By Aleana Mullenhour Kadalynn Francone

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Steps to Citizenship in the U.S

• By Aleana MullenhourKadalynn Francone

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Bases for Citizenship

• To become a citizen of the United States you
  must either
• be born in the United States
• be born to at least one American citizen anywhere
  in the world OR
• go through the naturalization process

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Citizenship by Birth

• If you are born in the United States, the
  government automatically recognizes that you as a
  citizen.
• The government also recognizes that you are a
  citizen of the US if you were born outside the
  US, but at least one of your parents is an
  American citizen.

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Naturalization

• If you are not born in the U.S, and neither of
  your parents are American citizens, you can
  receive citizenship by going through the process
  of naturalization.

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The Naturalization Process in
6 steps
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Requirements

• Applicant must be 18 years or older
• A lawful permanent resident of the U.S
• Resident and physically present in the U.S for at
  least 5 years at time of application
• Must have lived in the state where the petition
  is filed for at least 3 months
• Other exceptions include citizenship through
  marriage

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Other requirements

• Applicants of the naturalization process must be
  able to read, speak, write and understand the
  English language.
• They must also have a general understanding of
  U.S history, politics and government.
• Applicants must also be able to prove that they
  are a good, moral character.

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THE Oath

• "I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and
  entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and
  fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state
  or sovereignty, of whom or which I have
  heretofore been a subject or citizen that I will
  support and defend the Constitution and laws of
  the United States of America against all enemies,
  foreign and domestic that I will bear true faith
  and allegiance to the same that I will bear arms
  on behalf of the United States when required by
  the law that I will perform noncombatant service
  in the armed forces of the United States when
  required by the law that I will perform work of
  national importance under civilian direction when
  required by the law and that I take this
  obligation freely without any mental reservation
  or purpose of evasion so help me God."

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THE ENDcreated byAleana Mullenhour
?Kadalynn Francone ? WORK CITED
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