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CITIZENSHIP
SERVICES
We help elderly and others on how to fillout
form and application for Citizenship. Training classes are being
offered for free.
From this page you can:
1. Start your application process for Naturalization
2. Apply for citizenship or naturalization certificate
3. Request a replacement of your citizenship or naturalization certificate.
The United States offers several ways to
become a U.S. citizen. The three primary ways are:
1. Naturalization
2. Jus Soli, or right of birthplace
3. Jus Sanguinis, or right of blood
1. US Citizenship through Naturalization
You may be eligible to obtain U.S. citizenship
if:
• You are a foreign national with 5 years permanent residence
in the U.S. and at least half that time you were physically present
inside the U.S. with no periods of absence over six months.
• You are a permanent resident for 3 years, who is currently
married to a U.S. citizen, and has been married to the same U.S.
citizen for the past 3 years.
• You have served the U.S. Armed Forces for at least three
years
• You performed active duty military service in the U.S. Armed
Forces during:
World War I (November 11, 1916 - April 6, 1917)
World War II (September 1, 1939 - December 31, 1946)
Korea (June 25, 1950 - July 1, 1955)
Vietnam (February 28, 1961 - October 15, 1978) or
Persian Gulf (August 2, 1990 - April 11, 1991)
• You were married to a U.S. citizen who died during a period
of honorable active duty service in the U.S. Armed Forces
• You served on a vessel operated by the U.S. and have been
a U.S. permanent resident for the past five years
• You are an employee or an individual under contract to the
U.S. Government and have been a U.S. permanent resident for the
past five years
• Are a person who performs ministerial or priestly functions
for a religious denomination or an interdenominational organization
with a valid presence in the U.S., and have been a U.S. permanent
resident for the past five years
• You are a spouse of a U.S. citizen who is one of the following:
A member of the U.S. Armed Forces
An employee or an individual under contract to the U.S. Government
An employee of an American institution of research recognized by
the Attorney General
An employee of a public international organization of which the
United States is a member by law or treaty
An employee of an American-owned firm or corporation engaged in
the development of foreign trade and commerce for the United States
A person who performs ministerial or priestly functions for a religious
denomination or an interdenominational organization with a valid
presence in the United States
Apply for Naturalization
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2. US Citizenship through Birth
• Any child born in the U.S. automatically
acquires U.S. citizenship, even if the child's mother was in the
U.S. illegally. This provision does not apply to a child whose parent
was a foreign diplomat at the time of birth.
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3. US Citizenship through Parents
Even though a child is born outside the
U.S., the child automatically acquires U.S. citizenship if at least
one parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of the child's birth
• If both parents were U.S. citizens at the time of a child's
birth outside the U.S., and at least one parent had a prior residence
in the U.S., the child automatically acquires U.S. citizenship.
• If only one parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of a child's
birth outside the U.S., and that parent had previously resided in
the U.S. for at least five years, with at least two of those years
being after the age of 14, the child automatically acquires U.S.
citizenship.
Apply for Certificate of Citizenship
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4. US Citizenship through Adoption
• Children under 18 years of age holding
green cards may be naturalized if petitioned for by a U.S. citizen
parent.
Apply for Certificate of Citizenship - Adopted Child
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5. Reclaim Lost Citizenship
• Individuals born before 1934 in foreign
countries to U.S. citizen mothers, and were denied citizenship because
of retention requirements and the law of the day
• Former U.S. citizens who prior to September 22, 1922 lost
U.S. citizenship because of marriage to a foreign national who was
ineligible for naturalization
• Former citizens losing citizenship for failure to meet physical
presence retention requirement according to law prior to 1978
• Former citizens losing citizenship by entering armed forces
of foreign countries during World War II
• Children who lost their U.S. citizenship through failure
to meet the retention requirements of the law
Reclaim Lost Citizenship
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6. Posthumous Citizenship
• Posthumous citizenship is granted
to foreign nationals who died while on active duty service in the
U.S. Armed Forces during the World War I, World War II, Korean or
Vietnam hostilities, or in other periods of military hostilities.
Apply for Posthumous Citizenship
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7. Doctrine of Constructive Retention
• Individuals born and raised outside
the U.S., being unaware of having acquired U.S. citizenship through
their parents and have therefore failed to fulfill U.S. residency
requirements may claim U.S. citizenship through the Doctrine of
Constructive Retention.
Apply for Certificate of Citizenship
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8. Doctrine of Double Constructive Retention
• Individuals with grandparents who
were U.S. citizens may be eligible to claim U.S. citizenship under
Doctrine of Double Constructive Retention.
Apply for Certificate of Citizenship
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