Posted on Nov 5, 2019
Do I need to have 1 year of military service before I am eligible for naturalization? What other documents do I need in my application?
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Im an Army reservist currently just got out of basic and AiT 1 month ago. I enlisted on March 7th 2019 and I am applying for citizenship.
1: Do I have to have 1 year of military service before I am eligible for naturalization or I can start applying right now?
2: I already filled out the Form N-400 and N-426 with my commander's signature. What other documents do I have to attach with my application?
1: Do I have to have 1 year of military service before I am eligible for naturalization or I can start applying right now?
2: I already filled out the Form N-400 and N-426 with my commander's signature. What other documents do I have to attach with my application?
Posted 5 y ago
Responses: 6
I realize I am late, but the most important thing when doing this is having a stable mailing address and location. My wife became eligible during my year in Korea but with her spending so much time in Manila and Seoul, it just was not worth it to me to mail $500+ and then not be able to make the dates and times required. We submitted paperwork when I got back and in less than five years of being in the US, she was a citizen. Never submitted paperwork twice and never paid more than the fees to include never getting a lawyer.
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thank you for your service to this country and wanting to become a citizen.
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one year of service during peacetime.
INA 329 applies to all current military service members or veterans who served honorably in an active-duty status or in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve during any of the designated periods of armed conflict listed below:
Sept. 1, 1939 – Dec. 31, 1946
June 25, 1950 – July 1, 1955
Feb. 28, 1961 – Oct. 15, 1978
Aug. 2, 1990 – April 11, 1991
Sept. 11, 2001 – present
INA 329 applies to all current military service members or veterans who served honorably in an active-duty status or in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve during any of the designated periods of armed conflict listed below:
Sept. 1, 1939 – Dec. 31, 1946
June 25, 1950 – July 1, 1955
Feb. 28, 1961 – Oct. 15, 1978
Aug. 2, 1990 – April 11, 1991
Sept. 11, 2001 – present
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