permanent legal residents of the United States. Sixty percent of these new immigrants came to reunite with family members who had already made the move to the unparalleled freedom and opportunity the United States offers her people. Fourteen percent specifically came here to offer their skills to help keep the U.S. workforce strong. Still others came to escape persecution and tyranny in their homelands.

Many permanent residents choose to take living in the United States a step further by becoming naturalized United States citizens. By becoming a naturalized citizen, these immigrants will experience nearly all the benefits granted to citizens born in the U.S. (the only exception is that they can’t become president or vice president of the United States).

Despite pandemic-related closures, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) welcomed 625,400 new citizens in fiscal year (FY) 2020 during naturalization ceremonies held across the United States and around the world. Among the top five countries of birth for people naturalizing in FY 2020, Mexico was the lead country, with 13.3% of all naturalizations, followed by India (7.7%), the Philippines (5.3%), Cuba (5%), and the People’s Republic of China (3.7%). The top five countries of birth comprised 35% of the naturalized citizens in FY 2020. For some, the process of immigrating to the U.S. and becoming a citizen was simple and straightforward. For others, the journey through the immigration and naturalization process became an endless parade of obstacles, delays, forms, and paperwork.

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