Many Americans choose to adopt children from other countries for a multitude of reasons. If you’re considering adopting a foreign-born child, you may be concerned about whether they can be U.S. citizens and what the process for obtaining that citizenship is. The good...
Citizenship And Naturalization
Support for the Citizenship for Essential Workers Act is growing
Lawmakers from both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have written to the president to show their support for the Citizenship for Essential Workers Act. In fact, if they have their way, the Act will be prioritized in the second part of the American...
U.S. pivots once again on citizenship test for immigrants
Back in December 2020, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it was “updating” the naturalization civics test that had been in place since 2008 for hopeful immigrants to pass and become full citizens of this country. Instead of...
Improve your odds of passing your U.S. naturalization interview
The process of legally entering (and remaining in) America is arduous, regardless of your age or nationality. Some foreign nationals only come to the U.S. for work, while others want to make our country their country as well. Those who are seeking American citizenship...
The citizenship test will now have 128 questions
The citizenship test has traditionally had 100 questions. Those trying to pass do not need to answer them all, nor are they even asked all of these questions. They’re given them to study. When they take the test, they have often had to answer 10 questions to pass with...
Preparing for your marriage green card interview
Have you ever seen the movie Green Card or any one of a number of movies or TV shows where two people get married so that one person can get a green card? They answer a series of questions from a no-nonsense government employee to determine whether their relationship...
How long will a permanent residency card take?
Immigration is one of the things that makes the United States so special. This is a country of immigrants from all over the world. As someone who is looking to come to or stay in the United States permanently as an immigrant, it’s important that you have the right...
Tips for new immigrants
Immigrating to a new country can be challenging, confusing and intimidating. You will be thrilled and excited, as well, since you have likely dreamed of this for a long time, and it is now all coming together. And you should feel that way. But you also need to...
Is a civics test really part of the naturalization process?
There is a lot of inaccurate information floating around about the immigration and naturalization process for those living in the United States currently. When someone takes steps to go from a person with a visa or a Green Card to become a visa, they undergo...
Prepare for naturalization to become a U.S. citizen
You’ve been interested in naturalization since you were 14. You knew your parents had come to the United States when you were young, so you are eager to become a citizen. You want to get rid of the feeling that you could be removed from the country. You want to know...