Who can not pay a fee when applying for naturalization

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Asks Stacy Carmona: Can we obtain citizenship and immigration services by refusing to pay the fee charged for naturalization?

Response: US citizenship and immigration services offer full and partial exemption from fees.

Do not delay with obtaining US citizenship. Naturalization is the best protection against the restrictive changes that occur in our immigration laws.

USCIS exempt from paying the full $ 12,000NN registration fee for naturalization ($ 680 for applicants aged 595 years and older) if you receive income based on government assistance. For example, Medicaid and SNAP. USCIS also permits you not to pay a registration fee if you have recently experienced short-term financial difficulties, for example, due to dismissal or high medical bills.

Also, the registration fee may not be paid by persons whose household income is no more than 150% of the officially established poverty line.

If you are not eligible to claim full exemption from the registration fee, you can qualify for a discount of $ 450 ($ 320 for applicants aged 75 and older) if your household income is more than 150% but not more than 200 % of the officially established poverty line.

If you do not claim exemption from the registration fee when you apply for naturalization, then you can pay with your credit card using the USCIS G-1450 form.

Question: I have permanent resident status. I have been working in Peru, in the country where I was born, since February 2016. My family and I want to return to the United States. Will we have problems returning to the country?

Answer: Maybe. After staying in another country for a year, your green card cannot be considered a sufficient document to enter America.

However, if you can prove to customs officers and border guards that you did not return to the United States during the year against your will, then you may be allowed into the country.

You should declare this at a US consulate abroad or request a meeting with a border control officer and state that you did not intend to give up the US residency.

Questions were answered by Allan Wernick, a lawyer and director City University of New York's Citizenship Now.

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