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Another change includes expanding eligibility for reduced-fee naturalization applications ($380), available to people who can demonstrate household income between 150% and 400% of the federal ...
USCIS Form N-400, Application for Naturalization (2016 revision) Form N-400 is used to apply for US citizenship through the naturalization process. Lawful permanent residents (also known as green card holders) of the United States, who meet the eligibility requirements, can file N-400 form to request citizenship. [1]
Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth. [1] The definition of naturalization by the International Organization for Migration of the United Nations excludes citizenship that is automatically acquired (e.g. at birth) or is acquired by declaration.
USCIS is authorized to collect fees for its immigration case adjudication and naturalization services by the Immigration and Nationality Act. [12] In fiscal year 2020, USCIS had a budget of US$ 4.85 billion; 97.3% of it was funded by fees and 2.7% by congressional appropriations .
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The lawsuit follows a State Department proposal to lower the required fee for renouncing U.S. citizenship.
In 2007 application fees were increased from US$330 to US$595 and an additional US$80 computerized fingerprinting fee was added. [71] The biometrics fee was increased to US$85 in 2010. On December 23, 2014, the application fees were increased again from US$595 to US$640. The high fees have been criticized as putting up one more wall to ...
The average processing time for a citizenship application was cut in half from a record high of 11.5 months in 2021 to 4.9 months this fiscal year, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ...