U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Your Complete Guide, 2nd Revised Edition
~ Updates and Errata ~
October 2000
President Clinton in May 2000 signed into law a measure easing US
citizenship requirements for Hmong immigrants who fought in the CIA's
war in Laos during the Vietnam War era. To be eligible, Hmong veterans
must have served with a special guerrilla unit or irregular force
operating in or from Laos in support of the U.S. military any time
between February 28, 1961 and September 18, 1978. They are allowed to
take the US citizenship test with the aid of an interpreter.
Page 103
Point "c." under derivative citizenship needs clarification. The paragraph should read:
The child was born out of wedlock, the parent being naturalized is the father, the child was legitimated by the father prior to his or her 16th birthday or the child was legitimate from birth under the laws of the child's country of birth AND the child's mother is a U.S. citizen, or the mother naturalizes or dies.
Page 60
The USCIS has decided that time spent in the United States while an application for change of nonimmigrant status or extension of stay is pending won't count for "unlawful presence" purposes. Nor will that time count for the purpose of third-county applications for nonimmigrant visas.
To benefit from this tolling of the time, the applicant mus have filed the application in a timely manner, the application must not be frivolous, and the applicant must NOT have engaged in unauthorized employment.
New Procedure for Change of Address in Naturalization Cases
The USCIS has established a new procedure for change your address in naturalization cases. Call 1-800 375-5283,