Q: Can I bring a citizenship lawyer to my US citizenship interview? A: Most US citizenship interviews take place at the USCIS field office closest to where the person applying for US citizenship lives. There are typically two parts to the US citizenship interview. First, the immigration officer reviews the US citizenship application to determine [...]
USCIS recently released the processing times for the N-400 application for naturalization for local USCIS field offices. After receiving a citizenship application at the appropriate filing location, USCIS processes the application and forwards the file to the applicant's local USCIS field office so that a citizenship interview can be scheduled. Naturalization lawyers have noticed a [...]
Three Pennsylvania men were recently convicted of fraud in connection with the citizenship process. The scheme involved paying doctors to falsify form N-648 (waiver of citizenship test due to physical or mental impairment) so that people applying for citizenship could avoid having to take the citizenship test that is usually administered at the citizenship interview. [...]
