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Naturalization/Citizenship

20 Nov Form N-400 Approved Based on Proof of Inability to Provide Child Support

Posted at 15:51h in Naturalization/Citizenship

Getson & Schatz P.C successfully represented a Pakistani client filing an N-400 Application for Naturalization. He is now a United States Citizen. A naturalization applicant must prove that he or she has Good Moral Character. Immigration officers typically require documents proving that a naturalization...

23 Oct Naturalization Granted for Individual with Minor Shoplifting Conviction

Posted at 07:53h in Naturalization/Citizenship, Success Stories

Our immigration lawyers successfully represented a client in New York City in becoming a U.S. Citizen even though she had previously been arrested for two previous minor shoplifting offenses. In addition to demonstrating the requisite amount of physical presence and continuous residence during the statutory...

21 Jul N-400 Application Approved for Client with DUI Conviction

Posted at 11:34h in Naturalization/Citizenship, Success Stories

Our immigration lawyers helped a client become a United States Citizen who had a DUI conviction outside the 5 year statutory period for good moral character. We provided USCIS with the original certified court disposition of the DUI conviction and showed that he had been...

09 Jul N-336 Approval from Philadelphia Immigration Office

Posted at 15:38h in Naturalization/Citizenship, Success Stories

Our law firm recently received an approval of a N-336 for a client at the Philadelphia Immigration Office. USCIS initially denied our client's N-400 naturalization application on the basis that he had failed to disclose an arrest on a prior application filed with USCIS. Our...

20 Jun Follow-Up of Delayed Citizenship Application with USCIS Philadelphia Office Results in Approval

Posted at 14:34h in Naturalization/Citizenship, Success Stories

A foreign national had a citizenship interview with the USCIS Philadelphia Office and more than 5 months had passed without her receiving a decision on her N-400 application. Under the law USCIS has 120 days to issue a decision on a N-400 application following the interview. She...

04 Jan Naturalization Application Approved 3 Years After Green Card Issuance Date Based upon Marriage to U.S. Citizen

Posted at 12:30h in Naturalization/Citizenship, Success Stories

Getson & Schatz successfully aided a Kenyan national in going through the process of entering the United States as the fiancée of a U.S. citizen all the way through obtaining citizenship, all in Philadelphia. First, our immigration lawyers helped our client obtain a K-1 Visa...

12 Oct Form N-648 Naturalization Disability Waiver Approved

Posted at 17:42h in Naturalization/Citizenship, Success Stories

We represented a Naturalization Applicant who was able to speak English but could not read or write and could not learn US History and Government because of a disability. The applicant suffered from delirium caused by the combination of cerebral atherosclerosis and old age. As a...

27 Jul Naturalization Application Approved Despite Absence from the US of More than 6 months but less than 1 Year

Posted at 18:06h in Naturalization/Citizenship, Success Stories

Getson & Schatz represented a client who wished to apply for U.S. citizenship. Our client was eligible to become a naturalized citizen based on her permanent residence in the U.S. for at least five years. During the five years preceding the filing of the N-400...

25 May Naturalization Application Approved Under the 4 Year and 1 Day Rule

Posted at 15:57h in Naturalization/Citizenship, Success Stories

An individual came to our Philadelphia immigration law firm because he had applied for US Citizenship without the assistance of an attorney and received a Notice that he was not eligible for Naturalization because of an absence from the United States of more than one year. ...

09 Nov USCIS Approves N-400 Application for Naturalization After Applicant Accidently Registered to Vote

Posted at 23:17h in Naturalization/Citizenship, Success Stories

Our firm represented a client applying to become a United States citizen. Our client was eligible to become naturalized because she had been a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. for at least five years. We filed Form N-400 Application for Naturalization for our client....