USCIS Aims to Decrease Processing Times for Common Benefit Applications

Posted July 30, 2019

In an effort to decrease historically high processing times for applications for naturalization and adjustment of status, USCIS announced recently they are implementing a national strategy that will involve transferring files from overworked field offices to nearby regional offices that carry less of a workload.  For example, San Francisco applicants may receive Request for Evidence (RFE) or interview notices in Sacramento, or Los Angeles applicants may receive RFE or interview notices in San Bernardino.

Despite the inconvenience to some this may cause, it comes as welcome relief to many attorneys, USCIS officers and some applicants who will experience reduced wait times.  Read about the USCIS efforts here.

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The U.S. Citizenship Civics Examination

Posted August 2, 2017

Clients applying for U.S. citizenship often ask with great concern, how will I pass the civics examination?  For many recent immigrants with less exposure to American society and media, the concern is valid.

The solution, however, can be easy.  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the government agency that processes applications for naturalization and administers the interview and examination, provides a study guide online, found here, that contains the set of all questions that might be asked during the interview, and the answers to those questions.  Download the study materials and see for yourself.

At the naturalization interview, the civics examination comes in the latter half of the interview and is comprised of ten questions.  In order to pass the examination, the applicant must answer six of those ten questions correctly.  A mere 60% correct is a passing score. 

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