BECOMING A U.S. CITIZEN
Congratulations! The long wait is almost over!
Fees
N-400 Filing Fee = $640
Biometrics (Fingerprints) = $85
DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION ATTORNEY PAI WILL NEED FROM YOU TO COMPLETE YOUR CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION
- Biographic page of your passport
- Front and back of your green card
- Marriage certificate
- Are you still married? If not, Attorney Pai will also need your divorce decree
- Do you have any children
- Certified court disposition for any criminal matters
- Police reports for any criminal matters
- Height, weight, eye color, hair color
- What is your current address and when did you move there (MM/DD/YYYY)
- Where did you live before and when did you live there – go back five years (MM/DD/YYYY to MM/DD/YYYY)
- Social security number
- Do you want to legally change your name? If yes, you will not be sworn in as a citizen at USCIS – you will have to wait for a date at the federal courthouse (this usually takes longer)
- Were your parents married before your 18th birthday?
- Mother’s last name
- Mother’s first name
- Mother’s middle name
- Mother’s country of birth
- Date mother became a U.S. citizen
- Mother’s alien number (A number)
- Father’s last name
- Father’s first name
- Father’s middle name
- Father’s country of birth
- Date father became a U.S. citizen
- Father’s alien number (A number)
- Regarding your current job – what is the name of your employer, what is your job title, what is the address you work at and when did you begin working there
- All your previous jobs going back five years – name of your employer, your job title, the address you worked at, when did you work there (MM/DD/YYYY to MM/DD/YYYY)
- In the last five years, have you traveled outside the United States
- Attorney Pai will request additional information and documents from you based on your answers to 1 through 28 above.
A NOTE ABOUT SELECTIVE SERVICE
If you are a man ages 18 through 25 and living in the U.S., then you must register with Selective Service. It’s the law. According to law, a man must register with Selective Service within 30 days of his 18th birthday. Selective Service will accept late registrations but not after a man has reached age 26. You may be denied benefits or a job if you have not registered. You can register at any U.S. Post Office and do not need a social security number. When you do obtain a social security number, let Selective Service know.
