Note: Effective August 2, 2004, USCIS has changed its requirements for photographs to a standard passport-style photograph. Please see this informational flyer for more details.

Recent changes in immigration law and USCIS procedures now make it easier for U.S. military personnel to naturalize (see Naturalization Information for Military Personnel).

A Guide to Naturalization (M-476) provides information on the benefits and responsibilities of citizenship, an overview of the naturalization process, and eligibility requirements.

This comprehensive Guide (English edition rev. 2/04) is now available in several languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. You may access an edition of the Guide by clicking on the links provided below.

To view the Guide, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 5 or better. If you do not have this software you may download it from the Adobe Corporation.

A Guide to Naturalization (M-476) (English) (Please note: This is a large file - 1.9 MB - and may be too large to view from within your web browser. You may wish to save the file directly to your computer (using "right-click" and "Save As" on Windows systems) and then open the file directly in Acrobat Reader.)

Una Guía para la Naturalización (Spanish)

Isang "guide?para sa Naturalisasyon (Tagalog)

A Guide to Naturalization (Chinese)

A Guide to Naturalization (Vietnamese)