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Citizenship & Naturalization

USCIS releases fact sheet on U.S. Citizenship through military service

Posted Fri, 05/23/2008 - 06:04 by Phil

U.S. immigration law has specific provisions that allow those who serve in the U.S. military to obtain U.S. Citizenship The USCIS recently published a fact sheet that describes the requirements to qualify for these benefits.

USCIS releases report on current naturalization processing times

Posted Mon, 05/05/2008 - 04:10 by Phil

This past year a recent surge in applications for naturalization petitions caused a large backlog in USCIS processing times. The surge was caused, in large part, by the USCIS filing fee increase that took effect as of July 31, 2007. Many qualified applicants filed their petitions ahead of the fee increase. This matter was addressed by the U.S. Congress and the USCIS recently released a report with updated processing times for all local USCIS offices. We have experienced improved processing times for naturalization petitions in recent months.

USCIS Has 3 Year Backlog of Citizenship Petitions

Posted Tue, 02/19/2008 - 02:23 by Phil

From Migration Information Source

The USCIS estimates that it will take three years to clear out the current backlog in naturalization petitions. The backlog was created in part because of the surge of applications that were received this summer just before the USCIS filing fee changes went into effect. The fee increases double the fee in some cases and took effect on July 31, 2008.