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N-400, Application for Naturalization
1615-0052
1/20/2025
2/28/2027

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File a Form

Select the form you want to file online. For some forms you will have the option to either fill out your form online or upload
a completed form. Once you start, we will automatically save your information for 30 days, or from the last time you worked
on the form.
Fee waiver: Fee waivers can be requested online only when submitting certain benefit requests using the PDF filing option.
If your desired benefit request is not eligible for PDF filing, you must file a paper version of both the Form I-912, Request for
Fee Waiver and the form for the specific benefit you are requesting. You can review the fee waiver guidance at
www.uscis.gov/feewaiver.

Select the form you want to file online

Use this form to request to become a U.S. citizen through naturalization. Naturalization is the process you take to voluntarily
become a U.S. citizen if you were born outside of the United States.

Alert Link

CTA

Notes

[External link]
https://www.uscis.gov/feewaiver

Start form

In general, you may apply for naturalization when you meet all the requirements to become a U.S. citizen. The following
general eligibility requirements apply to most naturalization applicants:
• You are at least 18 years of age when you file;
• You have been a lawful permanent resident of the United States for at least 5 years;
• You have demonstrated continuous residence in the United States for at least 5 years;
• You have lived in the U.S. state or U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) district where you claim residence for
at least 3 months before filing;
• You have demonstrated physical presence in the United States for at least 30 months (913 days);
• You demonstrate good moral character;
• You demonstrate an attachment to the principles of the U.S. Constitution;
• You demonstrate a basic knowledge of U.S. history and government (also known as “civics”) as well as an ability to read,
write, speak, and understand basic English; and
• You are willing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States, and you are well disposed to the good order and
happiness of the United States.

File a Form

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N-400, Application For
Naturalization

Instructional Text

Field Type

Question

Body Text

Button 1

Fill Out Form Fields Online Select this option if you want to fill out the fields of the N-400 form online directly. This option
currently does not support fee waiver.
Upload a Filled Out PDF
Select this option if you want to upload and submit a filled-out version of your form as a pdf
Form
document. You may apply for a fee waiver with this option by uploading a fee waiver request, which
USCIS will review to verify whether you qualify for a fee waiver.

Link

CTA

Use this form to request to become a U.S. citizen through naturalization.
Naturalization is the process you take to voluntarily become a U.S.
citizen if you were born outside of the United States.
Select between the
following filing options.

Button 2

You can also mail a paper form by following the instructions on this
page.

[External link]
https://www.uscis.gov/n-400
Go back

Filing Options

Primary Nav

Secondary Nav Conditional logic

Eligibility tool

Determine
(beginning of tool)
your eligibility

Eligibility tool
question number

Question

Sub-Question

Field type

Instructional Text

ET1

Before You Begin Form N-400, Application For Naturalization, Please Answer Some
Simple Questions To Find Out If You Can Apply For Naturalization

Determine my eligibility

CTA

These questions are solely intended to help you determine whether you may be eligible to submit the Application for
Naturalization (N-400). This tool does not determine if you are actually eligible for citizenship. After you submit your
application, USCIS will review your information and determine if you are eligible for citizenship through naturalization.

Go directly to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

[If ET1 = Determine my eligibility]
[If ET2 = NO]

ET2
ET3

Were one or both of your parents a U.S. citizen when you were born?
How old are you?

[IF ET3 = UNDER 18]
====
[IF ET3 = 18 OR OLDER]
[IF ET4 = YES]

ET4

Are you a member of the U.S. armed forces?

Yes/No
18 or older
Under 18
Yes/No

Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio

ET5

Did you serve honorably in active duty or reserve service in the U.S. armed forces?

Yes, during a designated period of hostilities

Radio

ET6

Are you a lawful permanent resident?

Yes, for a year or more
Neither of these apply to me
Yes/No

Radio
Radio
Radio

[IF ET6 = NO]
====
[IF ET11 = Between [date] and [date]]
OR [IF ET11 = Neither of these apply to me]

ET7

Are you married to a U.S. citizen?

Yes/No

Radio

[IF ET6 = YES]

ET8

Did you obtain LPR status under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as the spouse Yes/No
or child of a U.S. citizen who subjected you to battery or extreme cruelty?
Are you a U.S. national?
Yes/No

Radio

Select the statement that applies to you

Radio

[IF ET7 = NO] AND [IF ET6 = NO]
ET9
====
[IF ET11 = Between [date] and [date]]
OR [IF ET11 = Neither of these apply to me] AND [IF ET20 =
None of these apply to me]
[IF ET6 = NO] AND [IF ET7 = YES]
ET10
====
[IF ET7 = YES] AND [IF ET11 = Neither of these apply to me]
====
[IF ET15 = NO]
====
[IF ET16 = NO]

(if ET8 = NO)

ET11

When did you become a lawful permanent resident?

I am married to a member of the U.S. armed forces who is stationed
and living overseas

I am married to a U.S. citizen who is regularly stationed abroad as an Radio
employee or individual under contract with the U.S. government
I am married to a U.S. citizen who is working overseas as an employee Radio
of an American institution of research recognized by the Attorney
General
I am married to a U.S. citizen who is working overseas as an employee Radio
of an American-owned firm or corporation engaged in the development
of foreign trade and commerce for the United States
I am married to a U.S. citizen who is working overseas as an employee Radio
of a public international organization of which the United States is a
member of by law or treaty
I am married to a U.S. citizen who is working overseas as a person who Radio
performs ministerial or priestly functions for a religious denomination
or an inter-denominational organization with a valid presence in the
United States
Radio
Before [date]
Radio
Between [date] and [date]
Neither of these apply to me
Yes/No

Radio
Radio
Radio

Yes/No

Radio

Yes/No

Radio

ET12

[IF ET10 = ]
(if married to U.S. citizen regularly stationed abroad as
employee for U.S. govt)
OR
(if married to citizen working as employ of American
institution of research)
OR
(if married to citizen working as employee of Americanowned firm or corp)
OR
(if married to citizen working as employee of public
internation org)
OR
(if married to citizen working as ministerial or priestly
function)

ET14

Is your spouse an active duty member of the U.S. armed forces who is stationed and
living overseas?
Are you currently authorized to accompany and reside with your spouse overseas
according to his or her official orders, and do you intend to naturalize while abroad?
Do you intend to join your spouse overseas after naturalization?

[IF ET7 = YES]
AND
[IF ET11 = Between [date] and [date]]

ET15

Have you been married for 3 years or longer?

Yes/No

Radio

[IF ET15 = YES]
[IF ET16 = YES]
[IF ET17 = YES]
====
[IF ET21 = YES]

ET16
ET17
ET18

Has your spouse been a U.S. citizen for 3 years or longer?
Have you left the United States in the past 3 years?
Have any of your trips outside of the United States been longer than 6 months?

Yes/No
Yes/No
Yes/No

Radio
Radio
Radio

[IF ET17 = NO]
====
[IF ET17 = YES] AND [IF ET18 = YES]
====
[IF ET18 = NO]
====
[IF ET21 = NO]
====
[IF ET21 = YES] AND [IF ET18 = NO]
====
[IF ET22 = ]
[Employee under contract to the U.S. govt]
OR
[Ministerial or priestly functions]
OR
[Employed by an American institution of research]
OR
[Employed by American-owned firm or corp]
OR
[Employed by a public international organization]
====
[IF ET22 = None of these apply to me] AND [IF ET20 =
None of these apply to me]

ET19

Have you moved in the past 3 months?

Yes/No

Radio

[IF ET10 = None of these apply to me] AND [IF ET15 OR
ET16 = NO]
====
(IF ET10=None) AND (IF ET11=None)
====
[IF ET7 = NO] AND [IF ET11 = Between [date] and [date]]
OR [IF ET11 = Neither of these apply to me]
====
[IF ET19 = YES] AND ([IF ET17 = NO] OR [IF ET18 = NO])
====
[IF ET21 = NO] AND [IF ET19 = YES]
====
[IF ET22 = None of these apply to me]

ET20

Select the statement that applies to you

I was the spouse of a member of the U.S. armed forces at the time of
his or her death and my spouse was a U.S. citizen

Radio

I am the child of a deceased member of the U.S. armed forces and my
parent was a U.S. citizen
I am the parent of a deceased member of the U.S. armed forces and
my child was a U.S. citizen
None of these apply to me
Yes/No
I am an employee or individual under contract to the U.S. government

Radio

[IF ET11 = LPR BEFORE [DATE]]
[IF ET21 = YES] AND [IF ET18 = YES]

ET21
ET22

Have you left the United States in the past 5 years?
Select the statement that applies to you

CTA

Notes

If user selects to go directly to form,
direct user to the N-400 Overview page

U.S. armed forces include the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and certain components of the
National Guard and the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve.
U.S. armed forces include the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and certain components of the
National Guard and the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve.

Next
[External link]
https://www.uscis.gov/military/nat
uralization-through-military-service

A lawful permanent resident is someone who has been granted permanent resident status in the United States under U.S.
immigration laws, and normally has a Permanent Resident Card (formerly known as an Alien Registration Card or referred
to as a Green Card).
Select no if you are divorced or legally separated, if your marriage was annulled, or if your spouse is deceased.

Radio

[IF ET10 = Married to armed forces member stationed and
living overseas]
[IF ET12 = YES]

ET13

Link

Next
Next

View a complete list of periods of hostilities.

[IF ET3 = 18 OR OLDER] AND [IF ET4 = NO]
====
[IF ET3 = 18 OR OLDER] AND [IF ET5 = Neither of these
apply to me]

Alert

The date may be located on the front or back of your Permanent Resident Card (formerly known as the Alien Registration
Card or referred to as the Green Card), depending on when the card was issued.

Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio

Horizontal Eligibility Tool

Primary Nav

Secondary Nav Conditional logic

Eligibility tool
question number

Question

Sub-Question

Field type

Instructional Text

Alert

Link

CTA

Notes

I am performing ministerial or priestly functions for a religious
Radio
denomination or interdenominational organization with a valid
presence in the United States
I have been employed for 5 years or more by a U.S. nonprofit
Radio
organization that principally promotes the interests of the United
States abroad through the communications media
I am employed by an American institution of research recognized by the Radio
Attorney General
I am employed by an American-owned firm or corporation engaged in Radio
the development of foreign trade and commerce for the United States
I am employed by a public international organization of which the
Radio
United States is a member by law or treaty (and my employment began
after I became a permanent resident)
None of these apply to me
Radio

END OF PATH
[If ET2 = YES]

END 1

[IF ET3 = UNDER 18] AND [IF ET4 = NO]
====
[IF ET3 = UNDER 18] AND [IF ET5 = Neither of these apply
to me]
====
[IF ET9 = NO]
====
[IF ET12 = NO]
====
[IF ET13 = NO]
====
IF(ET10=NoneApply) AND (IF ET6=NO)
====
[IF ET10 = None of these apply to me] AND [IF ET15 OR
ET16 = NO] AND [IF ET20 = None of these apply to me]

END 2

[IF ET5 = YES, during a designated period of hostilities]

END 3

You may already be a U.S. citizen

You may not be eligible to apply for naturalization at this time

Go to the Application for Certificate of Citizenship (N-600)

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)
Return to the home page

CTA

CTA
CTA

[ xternal link]

You may need to file a different application if one or both of your parents are U.S. citizens. You may file the Application for
Certificate of Citizenship (N-600) if you were born abroad and one or both of your parents are U.S. citizens. You may also
submit an application if U.S. law automatically made you a U.S. citizen after your birth. You should learn more about
obtaining citizenship through your parents.

https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/i-am-thechild-of-a-us-citizen
[External link]

Visit our Citizenship Resource Center to learn about citizenship.

https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

END 4

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

[Blue alert]
[b] You served in the U.S. armed forces during a designated period of hostilities.

[External link]

You are required to be a lawful permanent resident at the time of your interview or you must have been physically present
at the time of enlistment, re-enlistment, extension of service, or induction into the U.S. armed forces.

[blue alert]
[b] You served in the U.S. armed forces for 1 year or more.

[External link]

Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.
[IF ET9 = YES]

END 5

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

You are required to reside in a state in a USCIS service district for at least 3 months before submitting your application. Any [Blue alert]
time you resided in American Samoa or Swains Island counts as time in the United States for the continuous presence and [b] You are a U.S. national from American Samoa or Swains Island
physical presence requirements.
Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

(if ET8 = YES)

END 6

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

You are required to be a lawful permanent resident (LPR), demonstrate continuous residence for 3 years after obtaining LPR [blue alert]
status, and live in a state or USCIS district for 3 months before you file your application.
[b] You are a lawful permanent resident under VAWA
Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

[IF ET13 = YES]

END 7

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

You are required to have official military orders that authorize you to accompany your spouse to his or her overseas station [blue alert]
in order to meet the continuous residence and physical presence requirements.
[b] Your spouse is serving in the U.S. armed forces and stationed overseas, and you
are authorized to accompany your spouse to the overseas station
You are required to be a lawful permanent resident at the time of your USCIS interview.
Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

[IF ET14 = YES]

END 8

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

You are required to be a lawful permanent resident at the time of your USCIS interview.
Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

[IF ET14 = NO]

END 9

You may not be eligible to apply for naturalization at this time

Return to the home page

CTA

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

[blue alert]
[b] Your spouse is a U.S. citizen and is regularly engaged in qualifying employment
overseas

In order to apply for naturalization based on your spouse's overseas employment, you must intend to join him or her
overseas.

END 10

[IF ET17 = YES] AND [IF ET18 = YES] AND [IF ET19 = YES]

END 11

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

[IF ET20 = Child of armed forces and parent was citizen]

END 14

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

In order to be eligible as the spouse of a deceased member of the U.S. armed forces, you are required to have been married [blue alert]
to and living with your U.S. citizen spouse at the time of his or her death. You must also show that your spouse died while [b] You are the spouse, child, or parent of a deceased member of the U.S. armed
serving honorably in active duty status. You may still be eligible for naturalization if you have remarried after your spouse’s forces who was a U.S. citizen
death.
Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

In order to be eligible as a child of a deceased member of the U.S. armed forces, you must show that your parent died
while serving honorably in active duty status.
Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

[IF ET20 = Parent of armed forces and child was citizen]

END 15

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

In order to be eligible as a parent of a deceased member of the U.S. armed forces, you must show that your child died
while serving honorably in active duty status.
Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

[IF ET21 = NO] AND [IF ET19 = NO]
====
[IF ET21 = YES] AND [IF ET18 = NO] AND [IF ET19 = NO]

END 16

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

[External link]
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/thenaturalization-interview-and-test

[External link]
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/thel link]
d
[External

If user selects to go directly to form,
direct user to the N-400 Overview page

If user selects to learn more about the
path, direct them to the link

Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/thenaturalization-interview-and-test

First link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/
continuous-residence-and-physicalpresence-requirements-fornaturalization

If user selects to go directly to form,
direct user to the N-400 Overview page

Second link:
https://www.uscis.gov/aboutus/find-a-uscis-office/field-offices

Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.
END 13

https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/thenaturalization-interview-and-test

[External links]

You are required to have been married to and living with your spouse for the past 3 years and your spouse is required to
have been a U.S. citizen for the past 3 years.

[IF ET20 = Spouse of a U.S. armed force and spouse was
U.S. citizen at death]

Second link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn about citizenship/the
[External link]

Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.
You may be eligible to apply for naturalization, depending on your travel history

First link:
https://www.uscis.gov/aboutus/find-a-uscis-office/field-offices

If user selects to go directly to form,
direct user to the N-400 Overview page

You are required to have been married to and living with your spouse for the past 3 years and your spouse is required to
have been a U.S. citizen for the past 3 years.

END 12

[External links]

[External link]

[IF ET17 = YES] AND [IF ET18 = YES] AND [IF ET19 = NO]

https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/thenaturalization-interview-and-test

[blue alert]
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 3 years and your
spouse is a U.S. citizen

You are required to have been married to and living with your spouse for the past 3 years and your spouse is required to
have been a U.S. citizen for the past 3 years.
Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization, depending on your travel history and
where you moved from

https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/thenaturalization-interview-and-test

https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship

Visit our Citizenship Resource Center to learn about citizenship.

[IF ET17 = NO] AND [IF ET19 = NO]
====
[IF ET17 = YES] AND [IF ET18 = NO] AND [IF ET19 = NO]

If user selects to go directly to form,
If user selects to learn more about the
path, direct them to the link

If user selects to go directly to form,
direct user to the N-400 Overview page
You are required to be a lawful permanent resident at the time of your interview or you must have been physically present
at the time of enlistment, re-enlistment, extension of service, or induction into the U.S. armed forces.
Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

[IF ET5 = YES, for a year]

If user selects to go directly to form,
move user to the N-600 Overview page

Third link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/the[External link]
First link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/
continuous-residence-and-physicalpresence-requirements-fornaturalization
Second link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/the[External link]
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/thenaturalization-interview-and-test

[blue alert]
[b] You are the spouse, child, or parent of a deceased member of the U.S. armed
forces who was a U.S. citizen

[External link]

[blue alert]
[b] You are the spouse, child, or parent of a deceased member of the U.S. armed
forces who was a U.S. citizen

[External link]

[blue alert]
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 5 years

[External link]

If user selects to go directly to form,
direct user to the N-400 Overview page

https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/thenaturalization-interview-and-test

https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/thel
d

If user selects to go directly to form,
direct user to the N-400 Overview page.

Horizontal Eligibility Tool

Primary Nav

Secondary Nav Conditional logic

Eligibility tool
question number

Question

Sub-Question

Field type

Instructional Text

Alert

Link

[IF ET21 = YES] AND [IF ET20 = None of these apply to me] END 17
====
[IF ET21 = YES or NO] AND [IF ET19 = YES] AND [IF ET20 =
None of these apply to me]

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization, depending on where you moved from

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

[blue alert]
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 5 years

[External links]

[IF ET22 = None of these apply to me] AND [IF ET20 =
None of these apply to me] AND [IF ET19 = YES]

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization, depending on your travel history and
where you moved from

END 18

Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

Second link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/theYour eligibility may depend on the length of your international travel and the reason you were traveling. If you have been
[blue alert]
[External links]
absent from the United States for one year or more, you are required to have an approved Application to Preserve
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 5 years and you are an
Residence for Naturalization Purposes (N-470) before you apply for naturalization. You should learn more about continuous employee or individual under contract to the U.S. government
First link:
residence and physical presence requirements for naturalization.
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/
continuous-residence-and-physicalYour eligibility may depend on where you moved from. You need to wait to apply if you moved to a new state or USCIS
presence-requirements-forservice district in the last 3 months. You may apply once you have lived in your new location for 3 months.
naturalization
Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

[IF ET22 = ]
[Employee under contract to the U.S. govt)
OR
[Ministerial or priestly functions]
OR
[Employed by an American institution of research]
OR
[Employed by American-owned firm or corp]
OR
[Employed by a public international organization]
AND [IF ET19 = NO]
====
[blue alert is conditional based on response to ET22]

END 19

[IF ET22 = None of these apply to me] AND [IF ET20 =
None of these apply to me] AND [IF ET19 = NO]

END 20

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization, depending on your travel history

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

Your eligibility may depend on the length of your international travel and the reason you were traveling. If you have been
absent from the United States for one year or more, you are required to have an approved Application to Preserve
Residence for Naturalization Purposes (N-470) before you apply for naturalization. You should learn more about continuous
residence and physical presence requirements for naturalization.
Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization, depending on your travel history

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

END 21

[IF ET22 = Employeed for U.S. Nonprofit]

END 22

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization, depending on where you moved from

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

[blue alert]
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 5 years and you are an
employee or individual under contract to the U.S. government
====
[blue alert]
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 5 years and you are
fulfilling religious duties
====
[blue alert]
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 5 years and you are
employed by an American research institution
====
[blue alert]
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 5 years and you are
employed by an American company engaged in developing foreign trade and
commerce for the United States
====
[blue alert]
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 5 years and you are
employed by a public international organization of which the United States is a
member

Your eligibility may depend on where you moved from. You need to wait to apply if you moved to a new state or USCIS
service district in the last 3 months. You may apply once you have lived in your new location for 3 months.
You are required to have been married to and living with your spouse for the past 3 years and your spouse is required to
have been a U.S. citizen for the past 3 years.

[blue alert]
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 3 years and your
spouse is a U.S. citizen

Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

[IF ET22 = ]
[Employee under contract to the U.S. govt)
OR
[Ministerial or priestly functions]
OR
[Employed by an American institution of research]
OR
[Employed by American-owned firm or corp]
OR
[Employed by a public international organization]
AND [IF ET19 = YES]
====
[blue alert is conditional based on response to ET22]

END 23

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization

You may be eligible to apply for naturalization, depending on your travel history and
where you moved from

Go to the Application for Naturalization (N-400)

CTA

Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

Notes
If user selects to go directly to form,
direct user to the N-400 Overview page

If user selects to go directly to form,
direct user to the N-400 Overview page

Second link:
https://www.uscis.gov/aboutus/find-a-uscis-office/field-offices

Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
civics requirements for naturalization.

[IF ET17 = YES] AND
[IF ET18 = NO] AND
[IF ET19 = YES] AND
[IF ET20 = NONE]

First link:
https://www.uscis.gov/aboutus/find-a-uscis-office/field-offices

CTA

[blue alert]
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 5 years and you are
engaged in qualifying nonprofit employment

Your eligibility may depend on the length of your international travel and the reason you were traveling. If you have been
[blue alert]
absent from the United States for one year or more, you are required to have an approved Application to Preserve
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 5 years and you are
Residence for Naturalization Purposes (N-470) before you apply for naturalization. You should learn more about continuous fulfilling religious duties
====
residence and physical presence requirements for naturalization.
[blue alert]
Your eligibility may depend on where you moved from. You need to wait to apply if you moved to a new state or USCIS
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 5 years and you are
service district in the last 3 months. You may apply once you have lived in your new location for 3 months.
employed by an American research institution
====
Your eligibility will also depend on your ability to establish good moral character and your ability to meet the English and
[blue alert]
civics requirements for naturalization.
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 5 years and you are
employed by an American company engaged in developing foreign trade and
commerce for the United States
====
[blue alert]
[b] You have been a lawful permanent resident for more than 5 years and you are
employed by a public international organization of which the United States is a
member

Third link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/the[External links]
First link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/
continuous-residence-and-physicalpresence-requirements-fornaturalization

If user selects to go directly to form,
direct user to the N-400 Overview page

Second link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/thenaturalization-interview-and-test

[External links]
First link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/
continuous-residence-and-physicalpresence-requirements-fornaturalization
Second link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/the[External links]
First link:
https://www.uscis.gov/aboutus/find-a-uscis-office/field-offices
Second link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn about citizenship/the
[External link]
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/thel link]
d
[External
First link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/
continuous-residence-and-physicalpresence-requirements-fornaturalization

If user selects to go directly to form,
direct user to the N-400 Overview page

If user selects to go directly to form,
direct user to the N-400 Overview page.

If user selects to go directly to form,
direct user to the N-400 Overview page

Second link:
https://www.uscis.gov/aboutus/find-a-uscis-office/field-offices
Third link:
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/l
earn-about-citizenship/thenaturalization-interview-and-test

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N-400, Application
For Naturalization

Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, is an application to become a naturalized U.S. citizen. Naturalization is the process you take to voluntarily
become a U.S. citizen if you were born outside of the United States.

Before You Start Your Eligibility
Application

You will need to select your basis for eligibility after you start your application. There is more information about specific eligibility requirements
following these general eligibility requirements.

Revisions

Link
[External link]
https://www.uscis.gov
/citizenship-resourcecenter/learn-aboutcitizenship/naturalizati
on-eligibility

In general, you may apply for naturalization when you meet all the requirements to become a U.S. citizen. The following general eligibility
requirements apply to most naturalization applicants:
• You are at least 18 years of age when you file;
• You have been a lawful permanent resident of the United States for at least 5 years;
• You have demonstrated continuous residence in the United States for at least 5 years;
• You have lived in the U.S. state or U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) district where you claim residence for at least 3 months before
filing;
• You have demonstrated physical presence in the United States for at least 30 months (913 days);
• You demonstrate good moral character;
• You demonstrate an attachment to the principles of the U.S. Constitution;
• You demonstrate a basic knowledge of U.S. history and government (also known as “civics”) as well as an ability to read, write, speak, and
understand basic English; and
• You are willing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States, and you are well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States.
[Accordion]
Lawful Admission for
Permanent Residence

Lawful Admission for Permanent Residence
In general, you must show that you have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence in accordance with all applicable
provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) in effect at the time of your admission or adjustment. This requirement applies to your initial
admission as a lawful permanent resident (LPR) or adjustment to LPR status, as well as all subsequent reentries into the United States.
In addition, you must show that you have not abandoned your LPR status. If you leave the United States and demonstrate you no longer intend to
reside in the United States, that is abandoning LPR status.
Time as a Lawful Permanent Resident
In general, you must be a lawful permanent resident for 5 years before applying for naturalization unless you are:
• A U.S. noncitizen national (person born in American Samoa or Swains Island);
• Applying for naturalization based on service in the U.S. armed forces;
• Applying for naturalization based on being a spouse of a U.S. citizen, including the spouse of a U.S. citizen in qualified employment outside the
United States; or
• Applying for naturalization under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) based on being a spouse or child of a U.S. citizen who battered you or
subjected you to extreme cruelty.

[Accordion continued]
Lawful Admission for
Permanent Residence

U.S. Nationals
If you are a U.S. noncitizen national (you were born in American Samoa or Swains Island), you may apply for naturalization without LPR status.
Residence of Students
Lawful permanent resident students who are eligible for naturalization may apply for naturalization either in the USCIS district where they go to
school or in the USCIS district where their parents live if they are still financially dependent on their parents.
Applicants for Naturalization Based on Military Service During a Period of Hostilities
If you apply for naturalization under INA section 329 (service during hostilities), you may apply for naturalization without LPR status, if you were in
the United States or certain other specified areas at the time of enlistment, reenlistment, extension of enlistment, or induction.
Conditional Permanent Residents
If you are a conditional permanent resident, you must file Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, or Form I-829, Petition by Investor
to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status, within 90 days before your conditional permanent resident status expires, unless you can
establish good cause and extenuating circumstances for failing to file Form I-751 or Form I-829 during that time period. In most cases, you must have
an approved Form I-751 or Form I-829 before we can approve your application for naturalization.
Military members applying under INA section 329 and certain spouses of U.S. citizens employed outside the United States by qualified organizations
under INA section 319(b) do not need an approved Form I-751 or Form I-829.

[Accordion]
Eligibility Based on
Marriage to a U.S.
Citizen

In addition to the general eligibility requirements listed above, you must meet certain requirements if you seek to naturalize based on your marriage
to a U.S. citizen. If you or your spouse were previously married, you must demonstrate that all of your and your spouse’s previous marriages were
lawfully terminated.
Generally, to qualify for naturalization based on marriage to a U.S. citizen, you must meet these requirements at the time you file your application:
• You must be legally married to a U.S. citizen who resides in the United States, and you must remain legally married to the U.S. citizen until you
take the Oath of Allegiance;
• You must have been living in marital union with your U.S. citizen spouse for at least 3 years;
• Your spouse must have been a U.S. citizen for at least 3 years; and
• You must have been a lawful permanent resident for at least 3 years.

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Any person who obtained LPR status as the spouse or child of a U.S. citizen who subjected the person to battery or extreme cruelty may naturalize
under the spousal provision without having to live in marital union for at least 3 years.

Eligibility for the
Spouse, Former Spouse, To qualify you must:
or Child of a U.S. Citizen • Have obtained LPR status based on:
○ An approved Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, as the self-petitioning spouse, intended spouse, or child of an
under the Violence
Against Women Act
abusive U.S. citizen;
(VAWA)
○ An approved Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, as the self-petitioning spouse, intended spouse, or child of an
abusive LPR, if the abusive spouse naturalizes after the petition has been approved;
○ Special rule cancellation of removal for abused spouses and children in cases where the applicant was the child, spouse, or intended spouse of a
U.S. citizen, who subjected him or her to battery or extreme cruelty;
○ An approved Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant as the derivative child of a self-petitioning spouse of a U.S.
citizen who was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a U.S. citizen spouse; or
○ An approved Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, for a conditional permanent resident, filed as a waiver of the joint filing
requirement, if the marriage was entered into in good faith and the spouse, intended spouse, or child was subjected to battery or extreme cruelty by
the petitioning citizen spouse or parent.
• Be at least 18 years of age;
• Continuously reside in the United States for at least 3 years after obtaining lawful permanent residence;
• Be physically present in the United States for at least 18 months during the 3 years immediately before filing your application;
• Live in the state or USCIS district with jurisdiction over your place of residence for at least 3 months before filing your application; and
• Demonstrate good moral character for at least 3 years before filing your application.

Revisions

Link
[External links]
www.uscis.gov/i-360
https://www.uscis.gov
/i-751

Note: Evidence of the spouse's U.S. citizenship, marriage to the U.S. citizen, divorce or separation, or marital union is NOT required if you obtained
LPR status as the spouse, former spouse, or intended spouse of a U.S. citizen who subjected you to battery or extreme cruelty.
[Accordion]

In addition to some of the general eligibility requirements listed above, you must meet certain requirements if you seek to naturalize based on your
U.S. citizen spouse working for a qualified employer outside the United States (INA section 319(b)).
Eligibility for the Spouse
of a U.S. Citizen
• You must be legally married to a U.S. citizen who is working outside the United States for a qualified employer;
Working for a Qualified • Your U.S. citizen spouse’s qualified employment outside the United States must be scheduled to last for at least 1 year after the time you file Form
Employer Outside the
N-400;
United States
• You must be a lawful permanent resident when you file your application for naturalization;
• You must declare in good faith an intention to reside in the United States immediately after your spouse’s qualified employment outside the United
States ends;
• You must be present in the United States when you take the Oath of Allegiance; and
• You must establish that you will join your U.S. citizen spouse within 30 to 45 days after you are naturalized.
If you meet these requirements, you are not required to show any prior residence or period of physical presence within the United States or any state
or USCIS district. You must be present in the United States at the time of your interview and naturalization. In this form, you will be able to select the
USCIS field office where you would like to have your naturalization interview. You can find a list of USCIS field offices here.

[External link]
www.uscis.gov/fieldoffices

[Accordion]

If you are the lawful permanent resident spouse of a member of the U.S. armed forces, you are authorized to accompany the member and reside
abroad with them under their official orders, and you are residing outside the United States with them in marital union, you may be eligible to
Eligibility for the Spouse complete the entire naturalization process outside the United States.
of a Member of the U.S.
Armed Forces
Provide the following evidence:
• Documentation you are authorized to accompany the member under his or her official orders; and
• Documentation of his or her military service with the U.S. armed forces.
[Accordion]

Some applicants may qualify for naturalization based on current or previous military service. If you are or were a member of the U.S. armed forces,
certain naturalization requirements may not apply to you. You are still required to comply with the English and civics requirements.
Eligibility for Current
and Former Members of If you are a current member of the U.S. armed forces, you may be eligible to complete the entire naturalization process outside the United States.
the U.S. Armed Forces You can learn more about the requirements for current members here.
Military basis of eligibility to qualify under INA section 328:
• Have at least 1 year of honorable service in the U.S. armed forces at any time;
○ If separated, all separations were under honorable conditions.
• Be at least 18 years of age;
• Have obtained LPR status at the time of your naturalization interview;
• Demonstrate good moral character for at least 5 years before filing your application, and until the time of your naturalization; and
• Demonstrate continuous residence during any period when you were not serving within the 5 years immediately preceding the date of filing.
○ If you file 6 months or more after you separate from the U.S. armed forces, you must show 5 years of continuous residence and 30 months of
physical presence in the United States out of the 5 years immediately preceding the date of filing the application.
○ Honorable military service during the 5-year period meets the continuous residence and physical presence requirements in the United States.
Note: INA section 328 filers are exempt from physical presence requirements if they are still serving in the U.S. armed forces or within 6 months of
separation.

[External link]
www.uscis.gov/militar
y/naturalizationthrough-militaryservice

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Military basis of eligibility to qualify under INA section 329:
• Have honorable service in active duty or in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of the U.S. armed forces during a designated period of
Eligibility for Current
hostilities;
and Former Members of ○ If separated from qualifying period of service, separated under honorable conditions.
the U.S. Armed Forces • Either you are an LPR, or you were physically present at the time of enlistment, reenlistment, extension of service, or induction into the U.S. armed
forces:
○ In the United States or the Canal Zone, American Samoa, or Swains Island; or
○ On board a public vessel owned or operated by the United States for noncommercial service.
• Demonstrate good moral character for at least 1 year before filing your application, and until the time of your naturalization.
Note: There is no age requirement to qualify for INA section 329. INA section 329 filers are also exempt from the general naturalization requirements
of continuous residence and physical presence.
Designated periods of hostilities are:
• September 1, 1939 to December 31, 1946;
• June 25, 1950 to July 1, 1955;
• February 28, 1961 to October 15, 1978;
• August 2, 1990 to April 11, 1991; and
• September 11, 2001 to Present.
[Accordion]
Physical Presence
Requirements

Certain applicants must meet physical presence requirements in the United States. Physical presence refers to the number of days you must be
physically present in the United States during the period of continuous residence required before you file Form N-400.
In general, you must have been physically present in the United States for a period or periods totaling at least half of the required continuous
residence period. We will count the day that you depart from the United States and the day you return as days of physical presence within the United
States for naturalization purposes.
The following are common bases of eligibility for naturalization, and if applicable, how long a person eligible under those provisions must have been
present in the United States:
• If you have been a lawful permanent resident for 5 years (general provision), then you must have been present in the United States for 30 months
(913 days) during the past 5 years.
• If you are the spouse of a U.S. citizen, then you must have been present in the United States for 18 months (548 days) during the past 3 years.
• If you were a member of the U.S. armed forces for at least 1 year but did not serve during a designated period of hostilities and separated from
service more than 6 months before applying for naturalization, then you must have been present in the United States for 30 months (913 days) during
the past 5 years.
• If you are a U.S. Government employee or contractor outside the United States, then you must have been present in the United States for 30
months (913 days) during the past 5 years.
• If you are employed outside the United States in a religious vocation, then you must have been present in the United States for 30 months (913
days) during the past 5 years.
• If you are employed by or under contract with the Chief of Mission (Department of State) or the U.S. armed forces as an interpreter, translator, or in
a security-related position (executive or manager), then you must have been present in the United States for 30 months (913 days) during the past 5
years.
• If you are a U.S. national, then you must have been present in the United States for 30 months (913 days) during the past 5 years.

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Physical Presence
Requirements

There is no physical presence requirement (and no requirement to file Form N-470) if you are applying as:
• A currently serving member of the U.S. armed forces or a former service member who separated from service within 6 months of applying for
naturalization;
• A former service member who served in an active-duty status in the U.S. armed forces or as a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready
Reserve during a designated period of hostilities;
• The spouse of a U.S. citizen currently residing outside the United States, if your spouse is employed outside the U.S. in a religious vocation or by the
U.S. Government, an American institution of research, certain American firms or corporations, or certain public international organizations; or
• An employee of a U.S. nonprofit organization that principally promotes the interests of the United States outside the United States through the
communications media.
Note: Time spent outside the United States in the U.S. armed forces counts as time spent in the United States.
Note: If you are a U.S. Government employee or contractor outside the United States, you are exempt from the physical presence requirement, if you
have an approved Form N-470. You must have had 1 year of uninterrupted physical presence before you filed Form N-470.
Note: If you are employed in a religious vocation, with an approved Form N-470, your time outside the U.S. counts as time in the United States. You
must have 1 year of uninterrupted physical presence in the United States before you file Form N-400.
Note: Your entire period outside the United States may count as physical presence in the United States if you are engaged in qualifying employment
for any portion of the period outside the United States.
Note: Time in American Samoa or Swains Island counts as time in the United States.

[Accordion]
Good Moral Character

Good Moral Character (GMC) means character that measures up to the standards of average citizens of the community in which the applicant
resides. In general, an applicant must show that he or she has been and continue to be a person of GMC during the required period (for example, 5
years if you are applying based on 5 years as a lawful permanent resident or 3 years if you are applying as the spouse of a U.S. citizen) prior to filing
and up to the time of the Oath of Allegiance.

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Almost all applicants for naturalization must take a naturalization test to demonstrate that they are able to read, write, speak, and understand
English, and that they have a basic knowledge of civics (U.S. history and government). You do not have to take the English reading, writing, speaking
and understanding test, and you can take the civics test in a language of your choice if at the time you file your application:
• You are 50 years of age or older and have been a lawful permanent resident for at least 20 years; or
• You are age 55 years of age or older and have been a lawful permanent resident for at least 15 years.

Naturalization Testing
and Exceptions

Revisions

Link

If you are 65 years of age or older and have been a lawful permanent resident for at least 20 years, you may take a simplified version of the civics
test. Learn more about the civics test here.
You may be eligible for an exception to the English language test or civics test or both if you have a physical or developmental disability or mental
impairment that has lasted, or is expected to last, 12 months or more. If you are requesting a medical exception to the English language and civics
tests, answer “Yes” to the question in the Requests for Accommodations page in the About You section. You will also need to submit a completed
Form N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions, with your Form N-400. You can find and download Form N-648 here.

[External links]
First Link:
www.uscis.gov/citizens
hip

Note: If you need an interpreter and you qualify for an exception to the English part of the test, you must bring an interpreter to the interview.
Legal Guardian, Surrogate, or Designated Representative
If you cannot undergo any part of the naturalization process because of a physical or developmental disability or mental impairment, you may have a
legal guardian, a surrogate, or an eligible designated representative complete the naturalization process for you.
[Accordion]
Oath of Allegiance

Second link:
www.uscis.gov/N-648

Oath of Allegiance
If USCIS approves your application, you must take the Oath of Allegiance to become a U.S. citizen. In limited cases, you may take a modified Oath.
Modification to the Oath
You may request a modification to portions of the Oath requiring you to bear arms on behalf of the United States or perform noncombatant service in
the U.S. armed forces if you have a religious or conscientious objection to those portions. You may not request a modification to the portion of the
Oath requiring you to perform work of national importance under civilian direction. You may provide, but we do not require, an attestation from an
organization, a witness statement, or any other evidence to support your objection to bear arms or perform noncombatant service.
Affirmation
You may request to substitute the words “solemnly affirm” for the words “on oath” and omit “so help me God.” You may request this affirmation
instead of an Oath for any reason without documentation.
Oath Waiver
You may receive a waiver of the Oath of Allegiance if you are unable to understand or to communicate an understanding of the meaning of the Oath
because of a physical or developmental disability or mental impairment.

Early Filing

[External link]

If you are applying based on lawful permanent residence for 5 years, you may generally file your application up to 90 days before meeting the
required 5-year period of continuous residence as a lawful permanent resident. If you are applying based on your marriage to a U.S. citizen, you may
generally file up to 90 days before meeting the required 3-year period of continuous residence as a lawful permanent resident.

https://www.uscis.gov
/forms/uscis-earlyfiling-calculator

However, applicants filing up to 90 days before meeting the continuous residence requirement must still meet all other requirements for
naturalization at the time of filing Form N-400. If these requirements are not met at the 90-day period, the applicant must wait to file until the
requirement is met, otherwise, the application will be rejected or denied. For example:
• If you are applying under Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 319(a) as the spouse of a U.S. citizen, you must have been married to a U.S.
citizen for at least 3 years at the time you file Form N-400; or
• If you request an exception to the English testing requirements, you must meet the requirements for the exception (age and years as a lawful
permanent resident) when you file Form N-400.
Use the USCIS Early Filing Calculator to ensure that you file your Form N-400 no earlier than 90 days before you complete the required period.
Note: We will reject your application if you submit it too early.
Fee

We will automatically calculate the cost for you when you submit your application. For specific information about fees applicable to this form, see
Form G-1055.

We will automatically calculate the cost for you when you submit your application. For specific information about fees
applicable to this form, see Form G-1055.

[External links]

Fee reduction: If you are requesting a fee reduction, you cannot file online. You must file a paper version of Form N-400, Application for
Naturalization.

Fee waiver: If you are requesting a fee waiver, you cannot file online. You must file a paper version of both the Form I912, Request for Fee Waiver, and Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. You can review the fee waiver guidance
at www.uscis.gov/feewaiver.

Form N-400:
https://www.uscis.gov
/n-400

Form G-1055:
Note: Current and former members of the U.S. armed forces filing under INA section 328 or 329 are not required to pay the filing fee or the biometric Note: Current and former members of the U.S. armed forces filing under INA section 328 or 329 are not required to pay https://www.uscis.gov
services fee.
the filing fee or the biometric services fee.
/g-1055

Fee waiver: If you are requesting a fee waiver, you cannot file online. You must file a paper version of both the Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver,
and Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. You can review the fee waiver guidance at www.uscis.gov/feewaiver.

Refund policy: USCIS does not refund fees, regardless of any action we take on your application, petition or request, or Fee waiver:
how long USCIS takes to reach a decision. By continuing this transaction, you acknowledge that you must submit fees in www.uscis.gov/feewai
Refund policy: USCIS does not refund fees, regardless of any action we take on your application, petition or request, or how long USCIS takes to reach the exact amount and that you are paying the fees for a government service.
ver
a decision. By continuing this transaction, you acknowledge that you must submit fees in the exact amount and that you are paying the fees for a
government service.
Please refer to the instructions for the form(s) you are filing for additional information or you may call the USCIS
Contact Center at 800-375-5283. For TTY (deaf or hard of hearing) 800-767-1833.
Please refer to the instructions for the form(s) you are filing for additional information or you may call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283. For
TTY (deaf or hard of hearing) 800-767-1833.

Documents you
may need

We will automatically determine which documents you need to provide us as you fill out your application. At the time of filing, you must submit all
evidence and supporting documentation listed.
The other documents you need will depend on the information you provide in the application, such as your personal history, family, and
circumstances.

Application Overview

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USCIS may require you to appear for an interview and provide biometrics (fingerprints, photograph, and/or signature) at any time to verify your
identity, obtain additional information, and conduct background and security checks, including a check of criminal history records maintained by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), before making a decision on your application or petition. If we determine that a biometric services appointment
is necessary, we will send you an appointment notice with the date, time, and location of your appointment. If you are currently overseas, your notice
will instruct you to contact a U.S. Embassy, U.S. Consulate, or USCIS office outside the United States to set up an appointment.
At your biometrics appointment, you must sign an oath reaffirming that:
• You provided or authorized all information in the application;
• You reviewed and understood all of the information contained in, and submitted with, the application; and
• All of this information was complete, true, and correct at the time of filing.
If you do not attend your biometric services appointment, we may deny your application.

After You Submit
Your Application

Completing Your
Form Online

Track your case
status online

After you submit your form, you can track its status through your USCIS account. Sign into your account often to check your case status and read any
important messages from USCIS.

Respond to
requests for
information

If we need more information from you, we will send you a Request for Evidence (RFE) or a Request for Information (RFI). You can respond to our
request and upload your documents through your USCIS account.

Provide your
biometrics

We will contact you to schedule an appointment at an Application Support Center near you. At the appointment, we will get your fingerprints,
photograph, and signature.

Attend your
interview

After your biometrics appointment, we will schedule your interview at a local USCIS field office (unless you qualify for a special accommodation). At
the interview, you will answer questions about your application and take the civics and English tests as required.

Take the Oath
of Allegiance

Once your application is approved, you will be ready to take the Oath of Allegiance. At your naturalization ceremony, you will return your Permanent
Resident Card (Green Card), answer questions about your activity since the interview, take the Oath of Allegiance, and get your Certificate of
Naturalization.

Filing online

Submitting your form online is the same as mailing in a completed paper form. They both gather the same information.

Complete the
Getting Started
section first
Provide as
many
responses as
you can
We will
automatically
save your
responses
How to
continue filling
out your form
DHS Privacy
Notice

You should answer all questions in the Getting Started section first so we can best customize the rest of your online form experience.

You should provide as many responses as you can. Incomplete fields or sections and missing information can slow down the process after you submit
your form.

We will automatically save your information when you select next to go to a new page or navigate to another section of the form. We will save your
information for 30 days from today, or from the last time you worked on the form.
After you start your form, you can sign into your account to continue where you left off.

AUTHORITIES: USCIS is collecting the information requested on this application, and the associated evidence, under INA sections 103, 316, 319, 325,
328, 329, 332, 334, 335, and 336.
PURPOSE: The primary purpose for providing the requested information on this application is to determine if you have established eligibility for
naturalization. DHS uses the information you provide to grant or deny the immigration benefit you are seeking. DHS may also use the information you
provide to determine your eligibility for any public recognition program at the discretion of the agency. For this purpose, your information will not be
made public without your consent.
DISCLOSURE: The information you provide is voluntary. However, failure to provide the requested information, including your Social Security number
(if applicable), and any requested evidence, may delay a final decision or result in USCIS denying your application.
ROUTINE USES: DHS may, where allowable under relevant confidentiality provisions, share the information you provide on this application and any
additional requested evidence with other Federal, state, local, and foreign government agencies and authorized organizations. DHS follows approved
routine uses described in the associated published system of records notices [DHS/USCIS-001 - Alien File, Index, and National File Tracking System,
DHS/USCIS-007 - Benefits Information System, and DHS/USCIS-018 Immigration Biometric and Background Check System]. For further details on
relevant information sharing practices, see the published privacy impact assessments [DHS/USCIS/PIA-015 Computer Linked Application Information
Management System and DHS/USCIS/PIA-056 USCIS Electronic Immigration System] which you can find at www.dhs.gov/privacy. DHS may also share
this information, as appropriate, for law enforcement purposes or in the interest of national security.

Social Security
Administration
Privacy Act
Statement

SSA Privacy Act Statement Sections 205(c) and 702 of the Social Security Act authorizes SSA to collect information to assign you an SSN and issue a
Social Security card. The information you furnish on this application is voluntary. However, failure to provide the requested information may prevent
SSA from issuing you an SSN and Social Security card. SSA will maintain the information used to assign you an SSN and issue you a Social Security
card in SSA’s system of records [Master Files of Social Security Number (SSN) Holders and SSN Applications, 60-0058].
Find the complete lists of approved routine uses for the information used to assign you an SSN and issue you a Social Security card here.

[External link]
www.dhs.gov/privacy

[External link]
https://www.ssa.gov/p
rivacy/sorn.html

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USCIS may use your biometrics to obtain the criminal history records of the FBI, for identity verification, to determine eligibility, to create
immigration documents (for example, Permanent Resident Card, Employment Authorization Document), or any purpose authorized by the
Immigration and Nationality Act.
You may obtain a copy of your own FBI record using the procedures outlined at 28 CFR 16.30-16.34. Learn how to obtain a copy of your FBI record or
how the FBI will use your fingerprints.

Revisions

Link
[External link]
First link:
https://www.fbi.gov/s
ervices/cjis/compactcouncil/guidingprinciples-noncriminaljustice-applicantsprivacy-rights
Second link:
https://www.fbi.gov/s
ervices/cjis/compactcouncil/privacy-actstatement

Paperwork
Reduction Act

We may not conduct or sponsor an information collection, and you are not required to respond to a collection of information, unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated
at 3 hours and 55 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering the required documentation and information,
completing the application, preparing statements, attaching necessary documentation, and submitting the application. The collection of biometrics is
estimated to require 1 hour and 10 minutes. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Office of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory Coordination Division
5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Mail Stop #2140
Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009
Do not mail your completed Form N-400 to this address.
OMB No. 1615-0052
Expires: 02/28/2027

Security
Reminder

If you do not work on your application for more than 30 days, we will delete your data in order to prevent storing personal information indefinitely.

Application Overview

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Basis of eligibility

Conditional Logic

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Question
1.1A
1.1B
1.1C

Question

What is your basis of eligibility?

1.1D
1.1E
1.1F

(if 1.1G)
(if 1.1D)

1.1G
If your residential address is outside the United States and you are filing under
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 319(b), select the USCIS field
office where you would like to have your naturalization interview.

Preparer and interpreter information

Preparer information

Field Type

General provision
Spouse of a U.S. citizen
Spouse, former spouse, or child of a U.S. citizen
under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Spouse of U.S. citizen in qualified employment
outside the United States
Military service during a period of hostilities
At least one year of honorable military service at
any time
Other
Provide an explanation.

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Text area
Combo box

Yes/No
Yes/No

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Radio

(IF YES)

Is an interpreter assisting you with completing this application?

Yes/No

Radio

12.1
15.1b
12.2

What is your preparer's full name?

Given name (first name)
Family name (last name)

Text input
Text input
Text input
Checkbox

12.3
12.4

What is your preparer's contact information?

(IF YES TO PREPARER
QUESTION)

My preparer is not part of a business or
organization.
Daytime telephone number
Mobile telephone number
My preparer does not have a mobile telephone
number.
Email address
My preparer does not have an email address.

Helper Text

Required?

Notes

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

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Radio

Is someone assisting you with completing this application?
Is a preparer assisting you with completing this application?

What is your preparer's business or organization name?

Instructional Text

Radio

(IF YES)

12.5
Interpreter information

Sub-Question

Answer options in dropdown will
be pulled from ELIS
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
A preparer is anyone who completes or helps you complete all or part of
your application using information and answers that you provide.
An interpreter is anyone who translates or helps you translate all or part of
your application using information and answers that you provide.
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

Text input
Text input
Checkbox

Provide a 10-digit phone number.
Provide a 10-digit phone number.

Text input
Checkbox

(IF YES TO
INTERPRETER)

Example: [email protected]
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

11.1
14.1b
11.2

What is your interpreter's full name?

11.3
11.4

What is your interpreter's contact information?

What is your interpreter's business or organization name?

11.5
What language is your interpreter using to interpret this application for you?

Given name (first name)
Family name (last name)
My interpreter is not part of a business or
organization.
Daytime telephone number
Mobile telephone number
My interpreter does not have a mobile telephone
number.
Email address
My interpreter does not have an email address.

Text input
Text input
Text input
Checkbox
Text input
Text input
Checkbox
Text input
Checkbox
Text input

Provide a 10-digit phone number.
Provide a 10-digit phone number.

Example: [email protected]

Getting Started

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About You

Your name

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2.1

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What is your current legal name?

Given name (first name)

Text input

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
Your current legal name is the name on your birth certificate unless it changed after birth by
marriage, divorce, or court order. Do not provide any nicknames here.

2.2

Have you used any other names since birth?

Middle name
Family name (last name)
Yes/No
Given name (first name)

Text input
Text input
Radio
Text input

(IF 2.2 = YES)

Helper Text

Alert

Other names used may include nicknames, aliases, and maiden names.
Provide all other names you have ever used, including aliases, maiden name, family name at birth,
assumed names, nicknames, and alternate spellings or variations of names.

Required?

Notes

Simple table
CTA = "Add another name"

Include any names used in previous immigration applications, petitions, or removal proceedings;
any names provided to immigration officers, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and any names used in any Federal, state, or local
criminal arrests, citations, or proceedings.

2.3

Would you like to legally change your name?

Middle name
Family name (last name)
Yes/No

Text input
Text input
Radio

A court can allow you to change your name when you naturalize. Any name change you request on
this application will not be final until you are naturalized by the court.
If you want the court to change your name at your naturalization ceremony, select “Yes” and
provide the requested information.
You do not need to request a name change if your legal name has already changed through
marriage, divorce, or other court order.
We cannot process name change requests for members of the military, or their spouses, who are
seeking naturalization outside of the United States.

(if 2.3 = YES)

Your contact information

What is the new name you would like to use?

Given name (first name)

Text input

Middle name
Family name (last name)

Text input
Text input

Daytime telephone number
Mobile telephone number (if any)
This is the same as my daytime telephone number.
Email address
In care of name (if any)

Text input
Text input
Checkbox
Text input
Text input

Provide the new full name you would like to use. Any name change you request here will not be
final until you become a U.S. citizen.

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
11.1
11.2

10.1
10.2

11.3
4.1

10.3

How can we contact you?

What is your current physical address?

Provide a 10-digit phone number.
Provide a 10-digit phone number.
Example: [email protected]
You must provide a physical address so that U.S. can schedule your biometric and interview
appointments at the correct location.

Link:
https://www.uscis.gov/g-1145

If you are currently homeless, you can indicate “homeless” in the Street Number and Name field;
however, you will need to provide the city, state, ZIP code, and country where you live. You can
then use Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance, to request notification
by text or email confirming receipt of your Form N-400.

(If non-USA use Province and text
field)
(If non-USA use Postal code and
remove help text)
4.1

When did you move here?

Country
Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
State/Province

Combo box
Text input
Text input
Text input
Combo box

ZIP code/Postal code

Text input

From (MM/DD/YYYY)

Date range
picker
Date range
picker
Checkbox

To (MM/DD/YYYY)
4.2 and 4.3

What is your current mailing address (Safe Mailing Address, if
applicable)?

This is the same as my current physical address.

Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

Provide a 5 or 9-digit ZIP code.
To' field will be greyed out with 'Present' for the first address. All other
addresses can input a date for the 'To' field.
Checkbox will be selected to indicate "Present" is always selected.
We will use your current mailing address to contact you throughout the naturalization process.
We may not be able to contact you if you do not provide a complete and valid address.
If you are residing in a shelter or safe house at the time of filing this application or you otherwise
do not feel safe providing your current mailing address, you may provide a “safe address” where
you are able to receive mail. You may provide a post office box (P.O. Box) or the address of a friend,
your attorney, a community-based organization that is helping you, or any other address where
you can safely and timely receive mail.

(If non-USA use Province and text
field)
(If non-USA use Postal code and
remove help text)
[blue alert]

In care of name (if any)
Country
Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
State/Province

Text input
Combo box
Text input
Text input
Text input
Combo box

Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

ZIP code/Postal code

Text input

Provide a 5 or 9-digit ZIP code.
[blue alert]
[h] Instructions for P.O. Box numbers, students, spouses of U.S. citizens employed abroad, and domestic
violence victims:
[b]
Post Office (P.O.) Box numbers
You may provide a Post Office Box (P.O. Box) or the address of a friend, your attorney, a communitybased organization that is helping you, or any other address where you can safely and timely receive
mail. Do not provide a P.O. Box number unless it is your only address.
Students
Lawful permanent resident students who are eligible for naturalization may apply for naturalization
either in the USCIS district where they go to school or in the USCIS district where their parents live if
they are still financially dependent on their parents.
Spouses of a U.S. citizen employed abroad
If you reside outside of the United States, are applying under INA section 319(b), and you want us to
collect your biometrics in the United States, then you must provide an address in the United States. We
will send a letter to your U.S. mailing address notifying you when and where to go for your biometrics
services appointment.
Domestic violence victims
If you are a victim of domestic violence, you are not required to disclose the confidential address of a
shelter or safe house. If you are currently residing at a shelter or safe house or have resided in a shelter or
safe house for part of the reporting period, you may provide just the name of the city and state of
residence for the shelter or safe house. If we need further clarification, we will ask at the interview.

Where you have lived

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
List every location where you have lived during the last 5 years. Provide information for the
complete time period. If anything is incorrect or missing, you can edit or delete your entries or
add a new address.

Table page
CTA is "Add an address"

List every location where you have lived during the last 3 years if you are applying as:
• A spouse of a U.S. citizen; or
• A spouse, former spouse, or child of a U.S. citizen under the Violence Against Women Act
(VAWA).
Note: Only list the location where you are currently living if you are applying:
• As a spouse of U.S. citizen in qualified employment outside the United States; or
• On the basis of military service during a period of hostilities.
(if CTA)

4.1 and 4.2

Where else have you lived?

(If non-USA use Province and text
field)
(If non-USA use Postal code and
remove help text)
4.1

When did you live here?

Country
Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
State/Province

Combo box
Text input
Text input
Text input
Combo box

ZIP code/Postal code

Text input

From (MM/DD/YYYY)

Date range
picker
Date range
picker

To (MM/DD/YYYY)
Requests for
accommodations

Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

Provide a 5 or 9-digit ZIP code.
CTA is "Save entry" and "Cancel"

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
2.11

Do you have a physical or developmental disability or mental Yes/No
impairment that prevents you from demonstrating your
knowledge and understanding of the English language or civics
requirements for naturalization?

Radio

If you want to apply for a disability exception, your disability or impairment must affect your
ability to read, write, or speak the English language or learn U.S. civics, even with
accommodations. Your disability must have affected you for at least 1 year or be expected to last
longer than 1 year. If you qualify for a disability exception, an interpreter who is fluent in English
and the language of your choice must come with you to your interview.
You cannot qualify for a disability exception based on illiteracy.

About You

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[if 2.11 = yes]
[Yellow alert]

Alert

Required?

Notes

[yellow alert]
[h] You should request a disability accommodation
[b] If you need a sign language interpreter, make your request as soon as you receive your appointment
notice. The more advance notice we have of your accommodation request, the better prepared we can
be and less likely we will need to reschedule your appointment.

[External link]

Learn more about requesting a disability accommodation here.
When and where you
were born

www.uscis.gov/accommodationsinfo

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
2.6

What is your date of birth?

MM/DD/YYYY

Date picker

We will reject your Form N-400 if you do not provide your date of birth. If you have ever used any
other dates of birth, including dates used in connection with any legal names or non-legal names,
provide those dates in the Additional Information section.

2.10

Was your mother or father (including adoptive mother or
father) a U.S. citizen before your 18th birthday?

Yes/No

Radio

Your relationship to your mother and father may be biological or as a legal adoptive parent.

Yes

[yellow alert]
(if 2.10 = YES)

[yellow alert]
[h] You may already be a U.S. Citizen
[b] If your biological or legal adoptive mother or father is a U.S. citizen by birth, or if she or he
naturalized before your 18th birthday, you may already be a U.S. citizen.
2.8

What is your country of birth?

Combo box

2.9

What is your country of citizenship or nationality?

Combo box

2.7

If you are a lawful permanent resident, when did you become a MM/DD/YYYY
lawful permanent resident?

Date picker

Your immigration
information

Use the name of the country at the time of your birth, even if the name of the country has changed.
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
Provide the current name of the country of which you are currently a citizen or national. If the
country’s name has changed, enter the current name of the country.
If you are stateless, provide the name of the country, as it currently exists, where you were last a
citizen or national. If you are a citizen or national of more than one country, list those additional
countries of nationality in the Additional Information section.
If you are a lawful permanent resident, provide the official date when your permanent residence
began, as shown on your Permanent Resident Card (Green Card, formerly known as the Alien
Registration Card).
The date may be located on the front or back of the card, depending on when the card was issued.

I am not a lawful permanent resident of the United States. Checkbox
[red alert]
[if 2.7 = Less than 3 years AND 1.1 =
1.1B or 1.1C; then display 3 years]
OR
[if 2.7 = Less than 5 years AND 1.1 =
1.1A; then display 5 years]

[red alert]
[h] You are not eligible for Naturalization
[b] You indicated that you have been a lawful permanent resident for [number of years and months]. At
this time, you are not eligible to apply for naturalization as a person who has been a lawful permanent
resident for at least [3 or 5] years before submitting this application.
You may be eligible to apply for naturalization as a person who has been a lawful permanent resident for
at least [3 or 5] years before submitting this application on or after [date].
You can continue filling out your application and we will save your information for 30 days from the last
time you worked on your application, but you cannot submit your application at this time.
Part 1

What is your A-Number?

A-

Text input

2.12A

Do you want the Social Security Administration (SSA) to issue
you an original or replacement Social Security card and
update your immigration status with the SSA if and when you
are naturalized?

Yes/No

Radio

You are not required to request a Social Security card using this application. However, you must
have a Social Security number (SSN) properly assigned in your name to legally work in the United
States.

2.12C

Do you authorize disclosure of information from this
application and USCIS systems to the SSA as required for the
purpose of assigning you an SSN, issuing you an original or
replacement Social Security card, and updating your
immigration status with the SSA?

Yes/No

Radio

If you want the SSA to issue you an original or replacement Social Security card you must also
authorize the disclosure of information from this application to the SSA.

2.12B

What is your U.S. Social Security number (SSN)?
I do not have or know my U.S. Social Security number.

2.4

What is your USCIS Online Account Number?

Text input
Checkbox
Text input

Your immigration
information page
2

The A-Number is an immigration file number provided by U.S. immigration officials. We use your A- Provide a 7, 8, or 9-digit number. If the A-Number is fewer than 9 digits, the
Number to identify your immigration records. It is a 7 to 9-digit number that begins with an “A”
system will automatically add zero(s) after the "A" and before the first digit
and can be found on correspondence or cards you have received from DHS, USCIS, or on
so there is a total of 9 digits, for example: A-001234567.
immigration court records (for example, Form I-797, Receipt Notice; an Employment
Authorization Document; a Permanent Resident Card). If you do not have an A-Number, USCIS may
assign one to you.

Two images shown with question as examples of A-Number location on card.

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

(if 2.12A = YES)

Provide a 9-digit Social Security number.
You will only have an Online Account Number, or OAN, if you previously filed a form that has a
Provide a 12-digit Online Account Number.
receipt number that begins with IOE. If you filed the form online, you can find your OAN in your
account profile. If you mailed us the form, you can find your OAN at the top of the Account Access
Notice we sent you.
If you do not have a receipt number that begins with IOE, you do not have an OAN.
(The OAN is not the same as an A-Number)

I do not have or know my USCIS Online Account Number.
Describe yourself

Schools and employment

Checkbox
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

[blue alert]

[blue alert]
We require you to complete the questions below to conduct background checks. Providing this
information as part of your application may reduce the time you spend at your biometrics services
appointment.
2.5

What is your sex?

Male
Female

Radio

Indicate whether you are male or female as provided on your birth certificate issued at the time of
birth or issued closest to the time of birth or in secondary evidence you provided to USCIS, if
applicable.

3.1

What is your ethnicity?

Hispanic or Latino
Not Hispanic or Latino

Radio

3.2

What is your race?
American Indian or Alaska Native

Checkbox tile

Asian

Checkbox tile

Hispanic or Latino refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American,
or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
Select all that apply. Your race is different from your ethnicity and should reflect your
geographical origins.
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including
Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian
subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Black or African American
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Checkbox tile
Checkbox tile

White

Checkbox tile

Feet
Inches
Pounds
Black
Blue
Brown
Gray
Green
Hazel
Maroon
Pink
Unknown/Other

Combo box

Bald (no hair)
Black
Blonde
Brown
Gray
Red
Sandy
White
Unknown/Other

Combo box

3.3

What is your height?

3.4
3.5

What is your weight?
What is the color of your eyes?

3.6

What is the color of your hair?

A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific
Islands.
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.

Text input
Combo box

Provide a weight between 30 and 699 pounds.

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

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Secondary Nav

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Conditional Logic

Paper
Form
Question
7.1

Revisions

Question

Sub-Question

Field Type

Instructional Tex t

Helper Text

Alert

List where and when you have worked or attended school full-time or part-time during the last 5
years. Provide information for the complete time period for all employment, including foreign
government employment such as military, police, and intelligence services. If anything is incorrect
or missing, you can edit or delete your entries or add a new entry.

Where have you worked and/or attended school (full-time or
part-time) during the last 5 years?

Required?

Notes
Table page
CTA = "+ Add entry"

List where and when you have worked or attended school full time or part time during the last 3
years if you are applying as:
• A spouse of a U.S. citizen;
• A spouse, former spouse, or child of a U.S. citizen under the Violence Against Women Act
(VAWA); or
• A spouse of U.S. citizen in qualified employment outside the United States.
Note: If you are filing based on military service during a period of hostilities, list where you have
worked or attended school full time or part time during the last year.

(if self-employed)

7.1

Choose new school/employment type

7.1
7.1
7.1

What is the name of the employer?
What was your occupation?
On what dates were you self-employed here?

7.1
7.1

What is the business address?

(If non-USA use Province and text
field)
(If non-USA use Postal code and
remove help text)
(if unemployed)

7.1
7.1

What is the name of the employer?
On what dates were you unemployed?

7.1
7.1
7.1

What is the name of your school?
What was your field of study?
On what dates did you attend this school?

7.1
7.1

What is the school's address?

Add a period of self-employment
Add a period of unemployment
Add a school
Add an employer
Select

I am currently self-employed.
Country
Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
State/Province

Text input
Combo box
Date range
picker
Checkbox
Combo box
Text input
Text input
Text input
Text input

ZIP code/Postal code

Text input

From/To

From/To
I am currently unemployed.

(if school selected)

(If non-USA use Province and text
field)
(If non-USA use Postal code and
remove help text)
(if employer selected)

7.1
7.1
7.1

What is the name of the employer?
What was your occupation?
On what dates were you employed here?

7.1
7.1

What is the employer's address?

(If non-USA use Province and text
field)
(If non-USA use Postal code and
remove help text)
[yellow alert]
(if any gaps/missing time periods)
Travel outside the U.S.

Combo box

From/To

Text input
Date range
picker
Checkbox
Text input

I currently attend this school.
Country
Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
State/Province

Date range
picker
Checkbox
Combo box
Text input
Text input
Text input
Text input

ZIP code/Postal code

Text input

I currently work here.
Country
Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
State/Province

Text input
Combo box
Date range
picker
Checkbox
Combo box
Text input
Text input
Text input
Text input

ZIP code/Postal code

Text input

From/To

If you were unemployed, enter “unemployed.” If you are retired, enter “retired.”

Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

Provide a 5 or 9-digit ZIP code.
If you were unemployed, enter “unemployed.” If you are retired, enter “retired.”

Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

Provide a 5 or 9-digit ZIP code.
If you were unemployed, enter “unemployed.” If you are retired, enter “retired.”

Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

Provide a 5 or 9-digit ZIP code.
[yellow alert]
You are missing information
MM/DD/YYYY - MM/DD/YYYY
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

8.1
(if 8.1 = YES)

Have you taken a trip outside of the United States in the last 5
years?

Yes/No

Radio
List all the trips that you have taken outside the United States during the last 5 years. Do not
include trips where the entire trip was completed within 24 hours. If anything is incorrect or
missing, you can edit or delete your entries or add a new entry.

8.1

Table page
CTA = "Add trip"

List all the trips that you have taken outside the United States during the last 3 years if you are
applying as:
• A spouse of a U.S. citizen; or
• A spouse, former spouse, or child of a U.S. citizen under the Violence Against Women Act
(VAWA).
Note: You do not need to list any trips you have taken outside the United States if you are
applying:
• As a spouse of U.S. citizen in qualified employment outside the United States; or
• On the basis of military service during a period of hostilities.
(if CTA)

8.1
8.1
8.1

List all trips that you have taken outside of the United States
during the last 3 or 5 years.

Date you left the United States
MM/DD/YYYY

Date range
picker

Date you returned to the United States
MM/DD/YYYY
Countries you traveled to

Date range
picker
Combo box

Do not include trips where the entire trip was completed within 24 hours.

Simple table
CTA = "Add country"

About You

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Your Family

Marital status

Tertiary Nav

Conditional Logic

(if 5.1 = Married)
(if 5.1 = Married, Divorced,
Widowed, Separated, or
Marriage Annulled)

Paper
Form
Question

Question

Sub-Question

Field Type

5.1

What is your current marital status?

Single, never married
Married
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Marriage annulled

Radio

5.2
5.3

Is your current spouse currently a member of the U.S. armed forces?
How many times have you been married?

Yes/No

Radio
Text input

Instructional Text

Helper Text

Required?

Notes

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

Include your current marriage, any marriages before or during your current marriage, marriages in the United
States, marriages in other countries, annulled marriages, civil marriages, customary or religious marriages,
marriages to other people, and marriages to the same person, whether or not the marriage was registered
with a government.
If you were married to the same person more than one time, count each time as a separate marriage.

Current spouse

[If 1.1 = 1.1B or 1.1D]
and
[If 5.1 = Married or
Separated]

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

5.4A

5.4B
5.4C

[if no]

Current spouse page 2

5.4D

What is your current spouse's legal name?

What is your current spouse's date of birth?
When did you marry your current spouse?
Is your current spouse's physical address the same as your physical
address?
What is current spouse's current physical address?

(If non-USA use Province and
text field)
(If non-USA use Postal code
and remove help text)
[If 1.1 = 1.1B or 1.1D]
and
[If 5.1 = Married or
Separated]

(IF 5.5A = Other)

[if 1.1 = 1.1D]

Given name (first name)

Text input

Middle name (if applicable)
Family name (last name)
MM/DD/YYYY
MM/DD/YYYY
Yes/No

Text input
Text input
Date picker
Date picker
Radio

Country
Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
State/Province

Combo box
Text input
Text input
Text input
Combo box

ZIP code/Postal code

Text input

Your spouse's legal name is the name on his or her birth certificate unless it changed after birth by marriage,
divorce, or court order. Do not provide any nicknames here.

If user selects yes, the answers from earlier in the
form auto-populate to the address fields
Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

Provide a 5 or 9-digit ZIP code.
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

5.5A

When did your current spouse become a U.S. citizen?

5.5B
5.6

On what date did your current spouse become a U.S. citizen?
What is your current spouse's A-Number?

5.7

How many times has your current spouse been married?

5.8

What is the name of your current spouse's current employer or company?

By Birth in the United States
Other
MM/DD/YYYY
A-

Radio

I do not have or know my current
spouse's A-Number.

Checkbox

Date picker
Text input

Text input

The A-Number is an immigration file number provided by U.S. immigration officials. We use your A-Number
to identify your immigration records. It is a 7 to 9-digit number that begins with an “A” and can be found on
correspondence or cards you have received from DHS, USCIS, or on immigration court records (for example,
Form I-797, Receipt Notice; an Employment Authorization Document; a Permanent Resident Card). If you do
not have an A-Number, USCIS may assign one to you.

Provide a 7, 8, or 9-digit number. If the A-Number is fewer than 9 digits, the
system will automatically add zero(s) after the "A" and before the first digit
so there is a total of 9 digits, for example: A-001234567.

Include your spouse's current marriage, any marriages before or during your spouse's current marriage,
marriages in the United States, marriages in other countries, annulled marriages, civil marriages, customary
or religious marriages, marriages to other people, and marriages to the same person, whether or not the
marriage was registered with a government.

Text input
My spouse is currently unemployed.

Checkbox

Children

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
6.1

How many children do you have?

Text input

Children Information

[if CTA]

6.2

What is your son or daughter's current legal name?

6.2
6.2

What is your son or daughter's date of birth?
Where does your son or daughter reside?

6.2

What is your son or daughter's relationship to you?

6.2

Are you providing support for your son or daughter?

You must indicate ALL children under 18 years of age, including:
• Children born in the United States or in other countries;
• Children living with you or elsewhere;
• Current stepchildren;
• Legally adopted children;
• Children born when you were not married;
• Children born when you were in a civil marriage (whether or not the child's other parent was your spouse);
and
• Children born when you were in a customary or religious marriage (whether or not the child's other parent
was your spouse).
Here are your children. If anything is incorrect or missing, you can edit or delete your entries below or add a
new child.

Given name (first name)

Text input

Family name (last name)
MM/DD/YYYY
Resides with me
Does not reside with me
Unknown/Missing

Text input
Date picker
Radio

Biological son or daughter
Stepchild
Legally adopted son or daughter
Yes/No

Radio

Table page
CTA = "Add a child"

Your son or daughter's legal name is the name on his or her birth certificate unless it changed after birth by
marriage, divorce, or court order. Do not provide any nicknames here.

An applicant who willfully failed or refused to support his or her dependents during the statutory period, even
if there is no court-ordered child support, cannot establish good moral character (GMC) unless the applicant
establishes extenuating circumstances.

Your Family

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Secondary Nav

Moral Character

Citizenship claims and
voting

Tertiary Nav

Conditional Logic

Paper Form
Question
Question

Sub-Question

Field Type

[Static page]

Instructional Text

Alert

Required?

Notes

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

[blue alert]

[blue alert]
[b] When a question includes the word “EVER,” you must provide information
about any of your actions or conduct that occurred anywhere in the world at any
time, unless the question specifies otherwise.

(if yes)

Hereditary or inherited
titles

9.1
9.2

Have you EVER claimed to be a U.S. citizen (in writing or any other way)?

Yes/No
Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER registered to vote or voted in any Federal, state, or local election Yes/No
in the United States?

Radio
Text area
Radio

Provide an explanation.

Text area

(if yes)
[Static page]

You may not qualify for naturalization if you previously claimed you were a U.S. citizen.
You may not qualify for naturalization if you unlawfully voted in the United States in a Federal, state, or local election.
Note: Voting in a local election will not render an applicant ineligible for naturalization if the applicant was eligible to
vote under the relevant law.

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

[blue alert]

(if 9.30A = YES)
(if 9.30A = YES)

9.30B

(if 9.30A or 9.30B = YES)
Tax information

Do you now have, or did you EVER have, a hereditary title or an order of nobility Yes/No
in any foreign country?

Radio

Provide an explanation.
Are you willing to give up any inherited titles or orders of nobility that you have Yes/No
in a foreign country at your naturalization ceremony?
List all your inherited titles and orders of nobility.

Text area
Radio

Most people do not have a foreign hereditary title or order of nobility. If you do have a hereditary title or order of
nobility, the law requires you to renounce this title as part of your naturalization ceremony to become a U.S. citizen.

Text area

[Static page]
[blue alert]

Simple table
CTA= "Add another"
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

9.3

(if yes)

Party or group
affiliations

9.4

(if yes)
[Static page]

Do you currently owe any overdue Federal, state, or local taxes in the United
States?

Yes/No

Provide an explanation.
Since you became a lawful permanent resident, have you called yourself a “non- Yes/No
U.S. resident” on a Federal, state, or local tax return or decided not to file a tax
return because you considered yourself to be a non-U.S. resident?
Provide an explanation.

Radio

If you have failed to pay taxes as required, we may determine that you lack good moral character.

[External link]

Find out if you were required to file a tax return here.

www.irs.gov

Text area
Radio

Text area
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

[blue alert]

(if yes)

9.5B

(if yes)
Party or group
[Static page]
affiliations page 2

Have you EVER been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with
any Communist or totalitarian party anywhere in the world?

Have you EVER advocated (supported and promoted) any of the following, or
been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with any group
anywhere in the world that advocated any of the following:

Yes/No

Radio

Provide an explanation.
Yes/No

Text area
Radio

Provide an explanation.

Text area

Current or previous membership in certain organizations may indicate lack of good moral character, unlawful
admission, or lack of attachment to the principles of the U.S. Constitution or indicate that you are not well disposed to
the good order and happiness of the United States.
• Opposition to all organized government;
• World communism;
• The establishment in the United States of a totalitarian dictatorship;
• The overthrow by force or violence or other unconstitutional means of the Government of the United States, or all
forms of law;
• The unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers of the Government of the United States or of any other
organized government because of their official character;
• The unlawful damage, injury, or destruction of property; or
• Sabotage?
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

[blue alert]

(if yes)

Good moral character

9.6B

9.6C

(if yes)
[Static page]
[blue alert]

Have you EVER been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with, or Yes/No
have you EVER provided money, a thing of value, services or labor, or any other
assistance or support to a group that used a weapon or explosive with intent to
harm another person or cause damage to property?
Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with, or Yes/No
have you EVER provided money, a thing of value, services or labor, or any other
assistance or support to a group that engaged (participated) in:
Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with, or Yes/No
have you EVER provided money, a thing of value, services or labor, or any other
assistance or support to a group that threatened, attempted (tried), conspired
(planned with others), prepared, planned, advocated for, or incited (encouraged)
others to:
Provide an explanation.

Radio

Text area
Radio

• Kidnapping;
• Assassination; or
• Hijacking or sabotage of an airplane, ship, vehicle, or other mode of transportation?
• Use a weapon or explosive with intent to harm another person or cause damage to property;
• Engage (participate) in kidnapping;
• Commit assassination; or
• Hijack or sabotage of an airplane, ship, vehicle, or other mode of transportation?

Text area
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

9.7A
(if yes)

(if yes)

9.7B

9.7C

Have you EVER ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or Yes/No
otherwise participated in torture?
Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or Yes/No
otherwise participated in genocide?
Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or Yes/No
otherwise participated in killing or trying to kill any person?
Provide an explanation.

Radio
Text area
Radio
Text area
Radio
Text area

Moral Character

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Question
Question
9.7D

Good moral
character page 2

(if yes)
[Static page]

Sub-Question

Have you EVER ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or Yes/No
otherwise participated in intentionally and severely injuring or trying to injure
any person?
Provide an explanation.

Field Type

Instructional Text

Alert

Required?

Notes

Radio

Text area
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

[blue alert]

(if yes)

Paramilitary, police, and
prison service

9.7F

9.7G

(if yes)
[Static page]

Have you EVER ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or Yes/No
otherwise participated in any kind of sexual contact or activity with any person
who did not consent (did not agree) or was unable to consent (could not agree),
or was being forced or threatened by you or by someone else?

Radio

Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or Yes/No
otherwise participated in not letting someone practice his or her religion?
Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or Yes/No
otherwise participated in causing harm or suffering to any person because of his
or her race, religion, national origin, membership in a particular social group, or
political opinion?
Provide an explanation.

Text area
Radio
Text area
Radio

Text area
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

[blue alert]

Have you EVER served in, been a member of, assisted (helped), or participated
in any military or police unit?

(if yes)
9.8B

Have you EVER served in, been a member of, assisted (helped), or participated
in any armed group (a group that carries weapons), for example: paramilitary
unit (a group of people who act like a military group but are not part of the
official military), self-defense unit, vigilante unit, rebel group, or guerrilla
group?

9.9

Have you EVER worked, volunteered, or otherwise served in a place where
people were detained (forced to stay), for example, a prison, jail, prison camp
(a camp where prisoners of war or political prisoners are kept), detention
facility, or labor camp, or have you EVER directed or participated in any other
activity that involved detaining people?

(if yes)

Weapon use and
training

(if yes)
[Static page]

Yes/No

Radio

Provide an explanation.

Text area

Yes/No

Radio

Provide an explanation.

Text area

Yes/No

Radio

Provide an explanation.

Text area

Include the name of the country, the name of the military unit or armed group, your rank or position, and your dates of
involvement in your explanation.

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

[blue alert]

(if yes)
(if 9.10A = yes)

9.10B

(if yes)
(if 9.10B = yes)

9.10C

(if yes)

Recruitment
information

9.11

9.12

(if yes)
[Static page]

Were you EVER a part of any group, or did you EVER help any group, unit, or
organization that used a weapon against any person, or threatened to do so?

Yes/No

Radio

Provide an explanation.
When you were part of this group, or when you helped this group, did you EVER Yes/No
use a weapon against another person?
Provide an explanation.
When you were part of this group, or when you helped this group, did you EVER Yes/No
threaten another person that you would use a weapon against that person?

Text area
Radio

Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER sold, provided, or transported weapons, or assisted any person in Yes/No
selling, providing, or transporting weapons, which you knew or believed would
be used against another person?
Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER received any weapons training, paramilitary training, or other
Yes/No
military-type training?
Provide an explanation.

Text area
Radio

Text area
Radio
Text area
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

[blue alert]

(if yes)

Crimes and offenses

(if yes)
[Static page]
[yellow alert]

9.14

Have you EVER recruited (asked), enlisted (signed up), conscripted (required to
join), or used any person under 15 years of age to serve in or help an armed
group, or attempted or worked with others to do so?
Have you EVER used any person under 15 years of age to take part in hostilities
or attempted or worked with others to do so? This could include participating in
combat or providing services related to combat (such as serving as a messenger
or transporting supplies).

Yes/No

Radio

Provide an explanation.
Yes/No

Text area
Radio

Provide an explanation.

Text area
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
[yellow alert]
[h] Before you start this section
[b] If any of the questions on this page apply to you, you must answer "Yes" and
provide information for each crime or offense even if your records have been
sealed, expunged, or otherwise cleared. You must disclose this information even if
someone, including a judge, law enforcement officer, or attorney, told you that it
is no longer on your record, or told you that you do not have to disclose the
information.

Moral Character

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Conditional Logic

Paper Form
Question
Question
9.15A

Have you EVER committed, agreed to commit, asked someone else to commit,
helped commit, or tried to commit a crime or offense for which you were NOT
arrested?

Sub-Question

Field Type

Instructional Text

Yes/No

Radio

Alert

Required?

Notes

• Committed, agreed to commit, or asked someone else to commit;
• Were arrested, cited, detained, or confined for by any law enforcement officer, military official (in the U.S. or
elsewhere), or immigration official;
• Were charged with committing, helping commit, or trying to commit;
• Pled guilty to;
• Were convicted of;
• Were placed in alternative sentencing or a rehabilitative program for (for example, diversion, deferred prosecution,
withheld adjudication, or deferred adjudication); or
• Received a suspended sentence, clemency, amnesty, or pardon for, or were placed on probation or paroled for.
9.15B

Crimes and
offenses page 2

(if 9.15A = YES) or (if
9.15B = YES)
(if 9.15A = YES) or (if
9.15B = YES)

Have you EVER been arrested, cited, detained, or confined by any law
Yes/No
enforcement officer, military official (in the U.S. or elsewhere), or immigration
official for any reason, or been charged with a crime or offense, or notified that
you were being investigated for a crime?

Radio

Include all the crimes and offenses in the United States or anywhere in the world (including domestic violence, driving
under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and crimes and offenses while you were under 18 years of age) which you
EVER:
• Committed, agreed to commit, or asked someone else to commit;
• Were arrested, cited, detained, or confined for by any law enforcement officer, military official (in the U.S. or
elsewhere), or immigration official;
• Were charged with committing, helping commit, or trying to commit;
• Pled guilty to;
• Were convicted of;
• Were placed in alternative sentencing or a rehabilitative program for (for example, diversion, deferred prosecution,
withheld adjudication, or deferred adjudication); or
• Received a suspended sentence, clemency, amnesty, or pardon for, or were placed on probation or paroled for.
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
Provide information about all your crimes and offenses in the United States or anywhere in the world including any
offenses involving solicitation, domestic violence, or driving under the influence, any offenses that have been expunged
(removed from your record) or for which you received a pardon, and any offenses that happened before you reached 18
years of age. If anything is incorrect or missing, you can add, edit, or delete your entries.

Crime and offense history

Table page
CTA is "Add"

Note: If you do not tell us about these offenses, you may be denied naturalization even if the original offense was not
a crime for which we would deny your application.
[if CTA]

What was the crime or offense?
What was the date of the crime or offense?
What was the date of your conviction or guilty plea? (if applicable)
Where did the crime or offense occur?

What was the result or disposition of the arrest, citation, or charge?
What was your sentence? (if applicable)
Crimes and
offenses page 3

Illegal activity

(if 9.15A = YES) or (if
9.15B = YES)
(if 9.15A = YES) or (if
9.15B = YES)
[Static page]

9.16

If you received a suspended sentence, were placed on probation, or were
paroled, have you completed your suspended sentence, probation, or parole?

Text area
MM/DD/YYYY
MM/DD/YYYY
Country
State/Province
City or town

Date picker
Date picker
Combo box
Combo box
Text input
Text area
Text area

Yes/No

Radio

If you were convicted, provide crime of conviction. If you were not convicted, provide crime or offense listed in arrest,
citation, charging document, or crime committed.

For example, no charges filed, convicted, charges dismissed, detention, jail, probation, etc.
For example, 90 days in jail, 90 days on probation, etc.
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
We will not approve a naturalization application while you are on probation, on parole, or under a suspended sentence.
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

[blue alert]

(if yes)

(if yes)
(if yes)
(if yes)

Illegal activity
page 2

9.17B

9.17C
9.17D
9.17E

(if yes)
[Static page]

Have you EVER engaged in prostitution, attempted to procure or import
prostitutes or persons for the purpose of prostitution, or received any proceeds
or money from prostitution?

Yes/No

Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER manufactured, cultivated, produced, distributed, dispensed, sold, Yes/No
or smuggled (trafficked) any controlled substances, illegal drugs, narcotics, or
drug paraphernalia in violation of any law or regulation of a U.S. state, the
United States, or a foreign country?
Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER been married to more than one person at the same time?
Yes/No
Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER married someone in order to obtain an immigration benefit?
Yes/No
Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER helped anyone to enter, or try to enter, the United States
Yes/No
illegally?
Provide an explanation.

Radio

Text area
Radio

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[blue alert]

(if yes)

Immigration
proceedings

9.17F

Have you EVER gambled illegally or received income from illegal gambling?

9.17G

Have you EVER failed to support your dependents (pay child support) or to pay
alimony (court-ordered financial support after divorce or separation)?

9.17H

Have you EVER made any misrepresentation to obtain any public benefit in the
United States?

9.18

9.19

(if yes)
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Yes/No
Provide an explanation.
Yes/No

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Provide an explanation.
Yes/No

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Provide an explanation.
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Provide an explanation.
Have you EVER lied to any U.S. Government officials to gain entry or admission Yes/No
into the United States or to gain immigration benefits while in the United
States?
Provide an explanation.

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Have you EVER given any U.S. Government officials any information or
documentation that was false, fraudulent, or misleading?

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[blue alert]

(if yes)

Have you EVER been placed in removal, rescission, or deportation proceedings? Yes/No

Provide an explanation.

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If you were placed in removal, rescission, or deportation proceedings or were removed or deported from the United
States, you must provide: Name, Port of Entry (POE) of removal, if you departed by plane or land border, and reason
for removal.

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9.21

Have you EVER been removed or deported from the United States?

(if yes)
[Static page]

Selective service

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Instructional Text

Yes/No

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Provide an explanation.

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Required?

Notes

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9.22A

Are you a male who lived in the United States at any time between your 18th
and 26th birthdays?

Yes/No

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9.22B
9.22C
9.22C
9.22

Did you register for the Selective Service?
When did you register for the Selective Service?
What is your Selective Service Number?
Why did you not register with the Selective Service?

Yes/No
MM/DD/YYYY

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Almost all persons born as male who are either U.S. citizens or immigrants and are between 18 and 26 years of age
must register with the Selective Service System. You may visit the Selective Service System Immigrants and Dual
Nationals page for information on your registration.

www.sss.gov/register/i
mmigrants/

Note: If you were a lawful nonimmigrant during that entire time period, select no.
(If 9.22A = YES)
(If 9.22B = YES)
(If 9.22B = YES)
(IF 9.22A = YES)
AND
[IF 9.22B = NO]
AND
[if 2.6 = 26 - 31 years
old]

Provide an explanation.

If you are now at least 26, but under 31 years of age (or at least 26, but under 29 years of age if you are applying
based on being the spouse of a U.S. citizen), you must explain why you did not register.

[yellow alert]

(if 9.22B = NO)
AND
(if 2.6 = younger than
26)

[h] You must register with the Selective Service before you apply for naturalization

www.sss.gov.

[b] Almost all persons born as male who are either U.S. citizens or immigrants and
are
between 18 and 26 years of age must register with the Selective Service System.
Register with the Selective Service online.
After you register, provide your Selective Service information on your application.

[yellow alert]

[yellow alert]
[h] You may need to provide a status information letter from the Selective Service

(if 9.22B = NO)
AND
[if 2.6 = 26 or older]

www.sss.gov/register/i
mmigrants/

[b] Since you indicated you are 26 years old or older, but you did not register with
the Selective Service System, you should provide a status information letter from
the Selective Service with your application.
Download the Selective Service status information letter here.
You can upload your letter as evidence or bring it with you to your naturalization
interview.
Note: If you are 31 years of age or older (or 29 years of age or older if you are
applying based on being the spouse of a U.S. citizen) at the time you file your
Form N-400, you do not need to provide a status information letter from the
Selective Service.

Military service

[Static page]

(if 9.23 = YES)

(if 9.24 = YES)

Military service
page 2

9.24

Have you EVER applied for any kind of exemption from military service in the
U.S. armed forces?

(If 9.26A = YES)
(If 9.26A = NO)

9.26C
9.26D

[Conditional page]
(if 9.25 = YES)
(if 9.25 = YES)

9.27

Have you EVER been court-martialed or have you received a discharge
characterized as other than honorable, bad conduct, or dishonorable, while in
the U.S. armed forces?

9.28

Have you EVER been discharged from training or service in the U.S. armed
forces because you were an alien?

9.29

Have you EVER deserted from the U.S. armed forces?

(if no)

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Provide an explanation.
Yes/No

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Provide an explanation.
Yes/No
Yes/No
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If you applied for and received an exemption or discharge from the U.S. armed forces because you did not have lawful
immigration status to serve in the military, you may not be eligible for naturalization.

Call the Military Help Line at 877-247-4645 if you transfer to a new duty station after you file your Form N-400,
including if you are deployed outside the United States or to a vessel.

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You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

(If 9.29 = YES)
[Static page]

(if no)
[Static page]

Yes/No

Have you EVER served in the U.S. armed forces?
Are you currently a member of the U.S. armed forces?
Are you scheduled to deploy outside the United States, including to a vessel,
within the next 3 months?
Are you currently stationed outside the United States?
Yes/No
Are you a former U.S. military service member who is currently residing outside Yes/No
of the U.S.?

9.25
9.26A
9.26B

(If 9.28 = YES)

Oath of Allegiance

Have you EVER left the United States to avoid being drafted in the U.S. armed
forces?

(if 9.25 = YES)
(If 9.26A = YES)

(If 9.27 = YES)

Attachment to the U.S.
Constitution

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
9.23

Yes/No

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Provide an explanation.
Yes/No

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Provide an explanation.
Yes/No

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Yes/No
Provide an explanation.
Yes/No

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If you were ever convicted of desertion from the U.S. armed forces during a time of war, you do not qualify for
naturalization.
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

9.31

Do you support the Constitution and form of Government of the United States?

9.32

Do you understand the full Oath of Allegiance to the United States?

9.33

Are you unable to take the Oath of Allegiance because of a physical or
developmental disability or mental impairment?

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

If you cannot undergo any part of the naturalization process because of a physical or developmental disability or
mental impairment, you may have a legal guardian, a surrogate, or an eligible designated representative complete the
naturalization process for you.

[blue alert]
(if 9.33 = YES)

[blue alert]
[h] You may be eligible for a waiver
[b] You may receive a waiver of the Oath of Allegiance if you are unable to
understand or to communicate an understanding of the meaning of the Oath
because of a physical or developmental disability or mental impairment.

(if 9.33 = NO)

9.34

Are you willing to take the full Oath of Allegiance to the United States?

Oath of
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Allegiance page 2
(if 9.33 = NO)

9.35

If the law requires it, are you willing to bear arms (carry weapons) on behalf of Yes/No
the United States?
Provide an explanation.
If the law requires it, are you willing to perform noncombatant services (do
Yes/No
something that does not include fighting in a war) in the U.S. armed forces?

(if no)

9.36

Yes/No

Radio

If USCIS approves your application, you must take the Oath of Allegiance to become a U.S. citizen. In limited cases, you
may take a modified Oath.
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

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9.37

If the law requires it, are you willing to perform work of national importance
under civilian direction (do non-military work that the U.S. Government says is
important to the country)?

Sub-Question

Field Type

Provide an explanation.
Yes/No

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Provide an explanation.

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Required?

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Information

Additional information

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Sub-Question

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Instructional Text

Required?

Notes

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CTA = "Add a response"

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Additional Information

If you need to provide any additional information for any of your answers to the questions in this form,
enter it into the space below. You should include the questions that you are referencing.
If you do not need to provide any additional information, you may leave this section blank.

Additional Information

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Submit

Review your application

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Please review your ${formType} and check it for accuracy and completeness before you submit it.

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Review application

We encourage you to provide as many responses as you can throughout the ${formType}. Missing or incomplete information may slow
down the review process after you submit your ${formType}.
You can return to this page to review your ${formType} as many times as you want before you submit it.
Your fee

Your form filing fee is: $[XXX]

Filing fee is calculated by ELIS

Refund policy: USCIS does not refund fees, regardless of any action we take on your application, petition or request, or how long USCIS
takes to reach a decision. By continuing this transaction, you acknowledge that you must submit fees in the exact amount and that you
are paying the fees for a government service.
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You have one or more alerts and warnings based on the information you provided in your form.

A red alert means you have incomplete or incorrect responses to certain questions. You cannot submit your form with any alerts.
A yellow warning means you may be missing information or may need to follow-up with us about your responses. You can still submit
your form, but some warnings may slow down the review process after you submit your form.
A green alert means you have completed all required fields and responses.
Your application
summary

Review the N-400 form information

Here is a summary of all the information you provided in your application.

Make sure you have provided responses for everything that applies to you before you submit your application. You can edit your
responses by going to each application section using the site navigation.
We also prepared a draft case snapshot with your responses, which you can download below.

Preparer certification

(IF PREPARER)

12.6

Preparer's certification and signature

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
Your preparer must read and agree to the certification below.

I certify, under penalty of perjury, that I prepared this application for the applicant at their request and with
express consent and that all of the responses and information contained in and submitted with the
application are complete, true, and correct and reflects only information provided by the applicant. The
applicant reviewed the responses and information and informed me that he or she understands the
responses and information in or submitted with the application.
As the applicant's preparer, you must sign on paper and provide your signature page to the applicant. Follow
these steps:

1. Download the Preparer Signature page
2. Print the Preparer Signature page
3. Read and sign the Preparer Signature page
4. Give the signed Preparer Signature page to the applicant
The applicant will need to scan and upload your completed signature page on the next screen.
Preparer signature

(IF PREPARER)

Interpreter certification

(IF INTERPRETER)

12.6

Preparer's Signature

11.6

Interpreter's certification and signature

Upload
I certify, under penalty of perjury, that I am fluent in English and the language provided in the Getting Started
section of this application, and I have interpreted every question on the application and instructions and
interpreted the applicant’s answers to the questions in that language, and the applicant informed me that he
or she understood every instruction, question, and answer on the application.

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
Scan and upload your preparer's completed signature page below.
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
Your interpreter must read and agree to the certification below.

As the applicant's interpreter, you must sign on paper and provide your signature page to the applicant.
Follow these steps:

1. Download the Interpreter Signature page
2. Print the Interpreter Signature page
3. Read and sign the Interpreter Signature page
4. Give the signed Interpreter Signature page to the applicant
The applicant will need to scan and upload your completed signature page on the next screen.
Interpreter signature

(IF INTERPRETER)

11.6

Interpreter's Signature

Upload

Your certification and
signature
Applicant's certification and signature

(If 'Applicant's
certification and
signature'
checkbox
checked)
Pay and submit

(If "Your
certification and
signature" is
complete)

11.4

10.4

Your signature (or signature of a legal guardian,
surrogate, or designated representative, if applicable)

Pay for and submit your application

I certify, under penalty of perjury, that I provided or authorized all of the responses and information contained
in and submitted with my application, I read and understand or, if interpreted to me in a language in which I
am fluent by the interpreter listed in the Getting Started section of this application/[interpreter first and last
name], understood, all of the responses and information contained in, and submitted with, my application,
and that all of the responses and the information are complete, true, and correct. Furthermore, I authorize
the release of any information from any and all of my records that USCIS may need to determine my
eligibility for an immigration request and to other entities and persons where necessary for the
administration and enforcement of U.S. immigration law.
I have read and agree to the applicant's statement

You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.
Scan and upload your interpreter's completed signature page below.
You must complete all fields with an asterisk (*) to submit this form.

You must read and agree to the certification below. If you knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal a material fact or submit a false
document with your Form N-400, we will deny your Form N-400 and may deny any other immigration benefits. In addition, you will
face severe penalties provided by law and may be subject to criminal prosecution.

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You must provide your digital signature below by typing your full legal name. We may deny your application if you do not completely fill
out this application or fail to submit required documents. We will record the date of your signature with your application.

The final step to submit your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, is to pay the required fee.

Exact fee will be pulled from
ELIS

Your application fee is: [$XXX]
Refund policy: By continuing this transaction, you agree that you are paying for a government service and that the filing fee, biometric
services fee and all related financial transactions are final and not refundable, regardless of any action USCIS takes on an application,
petition or request, or how long USCIS takes to reach a decision. You must submit all fees in the exact amounts.
We will send you to Pay.gov — our safe, secure payment website — to pay your fees and submit your form online.

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2. Provide your credit card or U.S. bank account information
3. Submit your payment
When you have paid your fee, your application will be submitted.
Pay.gov will redirect you to a uscis.gov confirmation screen, which will include your receipt number. Please keep a copy of your receipt
number for your records. You can track the status of your application through your USCIS online account.
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