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Citizenship, naturalization, and adopted children: The USCIS makes a clarification

Citizenship, naturalization, and adopted children: The USCIS makes a clarification
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The USCIS on April 21 announced an update on its policy manual to clarify guidance regarding the application of citizenship and naturalization provisions on adopted children.

This includes:

  • The requirements for adopted children to meet the definition of a child for citizenship and naturalization purposes, including having an adoption that is considered full, final, and complete for immigration purposes;
  • The eligibility for US citizenship for adopted children who reside in the United States and how to obtain a Certificate of Citizenship;
  • The eligibility for US citizenship for adopted children who reside outside of the United States and how to apply for citizenship and issuance of a certificate; and
  • The guidance on the acquisition of citizenship and naturalization when an adoption is disrupted or dissolved.

This update does not mean any change for the requirements for adopted children to become US citizens.

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USCIS Fees Increase on October 2020: Citizenship Application Fee up by 80%

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On August 3, 2020, USCIS published a Final Rule that significantly increases the USCIS fee schedule by adjusting fees by a weighted average increase of 20 percent, adding new fees, establishing multiple fees for nonimmigrant worker petitions, and limiting the number of beneficiaries for certain forms.

Notable among the applications affected by the increases are the following:

  • naturalization/citizenship applications (from $640 to 1160)
  • adjustment of status (from $750 to $1,130)
  • employment authorization documents ($410 to $550)
  • N336 appeal from N400 denials from $700 to 1,725).

The complete list of the changes in fees may be found on the government website: www.uscis.gov.
The rule also removes certain fee exemptions, changes fee waiver requirements, alters premium processing time limits, and modifies certain inter-country adoption processing.

The new fees will take effect by October 2, 2020.