This is Teacher Jennifer from US Citizenship Podcast.
Today we're talking about the UPDATED N-400 Application for Naturalization!
The new edition is dated September 17, 2019 (Citizenship Day and Constitution Day).
It expires on September 30, 2022.
There are only two changes to the N-400 (09/17/19 edition).
First of all is the expiration date which is September 30, 2022.
Second, is a dynamic bar code
which encodes information as the N-400 (09/17/19 edition) is filled out online.
This bar code does not appear on the printed copy.
The updated N-400 (09/17/19 edition) questions are the same as the old N-400 questions.
The revision date of that old N-400 was 12/23/16 edition (and expired 03/31/3019).
On February 8, 2019, I posted a video
which reported on proposed revisions to the N-400 Application for Naturalization.
These questions reflected early comments from 2018 to early 2019.
These (proposed) questions were not adopted by USCIS.
These (proposed) questions were possibly discarded
after an extended period of discussion with legal experts and stake holders.
First of all, there is no change to TRAVEL.
The proposed question originally included information about the last ten years.
The current question asks you to "list below all trips of 24 hours or longer
that you have taken outside the United States during the last five years."
The second proposed question asked about AVOCATION OF VIOLENT OVERTHROW.
They asked asked if people provided money, help, or any material thing to a group engaged in acts of violence.
The current question reads:
"Have you ever advocated (either directly or indirectly) the overthrow of government by force or violence?"
The next question asks about SEXUAL ASSAULT (RAPE).
The proposed question included information or language about CONSENT.
The current question asks if the person has
"Forced or tried to force someone to have any sexual contact or relation?"
There has been no change about the question about ARREST.
The proposed question included information about ARRESTS by FOREIGN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
The current question reads:
"Have you ever been arrested, cited, or detained
by any law enforcement officer
including any immigration official
or any official of the US Armed Forces for any reason?"
There are three additional questions that have not been included on the N-400.
The first one was asking about FINGERPRINTS
being taken by any law enforcement officer IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.
The next one is asking about a PARDON.
And the third one asked about:
Have you ever been REMOVED or DEPORTED from any OTHER COUNTRY?
Again these three questions have not been adopted by the new N-400 (09/17/19 edition).
If you need further information about the N-400 (09/17/19 edition),
you can go to https://www.uscis.gov/n-400.
You can file online.
You can download it and and fill it out online via Adobe Acrobat.
Or you can simply print it out and fill it out by pen and paper.
You can get information about the latest current fees
and naturalization requirements.
Of course they have information about where to file
and any special instructions.
If you need further help,
you can ask Emma (the USCIS Digital Assistant) in English or Spanish to give you assistance.
Thanks for listening.
I know that you will be a great American citizen!
Thank you so much.
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