30-Day Public Comment Response Matrix

Responses to 30-Day FRN Public Comments
N-400, Application for Naturalization
87 FR 47780
08/04/2022-09/06/2022
https://www.regulations.gov/document/USCIS-2008-0025-0214/comment
Comment #
Comment 1.

Public Comments
Commenter: Jean Publiee
USCIS-2008-0025-0220
https://www.regulations.gov/comment/USCIS-20080025-0220

USCIS Response
Response: Thank you for your comment. This action is an
extension, without change, of a currently approved collection.
USCIS is required to extend the use of the Form N-400 to comply
with legal requirements for public use of the form by individuals
seeking to apply for naturalization.

USCIS-2008-0025-0
220_Jean_Publiee_r08042022_p08052022.pdf

Comment 2.

there shoudl be no extensino of this form. it is time to
send back to their own country all of these foreigners
who want to come here. our tax dollars are going up
up up paying for all the poor people of the world who
want to come here to leach off the people here
already. we are beingforced into bankruptcy. certainly
it isnt gates who is paying for them its the everyday
perso on the streeet whoses taxes are going up up up
into poverty for us. shut down this endless stream of
foreigners who are alterning the usa into a country
that none of us love. we didnt signup for the usa to be
so changed. this open borderis disgusting.if we wanted
to live in central america or mexico we could go there.
we dont need them all conming here. shut down t his
extension
Commenter: ILRC
USCIS-2008-0025-0221
https://www.regulations.gov/comment/USCIS-20080025-0221
USCIS-2008-0025-0
221_ILRC_r08122022_p08122022_attachment.pdf

Response: Thank you for your comment. This action is an
extension, without change, of a currently approved collection to
keep the N-400 information collection approved for use. USCIS is
currently engaged in a separate N-400 revision project looking at
ways to reduce the burden on respondents and revise content into
plain language. We will take your suggestions into consideration as
part of that revision.
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Responses to 30-Day FRN Public Comments
N-400, Application for Naturalization
87 FR 47780
08/04/2022-09/06/2022
https://www.regulations.gov/document/USCIS-2008-0025-0214/comment
Comment #
Public Comments
USCIS Response
Comment 3.
Commenter: Sylvia Miller
Response: Thank you for your comment. This action is an
USCIS-2008-0025-0223
extension, without change, of a currently approved collection to
https://www.regulations.gov/comment/USCIS-2008keep the N-400 information collection approved for use. USCIS is
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currently engaged in a separate N-400 revision project looking at
ways to reduce the burden on respondents and revise content into
plain language. We will take your suggestions into consideration as
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part of that revision.
223_Sylvia_Miller_r08252022_p08252022.pdf

Comment 4.

The 21 page application is burdensome and overly
time consuming for applicants and USCIS. It requests
information that is not relevant such as the current
employer of the spouse of the applicant. Further the
wording of some of the eligibility questions is
repetitive or not closely aligned with the actual law.
Finally, USCIS officers at the interview stage in some
offices, waste time re-asking every single question on
the 21 page application. The applicant has already
answered all of the questions and signed a statement
of truthfulness when applying. If it were more relevant
and less burdensome it could be less costly to
applicant and less costly for time and resources for
USCIS and maybe then it would not take over one year
to get an application approved.
Commenter: Mari Matsumoto
USCIS-2008-0025-0222
https://www.regulations.gov/comment/USCIS-20080025-0222
USCIS-2008-0025-0
222_Mari_Matsumoto_r08242022_p08252022.pdf

Response: Thank you for your comment. This action is an
extension, without change, of a currently approved collection to
keep the N-400 information collection approved for use. USCIS is
currently engaged in a separate N-400 revision project looking at
ways to reduce the burden on respondents and revise content into
plain language. We will take your suggestions into consideration as
part of that revision.

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Responses to 30-Day FRN Public Comments
N-400, Application for Naturalization
87 FR 47780
08/04/2022-09/06/2022
https://www.regulations.gov/document/USCIS-2008-0025-0214/comment
Comment #
Public Comments
USCIS Response
I have been practicing immigration law for the past
fifteen years. During this period, the N-400 has grown
from a relatively short and straight-forward
application (03/22/12 version was 10 pages long) that
the vast majority of lawful permanent residents could
handle on their own without the assistance of an
attorney to a lengthy form with duplicative, confusing
questions that are irrelevant to most applicants.
For instance, Qs. 38-43 should be indented and
expressly ONLY apply to individuals who answered
"yes" to Q. 37 ("Have you ever served in the U.S.
armed forces?" All other applicants should be directed
to skip Qs. 38-43.
Question 13 should be taken off entirely, those who
were at least 18 years old in 1945 would be 95 years
old now. Continuing to have these questions on the
application causes a greater likelihood of
typographical error leading a box to be checked as
they apply to almost no one.
Part 11 should be shortened. While including the
applicant's children's information on the application is
fine, their street addresses are not relevant to
statutory eligibility and give rise to potential privacy
concerns for the children. Information on children
should be limited to names, dates of birth, alien
numbers, if known, and location (country only).
Part 10, Question 8 should not be on the application. It
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Responses to 30-Day FRN Public Comments
N-400, Application for Naturalization
87 FR 47780
08/04/2022-09/06/2022
https://www.regulations.gov/document/USCIS-2008-0025-0214/comment
Comment #
Public Comments
USCIS Response
is ultra vires and and irrelevant to an Applicant's
statutory eligibility for naturalization. There is no
eligiblity ground relevant to being able to list your
current spouses' prior spouses' name and date of
birth. This can be particularly challenging where an
Applicant is in a domestic violence situation and may
not feel comfortable asking their current
spouse/abuser this information about the abuser's
prior spouse.
Applicants should only be required to list detailed
spouse information if applying on the basis of the
three-year rule of living in marital union with a U.S.
citizen spouse. If an applicant is applying on the basis
of the five-year residence rule, his or her spouse's date
of birth, address and employer are completely
irrelevant.

Comment 5.

Finally, as with the former four-page I-485 application
form around 2007, the N-400 should exclude minor
traffic infractions from the questions about prior
criminal history. Because the instructions request
detailed information about each incident, my clients
and I have wasted hundreds of hours over the years
trying to track down old tickets for traffic infractions
and proof of payment from out of state jurisdictions.
Commenter: BakerRipley Immigration and Citizenship
Program
USCIS-2008-0025-0224
https://www.regulations.gov/comment/USCIS-20080025-0224

Response: Response: Thank you for your comment. This action is
an extension, without change, of a currently approved collection to
keep the N-400 information collection approved for use. USCIS is
currently engaged in a separate N-400 revision project looking at
ways to reduce the burden on respondents and revise content into

Commented [FMR1]: New comment. Used language from 60day responses. Please determine if more content is needed.

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Responses to 30-Day FRN Public Comments
N-400, Application for Naturalization
87 FR 47780
08/04/2022-09/06/2022
https://www.regulations.gov/document/USCIS-2008-0025-0214/comment
Comment #
Public Comments
USCIS Response
plain language. We will take your suggestions into consideration as
part of that revision.
USCIS-2008-0025-0
224_BakerRipley_r09062022_p09072022_attachement.pdf

Thank you for your comment suggesting Form I-912 and Form I-942
be accessible online. The online capabilities of the Form I-912 and
I-942 are not necessarily tied to this information collection and
therefore beyond the scope. As this comment does not provide
specific suggestions to revise this information collection, no
changes will be made to the N-400 based on this comment. USCIS
notes that it continues to implement its plan working toward
expanding electronic filing for applications and petitions for
immigration benefits which was developed pursuant to Section
4103 of the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act, Title I, Div.
D of Public Law (P.L.) 116-159 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note).

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