Posts Tagged ‘naturalization

Oh behave!

Alien no longer

In: Personal

29 Sep 2008

As of 8:50 AM this morning, I’m an American.

Here’s the timeline for me:

March 30, 2008 – Sent in Application N-400
April 3, 2008 – Received application
May – Fingerprinting appointment
September 19, 2008 – Citizenship interview
September 29, 2008 – Oath
September 29, 2008 – Registered to vote

Well, my UK application for citizenship didn’t go so well (it wasn’t rejected, just delayed pending some more paperwork), so today I’m thinking of applying to change my Green card into a citizenship The infamous N-400 form is all it takes, plus time. According to the USCIS (formerly INS), the application takes less than 6 [...]


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