Tagged: citizenship

6:00am

Wed August 15, 2012
Immigration

Weird questions you have to answer to become a U.S. citizen

Credit National Archives

Have you ever been a “habitual drunkard?” What about a Communist? And exactly where were you between the dates of March 23, 1933 and May 8, 1945?

If you want to become a citizen of the United States, get ready to answer these questions---and about a hundred more---on the U.S. citizenship application form, the N-400.

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11:57am

Wed April 13, 2011
New citizens

Public library hosts naturalization ceremony

Credit Paula Wissel

For the first time, the Seattle Public Library was the venue for a naturalization ceremony.  Eighty-six people from twenty-eight countries were sworn in as American citizens.

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