Submitting your Citizenship Application

• Form N-400: Answer all questions and sign and date Part 13.
• Additional pages: Include these for work and residence history, trips, prior marriages, children or for other questions that need a continuation sheet.
• Proof of your permanent resident status: Copy of front and back of your Green Card, or copy of I-551 stamp in your passport indicating your A-Number.
• If your current legal name is different from the name on your Permanent Resident Card, include:
  • The document(s) that legally changed your name (marriage certificate, divorce decree, or court document).
• If you are applying for naturalization on the basis of marriage to a U.S. citizen, include the following four (4) items:
  • Evidence that your spouse has been a U.S. citizen for the last 3 years:
    • Birth certificate (if your spouse never lost citizenship since birth); or
    • Certificate of Naturalization; or
    • Certificate of Citizenship; or
    • The inside of the front cover and signature page of your spouse’s current U.S. passport; or Form FS-240, Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America;
• Your current marriage certificate;
• Proof of termination of all prior marriages of your spouse (divorce decree(s), annulment(s), or death certificate(s)); and
• Documents referring to you and your spouse:
  • Tax returns, bank accounts, leases, mortgages, or birth certificates of children; or
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-certified copies of the income tax forms that you both filed for the past 3 years; or
  • An IRS tax return transcript for the last 3 years.
• If you were married before, include:
  • Proof that all earlier marriages ended (divorce decree(s), annulment(s), or death certificates(s)).
• If you are currently in the U.S. military service and are seeking citizenship based on that service, include:
  • A completed original Form N-426, Request for Certification of Military or Naval Service.
• If you have a dependent spouse or child(ren) who do not live with you, include:
  • Any court or government order to provide financial support; and
  • Evidence of your financial support (including evidence that you have complied with any court or government order),
• Check or Money Order for the application fee and biometrics services: Made payable to “U.S. Department of Homeland Security.” Write your name and A-Number on the front of the check or money order. You may also pay by credit card by submitting a completed and signed Form G-1450 Authorization for Credit Card Transactions.
• Note: Applicants 75 and older are exempt from paying the biometric fee and must appear in person to have their photos taken at the Application Support Center (ASC).

OR

• Submit Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver with supporting documents or Submit Form I-942, Request for Reduced Fee with supporting documents.