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In order to become a citizen of the United States, an applicant must first meet specific naturalization requirements. First, in order to become a citizen, the applicant must be a US lawful permanent resident (LPR) green card holder for a specified number of years and have been physically present in the US for roughly half of that time. Other citizenship requirements include good moral character, basic knowledge of English and the ability to pass the US history and government exam. To see if you meet the requirements to become a citizen, contact a citizenship lawyer at 800.989.6842.

News: become a citizen

Dec 12th, 2009

Is it dangerous to wait to apply for citizenship?

It always amazes me when I hear stories about US lawful permanent resident green card holders who were eligible to become US citizens, but never did. The stories usually arise when the green card holder is being deported for something that happened after they could have submitted the application for citizenship and naturalized. Had they already become a citizen, very few incidents would have resulted in revocation...

Dec 9th, 2009

Florida Citizenship Ceremony for Moscow Mauler

Don’t look now, but the Moscow Mauler is America’s newest citizen. Oleg Prudius, aka Vladimir Kozlov, was sworn in at the Tampa, Florida citizenship ceremony this week with 413 other citizenship applicants from 74 countries including Cambodia, Guatemala and the Ukraine. Kozlov started his long journey toward American citizenship as a child in the Ukraine. A huge Hulk Hogan fan, his thirst for fame and...

Did you know…?

A US immigration lawyer does more than just fill out immigration forms. Unfortunately, some immigration applicants do not realize this and complicate or ruin their cases by attempting to handle things by themselves. An immigration lawyer understands the complex immigration laws and how they will be applied by immigration or consular officials to a particular case. Red flags or complexities discovered during the immigration attorney’s case work-up would be missed by a self-represented applicant as the immigration forms themselves rarely point out potential pitfalls or problems.

DV Lottery 2012 Cut-offs

DV lottery winners with numbers lower than the following cut-offs could be assigned a green card beginning on the first day of the month indicated:

2011-2012	Dec	Jan	Feb
Africa	18,500	24,700	32,000
Egypt	12,700	16,800	21,000
Ethiopia	13,500	16,800	21,500
Nigeria	12,000	14,500	16,000
Asia	15,000	18,500	23,900
Europe	13,500	16,500	22,000
Uzbekistan	13,500	16,500	16,500
Bahamas	5	6	7
Oceania	575	650	775
S. America	600	675	775

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