What are the requirements for immigrating to the United States?

Requirements for immigration to the United States:

1. Applicants for naturalization must be at least 18 years old. Foreigners under the age of 16 who have permanent residency in the United States can automatically acquire American citizenship with their parents. However, children aged between 16 and 18 must apply for naturalization independently.

If the child is under the age of 18, and one parent is an American citizen and the other parent is a foreigner, before the child reaches the age of 18, the parent with American citizenship can apply for naturalization on his behalf.

You must have basic English reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. Applicants for naturalization should know a certain degree of English and have a certain English ability. When the staff of the Immigration Bureau examine the naturalization qualification, they will conduct an oral test, and the naturalization applicant will answer the knowledge about American history and the American government in English. In this way, we can examine the practical English expression ability of naturalization applicants.

You must live in the United States continuously for five years after obtaining permanent residency. This is the minimum residence period for naturalization. Within five years, you can't leave the United States for more than six months in a row. If it is more than half a year, you must provide proof that you have no intention of giving up the right of abode in the United States.

Therefore, it is necessary to extend the naturalization application time accordingly and recalculate the residence time in the United States. You must have lived in the United States for at least three years and at least half of the legal period before you can apply for naturalization from the US Immigration Department.

4. A foreign citizen who marries an American citizen must remain married for two years before both husband and wife can apply for naturalization to the Immigration Bureau.

The new immigration law stipulates that foreign citizens who are married to American citizens or permanent residents should apply for naturalization as soon as possible as long as they meet the conditions for applying for American citizenship, so as to become American citizens as soon as possible and enjoy all the rights as American citizens. But the prerequisite must be a marriage relationship that lasts for more than two years.

5. When applying for naturalization, you must live in the United States for the last six months of five consecutive years and live in the local state or city for at least six months.

legal ground

Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 9 A China citizen who has settled in a foreign country and voluntarily joined or acquired a foreign nationality shall automatically lose China nationality.