hello and welcome back to our another episode on US Immigration how-to video
see description section down below for other videos in the same series as an
immigrant this is the final phase of your journey
we'll cover step by step on how to apply for a US citizenship wait time and more
let's get started you might ask what are the benefits in
this very uncertain time for new immigrants in the United States once you
become a US citizen there is no fear of deportation you can
vote in US elections file green cards for your family members such as parents
brothers sisters and much more let's see who is eligible you have to be 18 years
old to apply and had a green card for five years and not left the country for
six months or longer trip let's look at the second one you are 18 years or older
and married to a u.s. citizen for the past three years not left the country
for six months or longer let's head down to official u.s.
immigration website
click on apply to be a citizen this next page explains the entire u.s.
naturalization steps in detail let's scroll up on this page and click on form
and - 400 application link here to go to the application page you can apply
online or mail your application let's scroll up and click on sign in file
online button if this is your first time click on create a new account on the
right and go through e-mail verification process create five security questions
choose your account type and hit submit next phase there are four options on the
page choose file a form online in this case choose application for
naturalization N-400 this page verifies if you are actually eligible
click here to the response per your status
it's checking if I had green card for at least five years next if your
citizenship is going to be based on the marriage finally it will tell you if you
are eligible to apply for citizenship or not
let's go to application page it has fees required documents tracking your case
and all the rest of the information to get your citizens review this space and
hit next more information here it talks about all your entry is auto
saved and estimated time one hour and 45 minutes you don't have to complete all
at once you can sign back in later and continue it took me a few days to sign
back in and enter all the missing information it says here if you do not
touch your form for 30 days it will be deleted let's start the application shows
why you are eligible hit next choose the appropriate response let's start the
form legal name if you had used any other names and you have an option to change
your name here your contact mailing address date and country of birth next
your citizenship when you became a green card holder name, A number
your nine-digit social security number USCIS online account number if you have
any next gender ethnicity height weight height and hair color next your current
address and how long you've been there you have to provide at least five years
of addresses otherwise it will give you error
next last five years of either school and/or work history see I added two but
there were gaps so I'm getting this warning message next asking whether you
were in US Army next Selective Service for military draft if it applies to you
next about your trip outside the country within the last five years that lasted
longer than 24 hours I had so many trips so this took me a while I had to go
through all my flight information
next if you have any impairment you can ask to be excluded from English and
civic test requirements more about disability needing wheelchair and so on
next about your family your marital status current spouse name date of marriage
and date of birth more about your spouse information you and your spouse's
previous marriages if any about your children if that applies
next about your parents Next section is about your moral character and it
checks whether you broke any laws this is a long section and always be truthful
see description section for a link to see all questions
here you have to provide evidence it says to upload copies of your document
here scan front and back of your permanent resident card it can be
picture or adobe PDF format your marriage certificate if it applies last
three years of IRS tax transcripts
you can get your tax transcript from IRS website online didn't work for me so I
went to a local IRS office if you are eligible based on marriage to a U.S.
citizen provide copy of your spouse citizenship evidence about your own
marriage what documents are accepted are listed here
evidence of current spouse's prior marriages and so on if that applies you
can upload additional evidence to support your case your child's birth
certificate adoption and so on after you have uploaded all your documents hit
next
like it says here go through each section and ensure you have provided all
responses before submitting once I hit review my application here the
immigration website will auto review this application for any errors system
went through everything I provided there are no alerts and warnings which is
great hit next download a draft case snapshot
for future reference when you open that document it is 23 pages for me there are
lists of evidence I upload it to their website
you have to agree to these terms next
acknowledge your form by typing your full legal name pay your USCIS
application fee
I just submitted N-400 US citizenship form you can come back to
this page to check your case try hit refresh here's my status shows my
receipt number application type date and status let's print a copy I'm pretty
much done here is N-400 timeline Biometric fingerprinting
appointment was set after 30 days Civic test was set after five month and in six
month oath to become a new citizen so the entire process took six months after
N-400 form was submitted don't forget to watch our next episode
to find out what happens during biometrics appointment citizenship
interview and naturalization ceremony
leave your comments down below thank you so much for watching and good luck in
your journey
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