What are the requirements for domestic citizens to apply for foreign nationality?

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 You must have lived in the United States for five consecutive 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Must have the ability to read, listen, speak and write. 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.

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.

You must have some knowledge 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.

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

According to the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America and the relevant provisions of the United States Congress, there are three main ways to obtain American citizenship.

1. Obtain American citizenship according to the principle of birthplace. According to the birthright principle, a person can acquire American citizenship as long as he is born in the United States, regardless of his parents' nationality. Even children born in the United States through American foreign parents can become American citizens. However, children born to families of foreign embassies and consulates in the United States cannot obtain American citizenship according to this principle.

Second, automatically acquire American citizenship according to the principle of descent. That is, as long as American citizens have lived in the United States for 65,438+00 years, and among them, they have lived in the United States for 5 years after the age of 65,438+04, their children born in foreign countries also become American citizens at birth. Therefore, regarding the original nationality of American citizens, the mixed principle is realized, that is, the principle of birthplace and the principle of descent are adopted, and the principle of birthplace is the main one.

3. Obtaining American citizenship after naturalization, that is, applying for American citizenship, is approved. The above two kinds of Americans are usually called native Americans. They both automatically acquire American citizenship by birth, that is, their original citizenship. But the United States is an immigrant country with a large number of naturalized citizens, that is, "foreign-born Americans." According to the relevant laws of the US Congress, the basic conditions for naturalization in the United States are: at least 65,438+08 years old, you must be a non-enemy national and legally enter the United States, obtain permanent residency (so-called American green card) and live in the United States for more than 5 years, and live in a state for at least 6 months. Those who meet the above conditions and wish to become American citizens should apply to the court through the Immigration and Naturalization Bureau of the US Department of Justice, and obtain the support certificates of two American citizens. After examination by the Immigration and Naturalization Bureau, they can prove that they have good moral character, reliable credit, basic English reading, listening, speaking and writing skills, and basic knowledge of American history, government structure and constitution, mainly about important events, figures, government organizations and powers in American history, and the US Constitution. Do not belong to any totalitarian or extremist organization. After a public hearing, the court confirmed that all the conditions were met, and the court announced the granting of American citizenship. Naturalized citizens must swear allegiance to the United States, fulfill their obligations as American citizens, and give up their original nationality and loyalty to the original country.