Filing Location for Qualifying Family of Deceased Service Members centralized by USCIS
The form filing location for naturalization of qualifying family of deceased service members has been centralized by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS.) The applications are now being accepted by the USCIS at the Nebraska Service Center (NSC.)
A foreign citizen is granted the U.S. citizenship by the process of naturalization, if the foreign citizen complies with all the requirements put forth by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA.) For naturalization, applicants are required to file USCIS Form N-400. Naturalization requires a foreign citizen to be a continuous resident in the United States for a period, to be able to read, write, and speak English, have good moral character, and adhere to the principles of the U.S. constitution.
To process the eligible applications for naturalization for the members of the U.S. armed forces and their families received at NSC, a specialized team has been constituted. Regardless of the geographic location, the spouse, child, or parent of deceased serviceman who was a citizen of the Unites States and was serving actively in the U.S. armed forces at the time of death, may file USCIS Form N-400 for their naturalization at the Nebraska Service Center under section 319(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA.)
The service members, their spouses, and children who are requesting for naturalization are required to submit their USCIS Form N-400 applications to the NSC. While rest of the applicants filing Form N-400 should do so at the facility allocated on the basis of their residence.
To make known the change of form filing location, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has revised the instructions for Form N-400. The new filing location has been brought into effect soon after the form instructions were updated. Filing the application for naturalization at the incorrect location may lead to delayed processing of the application. The incorrectly filed applications will then be sent to the NSC by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.