Posted on Sep 10, 2014
If you serve in the military, should that give you a fast track to citizenship?
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So there have been several threads about service and citizenship.
My question is this, if a person swears to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America from all enemies, foreign and domestic", and they are not yet a citizen of the United States, should their military service put them on the fast track for citizenship?
I attended a citizenship service while on my mob, there were service members there from all branches, to include a couple of my Sailors. It was very moving and I was proud of all of them.
They raised their right hand and swore to support and defend our Country and Constitution, with the dream that one day they would become a citizen.
My question is this, if a person swears to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America from all enemies, foreign and domestic", and they are not yet a citizen of the United States, should their military service put them on the fast track for citizenship?
I attended a citizenship service while on my mob, there were service members there from all branches, to include a couple of my Sailors. It was very moving and I was proud of all of them.
They raised their right hand and swore to support and defend our Country and Constitution, with the dream that one day they would become a citizen.
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If you are willing to serve the US Army, then you should have an easier way of becoming a citizen.
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I may be mistaken, but I was under the impression that they were already provided a less cumbersome (for lack of a better term) track for citizenship. If not, then I would agree that they should be granted faster processing.
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MSG Wade Huffman
SCPO (Join to see) , it would appear that they do.
http://www.uscis.gov/military/citizenship-military-personnel-family-members
http://www.uscis.gov/military/citizenship-military-personnel-family-members
Citizenship for Military Personnel & Family Members
USCIS recognizes the important sacrifices made by non-U.S. citizen members of the U.S. armed forces and their families. USCIS is committed to processing their naturalization applications in a timely a
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SFC (Join to see)
MSG, Every military post has a INS representative on it. They take care of military members trying to get citizenship and for spouses getting residency or citizenship. For a military member the filing costs and lawyer fees are waived and all paperwork is expedited rather than having to wait years for ins to contact you. As I mentioned before it took me 10 years to get my residency. As for spouses I am not completely sure what their SOP is for those circumstances.
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If an immigrant serves in the U.S. Military honorably, he or she should be given the fast track to citizenship. Having said this, I do not include illegal immigrants, though they probably would not enlist except under fraudulent conditions; false I.D. or other documents.
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I do not think that non US citizens should be allowed in the US military. I know that they do serve, and some do very well. I believe for security reasons they should not serve.
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YES! Some of the best service members I met were foreign nationals and they loved America. Most were great guys and they were willing to put on the uniform and had the courage to go into harms way.
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Not sure if anyone has said this yet or not, but those young men and women who join the Marines take a package to Recruit Training and get their citizenship the day before they graduate. So it's in place. 13 weeks is pretty quick I think.
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I feel that it depends. There are a lot of jobs that come with minimal increased risk compared to the civilian equivalent. Especially in times of peace. In those instances, I say no fasttrack, instead just simplify the process or reduce the expense involved. For those who serve in increased hazard positions, especially in wartime, then I'd say you've earned a fasttrack ticket.
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Years ago, if you were an immigrant and served your 20 years in the US service, you were awarded citizenship
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