6 articles tagged Naturalization.
Since December 2025, USCIS had frozen green card, citizenship, work permit and asylum decisions for people from travel ban countries. A Rhode Island court vacated the hold in June, and a California court ordered normal processing for a nationwide class in August. But an appeals court let one piece continue: re-reviewing benefits already approved. Here's where each piece stands.
With the November 3 midterms five weeks away, federal prosecutors are charging noncitizens, most of them green card holders, with registering to vote or voting. Many cases start with a "yes" on a driver's license form. Here's what the law says, why intent matters less than people assume, the narrow exception that exists, and what to do if you think you were registered by mistake.
On September 14, 2026, USCIS published new guidance on referring naturalized citizens for denaturalization. It doesn't change who can lose citizenship, but it does spell out how cases are found, including through petitions naturalized citizens file for relatives, and which ones go first. Here is what it says, and what it doesn't.
For the first time since the early 1990s, USCIS is doing neighborhood investigations of citizenship applicants: interviewing people who know you where you live and work. It can waive them, and it tells applicants what can help. Here is what the new guidance says, and how to write reference letters that meet it.
A June 2026 proposal would raise the naturalization fee by 75 percent and end the reduced fee and fee waivers for almost everyone. It isn't final yet, but it could be at any time. Here is exactly what's proposed, who it would hit hardest, and how to decide whether filing now makes sense for you.
If USCIS received your N-400 on or after October 20, 2025, you'll take a longer civics test: up to 20 questions from a bank of 128, with 12 correct answers needed to pass. Here is how it works and how to prepare.
