Constitution Day & Citizenship Day and Week: About U.S. Citizenship

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On Sept. 5, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiated the orderly phase out of the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DHS will provide a limited, six-month window during which it will consider certain requests for DACA and applications for work authorization, under specific parameters.

Read more at U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services.

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If you meet certain requirements, you may become a U.S. citizen either at birth or after birth.

To become a citizen at birth, you must:

• Have been born in the United States or certain territories or outlying possessions of the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; OR  
• had a parent or parents who were citizens at the time of your birth (if you were born abroad) and meet other requirements

To become a citizen after birth, you must:

• Apply for “derived” or “acquired” citizenship through parents
• Apply for naturalization

Read more at U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services.

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There are 4 parts to the test:  speaking, reading, writing, civics.  

The USCIS provides study materials for all part of the test.