My family is mostly all citizens except my mom, my dad became an us citizens a while back so all his children became us citizens except my mom, i was wondering if she can become one? she has a green card but doesn't speak English very well, she can barely understand but she does understand it somewhat. well my real question is that i heard from my mom which she heard from her friends that if you live in America for about 10-15 years married to a person that became a us citizen that somehow you can automatically become a us citizen? is there websites where i can read up on this procedure if it is true?
2007-03-15 07:34:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
can she take the citizenship test in russian?
2007-03-15 07:41:47 · update #1
do you know where that website is where i can check about the immigration in Russian language?
2007-03-15 08:06:50 · update #2
all she need to do now is go in and and take the U.S citizenship test , working knowledge of the English language is a requirement?
2007-03-15 07:38:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You never automatically become a citizen.
Never, never, never.
There is a provision if your mom is old enough and has had her green card long enough that she can take the test in her own language, however.
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edit - sure. We have lots of Russians here. The question is going to be her age. I think she has to be over 52, but look that up because I am not sure. The idea is that past a certain age it is hard for people to learn language, and they aren't impacting our work force or schools, anyhow.
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Yeah, I was looking for it. It looks like if she is over 50 and has been a PR for 20 years, or is over 55 and has been a PR for 15 years she doesn't need to have 'basic English'. Here is the checklist for naturalization. http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/M-480.pdf
Uscis.gov generally has the requirements, but you have to work through the links.
Here is one of the basic naturalization pages to work from:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=bb93667706f7d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=bb93667706f7d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD
And there is this in Russian (mind you I don't know what it says....because, um...it's in Russian....)
http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/M-618_r.pdf
2007-03-15 07:39:52 · answer #2 · answered by DAR 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You mom is truely a US citizen, because she is married to a US citizen. But there are beginning English classes that your mom can take called English as a second language. Let your mom know to hold on to her green card just in case that a problem araises. And good luck to all of you.
2007-03-15 07:45:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your mom's info is wrong about auto citizenship. Everyone must apply. I don't think that she can take the test in Russian - she needs to learn English!
2007-03-15 07:51:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no not true
have her apply to get her citizenship
form I-400
there is an age after she could take the test in her spoken language
fees increase yearly and test will be harder next year
2007-03-22 16:07:17 · answer #5 · answered by Jorge C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One requirement for becoming Citizen of the U.S. is that they be able to speak and read English.
but you can go to this site and read on it.
www.uscis.gov/
2007-03-21 14:53:42 · answer #6 · answered by allen w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋