The N-400 form is used by those who want to apply for U.S. citizenship for themselves or their children. It asks for basic details like your current marital status, parents’ names and citizenship, and prior marriages. It also asks for information about your children, whether they are deceased or alive. If your parents were U.S. citizens, you don’t need to file this form.
How to Qualify for N-400?
This form contains several questions; you must answer them honestly and accurately. Before you fill out the N-400 form, you must be able to produce proof that:
- You spent a minimum amount of time in the U.S.
- You have a valid passport or Permanent Resident Card.
- You have supporting documents like birth certificates, marriage certificates, and divorce decrees, as they will serve as proof of important dates.
How to Fill Out An N-400 Form?
The most important thing to remember when filing the N-400 form is to answer all of the questions honestly and completely. There are serious consequences for lying on these forms, including deportation. Don’t forget to sign the form, as well, because USCIS will reject your application if you don’t.
In addition, the forms are regularly updated, so it’s always good to check the latest version before submitting your application. Be also careful with the color of your ink, and make sure your documents are translated into English. Here are the sections you need to take when filling out an N-400 form:
- Part I, Information About Your Eligibility: Choose your eligibility category.
- Part 2, Information About You: Your name, SSN, etc…
- Part 3, Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities and Impairments: Fill in these blanks if you have disabilities
- Part 4, Information to Contact You: Your number, mail, etc.
- Part 5, Information About Your Residence: Your current address and every address you have lived at within the last five years.
- Part 6, Information About Your Parents: Prove that at least one of your parents is a U.S. citizen.
- Part 7, Biographic Information: Your ethnicity, race, height, weight, eye color, hair color, etc.
- Part 8, Information About Your Employment and Schools You Attended: Provide the name of the schools you studied.
- Part 9, Time Outside the United States: What you’ve been doing the last 5 years outside of the U.S.
- Part 10, Information About Your Marital History: If you’re married to a U.S. citizen for at least 3 years, you’re considered eligible for naturalization. Try not to make yourself confused with questions in this section.
- Part 11, Information About Your Children: Missing, deceased, married, unmarried, living with or without you, etc.
- Part 12: Additional Information About You: Don’t answer “Yes” to everything in this section.
- Part 13: Applicant’s Statement, Certification, and Signature: Prove yourself to them that you understood the purpose of the N-400 form.
- Part 14: Interpreter’s Contact Information, Certification, and Signature: As you see it.
- Part 15: Contact Information, Declaration, and Signature of the Person Preparing This Application, if Other Than the Applicant: Again, as you see it.
You do not have to fill out the rest of the sections. What we provided you here is good enough to prove that you are eligible for the naturalization process.
