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USCIS Will Swear In Over 6,000 Citizenship Applicants Over the July 4th Holiday

USCIS Will Swear In Over 6,000 Citizenship Applicants Over the July 4th Holiday

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will celebrate our nation’s 233rd birthday by naturalizing over 6,000 applicants for citizenship in special ceremonies held across the United States and overseas.
This year, USCIS’ has scheduled about 50 citizenship oath ceremonies during the course of this week, including ceremonies on July 1 at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium for about 800 applicants and on July 3 [...]

First U.S. Citizenship Swearing in Ceremony Held in Latin America

First U.S. Citizenship Swearing in Ceremony Held in Latin America

The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) reported that the U.S. Embassy in Honduras hosted yesterday, the first naturalization ceremony ever held in Latin America.Â
Yesterday’s ceremony was held in Honduras which has now become the 15th country where the USCIS has held citizenship ceremonies outside the United States. Â
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 authorized the USCIS to schedule citizenship interviews and conduct [...]