What are the procedures for settling in the United States?

Bring my application materials to the reception room of China citizens going abroad for consultation.

After getting your passport, go to the China Embassy (Consulate) to apply for a visa.

After obtaining the visa, if the registered permanent residence has settled abroad, the cancellation procedures shall be handled (the certificate of settlement abroad shall be obtained by the receipt of the cancellation of the registered permanent residence). If you go abroad for a short time, go to the local police station to register your temporary residence.

Requirements for foreigners to become American citizens

The new immigration law of the United States stipulates that all foreign immigrants with legal residency can apply for American citizenship, but they must meet a de facto condition before they can be allowed. Naturalization mainly meets the following conditions:

1? After obtaining permanent residency, you must live in the United States for five consecutive years. 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 your 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. Before applying for naturalization to the US Immigration Service, you must live in the United States for at least three years, at least half a legal period.

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

3? 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.

4? Applicants for naturalization must be at least 18 years old. Foreigners under the age of 16 who have permanent residency in the United States, whose parents have acquired American citizenship, 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.

5? Must have preliminary reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. Applicants for naturalization should have a certain degree of English knowledge and a certain degree of English ability. When examining the eligibility for naturalization, immigration officials will conduct an oral test, and the naturalization applicant will answer the knowledge about American history and the American government in English.

Test the actual English expression ability of naturalization applicants through oral examination. This kind of test questions is printed and sold by the American government. If the applicant fails to pass the first oral exam, the applicant is allowed to take two make-up exams within one year. If the applicant is over 50 years old and has lived in the United States for more than 20 years, he can be exempted from taking the English test and can use his own language instead. The new immigration law also exempts applicants over the age of 55 who have obtained permanent residency in the United States for more than 15 years and replaces them with their mother tongue.

6? You must behave well during your five years in America.

According to the new immigration law of the United States, adultery, prostitution or bigamy, or failure to support others, as well as alcoholism and drug abuse are all bad behaviors and cannot be naturalized.

7? Must have a certain understanding of American history, constitution and immigration law. It is mainly about the understanding of important events, figures, government agencies and rights in American history, as well as the understanding of the principles and important amendments of the American Constitution.

8? Applicants for naturalization must give up their original nationality, and if they want to retain their original nationality, they may not become American citizens.