First you get the finger print, then the rest. Like I mentioned before, the time frame varies depending on your regional office that your address falls in. In Cali, I'm gonna assume it will take a bit of time.

These are the people that take free things from life and try to sell it to people. It's probably the application, the study guide and stuff....which you can get for free on the government web site. Don't worry about the college application thing. It's no big deal. I think you worry too much. You have most of the qualification for this.

-Green Card more than 5 years.
-Fluent on english and hopefully your history too. (Actually, I'll get into that in a minute)
-No criminal records (I don't know you or if you kill people as a hobby or something. Otherwise, you're good)

You need to N-400 form
Here

Now, since you do this so late, you are in a doo doo on the test. The old test is history based, which is easy. The new test is to see if you know how to exercise your citizen rights. Little bit more....complicated in a meaningful way. Instead of "Who's George Washington", you are probably asked about "How do you exercise your 1st Amendments. You know, your rights to call George Bush a monkey without being jailed. Regardless, for people like you and me, it's still a walk in the park and I will still call George Bush a monkey to his last day.....because I can. So just get the application and do it already!!!

 

Fo sho! Actually after reading a bit more into it, I qualify for the N-600 application where my current parents have been naturalized so as long as I was under the age of 18 during Feb. 27, 2001, I can just sign up for the "Certification of Citizenship". I don't know if its easier or the process is faster or not, but it sounds a lot less intimidating than the normal N-400 application..


Gatecrasher,

I've had my green card since oct. 1989 and have been a permanent residence since then.


The Raptor,

I just got REALLY lazy when I was in high school to file the application and getting it done. I'm paying the consequences now, and I take full responsibility. I guess better late than never

 

i'm going through the same thing myself, i just signed the application of citizenship form petitioning myself based on having lived in the united states for more than 5 years as a legal permanent resident. you have to get that form and pay uscis $675

beyond that i really dont know. best of luck bud

 

if you parents became citizens before you are 18 you need to just get reverified cost like 200 bucks you do not need n400 DO NOT NEED n400 and dont pay anyone to do this its very simple

 

marry an american

 

yo stevoe who the girl in the avatar, i forgot what music video that was from!

 

lol ga in from brown eyed girls.

 

I thought if your parents were citizens before you turn 18, you automatically become one. That's how I got my citizenship. I just had to show up to complete some formalities and that was it. Didn't even matter when I did it from what I was told....I could have waited 40 years if I wanted.

So it's not that I think it was this way, but simply it was this way. Did something change since then?