• Citizenship Application Form

  • Type or print "N/A" if an item is not applicable or the answer is none unless otherwise indicated. Failure to answer all of the questions may delay your Citizenship and Immigration processing.

    If your biological or legal adoptive mother or father is a U.S. citizen by birth or was naturalized before you reached your 18th birthday, you may already be a U.S. citizen. Before you consider filing this application, please visit the USCIS Website at www.uscis.gov for more information on this topic and to review the instructions for Form N-600, Application for Certificate of Citizenship, and Form N-600K, Application for Citizenship and Issuance of Certificate Under Section 322.

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  • Part 1. Information About Your Eligibility
  • You are at least 18 years of age and:
  • Part 2. Information About You (Person applying for naturalization)
  • 4. Name Change (optional)

    Read the Form N-400 Instructions before you decide whether or not you would like to legally change your name.

  • Would you like to legally change your name?
  • 7. Gender
  • 8. Date of Birth
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  • 9. Date You Became a Lawful Permanent Resident
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  • 12. Do you have a physical or developmental disability or mental impairment that prevents you from demonstrating your knowledge and understanding of the English language and/or civics requirements for naturalization?
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  • 13. Exemption from the English Language Test

  • A. Are you 50 years of age or older and have you lived in the United States as a lawful permanent resident for periods totaling to at least 20 years at the time you file your Form N-400?
  • B. Are you 55 years of age or older and have you lived in the United States as a lawful permanent resident for periods totaling to at least 15 years at the time you file your Form N-400?
  • C. Are you 65 years of age or older and have you lived in the United States as a lawful permanent resident for periods totaling to at least 20 years at the time you file your Form N-400? (if you meet this requirement you will also be given the simplified version of the civics test)
  • Part 3. Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities and/or Impairments

    NOTE: Read the information in the Form N-400 Instructions before completing this part.

  • 1. Are you requesting an accommodation because of your disabilities and/or impairments?
  • Part 4. Information to contact you
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Part 5. Information about your residence
  • 1. Where have you lived during the last five years? Provide your most recent residence and then list every location where you have lived during the last five years. 

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  • Part 6. Information about your parents
  • 1. Were your parents married before your 18th birthday?
  • Information About Your Mother
  • 2. Is your mother a U.S. citizen?
  • C. Mother's Date of Birth
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  • D. Date Mother Became a U.S. Citizen (if known)
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  • Information About Your Father
  • 3. Is your father a U.S. citizen?
  • C. Father's Date of Birth
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  • D. Date Father Became a U.S. Citizen (if known)
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  • Part 7. Biographic Information

    Note: USCIS requires you to complete the categories below to conduct background checks. (See the Form N-400 Instructions for more information.)

  • 1. Ethnicity
  • 2. Race (Select all applicable boxes)
  • 5. Eye Color
  • 6. Hair Color
  • Part 8. Information About Your Employment and Schools You Attended

    List where you have worked or attended school full time or part time during the last five years. Provide information for the complete time period. Include all military, police, and/or intelligence service. Begin by providing information about your most recent or current employment, studies or unemployment (if applicable). Provide the locations and dates where you worked, were self-employed, were unemployed, or have studied for the last five years. If you worked for yourself, type or print "self-employed." If you were unemployed, type or print "unemployed."

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  • Part 9. Time Outside the United States
  • Part 10. Information About your Marital History
  • 1. What is your current marital status?
  • 2. If you are married, is your spouse a current member of the U.S. armed forces?
  • 4. If you are married now, provide the following information about your current spouse.

  • D. Current Spouse's Date of Birth
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  • E. Date You Entered into Marriage with Current Spouse
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  • 5. Is your current spouse a U.S. citizen?
  • If you answered "Yes" answer Item Number 6. If you answered "No," go to Item Number 7.

  • 6. If your current spouse is a U.S. citizen, complete the following information.

  • A. When did your spouse become a U.S. citizen?
  • B. Date Your Current Spouse became a U.S. Citizen
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  • 7. If your current spouse is not a U.S. citizen, complete the following information.

  • B. Immigration Status of My Current Spouse's Prior Spouse (if known)
  • C. Date of Birth of My Current Spouse's Prior Spouse
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  • F. My Current Spouse's Date of Marriage with Prior Spouse
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  • G. Date My Current Spouse's Marriage Ended with Prior Spouse
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  • H. How Marriage Ended with My Prior Spouse
  • Part 11. Information About Your Children
  • 2. Provide the information about all your children (sons and daughters) isted in Item Number 1., regardless of age.

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  • Part 12. Additional Information About You (Person Applying for Naturalization)

    Answer Item Numbers 1-21. If you answer "Yes" to any of these questions, include a typed or printed explanation on the field provided.

  • 1. Have you EVER claimed to be a U.S. citizen (in writing or any other way)?
  • 2. Have you EVER registered to vote in any Federal, state, or local election in the United States?
  • 3. Have you EVER voted in any Federal, state, or local election in the United States?
  • 4. A. Do you now have, or did you EVER have, a hereditary title or an order of nobility in any foreign country?
  • 4. B. If you answered "Yes," are you willing to give up any inherited titles or orders of nobility that you have in a foreign country at your naturalization ceremony?
  • 5. Have you EVER been declared legally incompetent or been confined to a mental institution?
  • 6. Do you owe any overdue Federal, state, or local taxes?
  • 7. A. Have you EVER not filed a Federal, state, or local tax return since you became a lawful permanent resident?
  • 7. B. If you answered "Yes," did you consider yourself to be a "non-U.S. resident?
  • 8. Have you called yourself a "non-U.S. resident" on a Federal, state, or local tax return since you became a lawful permanent resident?
  • 9. A. Have you EVER been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with, any organization, association, fund, foundation, party, club, society, or similar group in the United States or in any other location in the world?
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  • 11. Have you EVER advocated (either directly or indirectly) the overthrow of any government by force or violence?
  • 12. Have you EVER persecuted (either directly or indirectly) any person because of race, religion, national origin, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion?
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  • 17. 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?
  • A. If you answered "Yes," when you were part of this group or when you helped this group, did you ever use a weapon against another person?
  • B. If you answered "Yes," when you were part of this group, or when you helped this group, did you ever tell another person that you would use a weapon against that person?
  • 18. Did you EVER sell, give, or provide weapons to any person, or help another person sell, give, or provide weapons to any person?
  • A. If you answered "Yes," did you know that this person was going to use the weapons against another person?
  • B. If you answered "Yes," did you know that this person was going to sell or give the weapons to someone who was going to use them against another person?
  • 19. Did you EVER receive any type of military, paramilitary (a group of people who act like a military group but are not part of the official military), or weapons training?
  • 20. Did you EVER recruit (ask), enlist (sign up), conscript (require), or use any person under 15 years of age to serve in or help an armed force or group?
  • 21. Did you ever use any person under 14 years of age to do anything that helped or supported people in combat?
  • If any of Item Numbers 22 - 28 applies to you, you must answer "Yes" even if your records have been sealed, expunged, or otherwise cleared. You must disclose this information even if someone, including a judge, law enforcement office, or attorney, told you that it no longer constitutes a record or told you that you do not have to disclose the information.

  • 22. Have you EVER committed, assisted in committing, or attempted to commit, a crime or offense for which you were NOT arrested?
  • 23. Have you EVER been arrested, cited, or detained by any law enforcement officer (including any immigration official or any official of the U.S. armed forced) for any reason?
  • 24. Have you EVER been charged with committing, attempting to commit, or assisting in committing a crime or offense?
  • 25. Have you EVER been convicted of acrime or offense?
  • 26. Have you EVER been placed in an alternative sentencing or rehabilitative program, (for example, diversion, deferred prosecution, withheld adjudication, deferred adjudication)?
  • 27. A. Have you EVER received a suspended sentence, been placed on probation, or been paroled
  • B. If you answered yes, have youcompleted the probation or parole?
  • 28. A. Have you EVER been in jail or prison?
  • B. If you answered "Yes," how long were you in jail or prison?

  • Answer Item Numbers 30. - 46. If you answer "Yes" to any of these questions, except Item Numbers 37. and 38., incude a typed or printed explanation on additional sheets of paper and provide any evidence to support your answers.

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  • 31. Have you ever given any U.S. Government officials any information that was false, fraudulent or misleading?
  • 32. Have you ever lied to any U.S. Government officials to gain entry or admission into the United States or to gain immigration benefits while in the United States?
  • 33. Have you ever been removed, excluded or deported from the United States?
  • 34. Have you ever been ordered removed, excluded or deported from the United States?
  • 35. Have you ever been placed in removal, exclusion, rescission or deportation proceedings?
  • 36. Are removal, exclusion, rescission or deportation proceedings (including administratively closed proceedings) currently pending against you?
  • 37. Have you ever served in the U.S. armed forces?
  • 38. A. Are you currently a member of the U.S. armed forces?
  • 38. B. If you answered YES, are you scheduled to deploy overseas, including to a vessel, within the next three months? (Refer to the Address Change section in the Instructions on how to notify USCIS if you learn of your deployment plants after you file your Form N-400.)
  • 38. C. If you answered "YES," are you currently stationed overseas?
  • 39. Have you EVER been court-martialed, administratively separated, or disciplined, or have you received an other than honorable discharge, while in the U.S. armed forces?
  • 40. Have you EVER been discharged from training or service in the U.S. armed forces because you were an alien?
  • 41. Have you EVER left the United States to avoid being drafted in the U.S. armed forces?
  • 42. Have you EVER applied for any kind of exemption from military service in the U.S. armed forces?
  • 43. Have you EVER deserted from the U.S. armed forces?
  • 44. A. Are you a male who lived in the United States at anytime between your 18th and 26th birthdays? (This does not include living in the United States as a lawful nonimmigrant.)
  • B. If you answered "Yes," when did you register for the Selective Service? Provide the information below.

  • Date Registered
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  • C. If you answered "Yes," but you did not register with the Selective Service System and you are:

    1. Still under 26 years of age, you must register before you apply for naturalization, and complete the Selective Service information above; OR

    2. Now 26 to 31 years of age (29 years of age if you are filing under INA section 319(a)), but you did not register with the Selective Service, you must attach a statement explaining why you did not register, and provide a status information letter from the Selective Service.

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  • Answer Item Numbers 45. - 50. If you answer "No" to any of these questions, include a typed or printed explanation and provide any evidence to support your answers.

  • 45. Do you support the Constitution and form of Government of the United States?
  • 46. Do you understand the full Oath of Allegiance to the United States?
  • 46. Do you understand the full Oath of Allegiance to the United States?
  • 47. Are you willing to take the full Oath of Allegiance to the United States?
  • 48. If the law requires it, are you willing to bear arms on behalf of the United States?
  • 49. If the law requires it, are you willing to perform noncombatant services in the U.S. armed forces?
  • 50. If the law requires it, are you willing to perform work of national importance under civilian direction?
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  • Part 13. Applicant's Statement, Certification, and Signature

    Note: Read the Penalties section of this Form N-400 Instructions before completing this part.

    Applicant's Statement

    Note: Select the box for either Item A. or B. in Item Number 1. If applicable, select the box for Item Number 2.

    1. Applicant's statement regarding the interpreter

  • Applicant's Certification

    Copies of any documents I have submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered, original documents, and I understand that USCIS may require that I submit original documents to USCIS at a later date. Furthermore, I authorize the release of any information from any of my records that USCIS may need to determine my eligibility for the immigration benefit that I seek.

    I further authorize release of information contained in this application, in supporting documents, and in my USCIS records to other entities and persons where necessary for the administration and enforcement of U.S. immigration laws.

    I understand that USCIS will require me to appear for an appointment to take my biometrics (fingerprints, photograph, and/or signature) and, at that time, I will be required to sign an oath reaffirming that:

    1. I reviewed and provided or authorized all of the information in my application;
    2. I understood all of the information contained in, and submitted with, my application; and
    3. All of this information was complete, true, and correct at the time of filing.

    I certify, under penalty of perjury that I provided or authorized all of the information in my application, I understand all of the information contained in, and submitted with, my application and that all of this information is complete, true, and correct.

    Applicant's Signature
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  • Date of Signature
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  • Part 14. Interpreter's Contact Information, Certification, and Signature

    Provide the following information about the interpreter.

    Interpreter's Full Name
  • Interpreter's Mailing Address
  • Interpreter's Contact Information
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Interpreter's Certification
  • I certify, under penalty of perjury, that:

    I am fluent in English and , which is the same language specified in Part 13., Item B. in Item Number 1., and I have read to this applicant in the identified language every question and instruction on this application and his or her answer to every question. The applicant informed me that he or she understand every instruction, question and answer on the application, including the Applicant's Certification and has verified the accuracy of every answer.

  • Interpreter's Signature
  • Clear
  • Date of Signature
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  • Part 15. Contact Information, Declaration, and Signature of the Person Preparing This Application, if Other Than the Applicant

    Provide the following information about the preparer.

    Preparer's Full Name
  • Preparer's Mailing Address
  • Preparer's Contact Information
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Preparer's Statement
  • Preparer as attorney
  • Preparer's Certification
  • By my signature, I certify, under penalty of perjury, that I prepared this application at the request of the applicant. The applicant then reviewed this completed application and informed me that he or she understands all of the information contained in, and submitted with, his or her application, including the Applicant's Certification, and that all of this information is complete, true, and correct. I completed this application based only on information that the applicant provided to me or authorized me to obtain or use.

  • Preparer's Signature
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  • Date of Signature
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  • NOTE: Do not complete Parts 16., 17., or 18. until the USCIS Officer instructs you to do so at the interview.
  • Part 16. Signature at Interview
  • I swear (affirm) and certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that I know that the contents of this Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, subscribed by me, including corrections number 1 through   , are complete, true, and correct. The evidence submitted by me on numbered pages 1 through are complete, true, and correct.

    Subscribed to and sworn to (affirmed) before me

  • Date of Signature
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  • Part 17. Renunciation of Foreign Titles

    If you answered "Yes" to Part 12., Items A. and B. in Item Number 4., then you must affirm the following before the USCIS officer:

  • I further renounce the title of      which I have heretofore held; or
    I further renounce the order of nobility of      to which I have heretofore belonged.

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  • Date of Signature
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  • Part 18. Oath of Allegiance

    If your application is approved, you will be scheduled for a public oath ceremony at which time you will be required to take the following Oath of Allegiance immediately prior to becoming a naturalized citizen. By signing below you acknowledge your willingness and ability to take this oath:

    I hereby declare on oath that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen;

    that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign, and domestic;

    that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;

    that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law;

    that I will perform noncombatant service in the armed forces of the United States when required by the law;

    that I will perform work of national importance under civil direction when required by the law; and

    that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.

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  • Date of Signature
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