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**US Citizenship Podcast**

Prepare for the USCIS Citizenship Interview. Includes practice interviews based on the USCIS N-400, recordings of the USCIS 100 History & Politics Questions, and basic tips for interviewees. This podcast is appropriate for ESL students and Citizenship students. For more info, go to uscitizenship.com. This podcast may be used for educational and private practice only, and cannot be used for any commercial purposes.

Latest Episodes:

May 2016 Citizenship and Immigration News May 18, 2016

Show notes

USCIS.gov

updated N-400 (March 26, 2016)
- On March 26, 2016, the USCIS released the revised Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. The revised version is available at uscis.gov/n-400.
- You may continue to use the 9/13/13 edition of the form until August 9, 2016.
- The USCIS will reject and return previous versions of Form N-400 submitted on or after August 10, 2016.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule (Table 9) (May 4, 2016; Comment period closes 7/5/16)
- Current $595 Proposed: $640 Increase $45
- Biometrics fee $85 will not change.

US Citizenship Podcast

APPS!
- App for iPhone/iPad: https://goo.gl/dLiOAE
- App for Android: https://goo.gl/d6rs9f
- iTunes: https://goo.gl/BVrqHQ
New mp3s and videos
- The New N-400 mp3 and slightly longer mp4
- DACA, DAPA, and Citizenship: an Interview with Kayla Ladd
- Alejandro Guerrero Gutierrez's Citizenship Interview
- 100 Questions plus Remix 2015
- 2015 USCIS 100 Questions Remix

uscitizenpod.com Blog:

Citizenship Resources for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (posted May 6, 2016)
N400 script pdfs update is in progress

uscitizenpod on YouTube

VOA Learning English: Four Stories About Visas

Upcoming: VOA Learning English's newest program, People in America, starts May 25, 2016.

DACA, DAPA, and Citizenship: an Interview with Kayla Ladd (rescue.org) May 09, 2016

Show notes

Kayla Ladd (rescue.org) talks about DACA, DAPA, and Citizenship.

This interview was recorded during a DACA Info Workshop, Sunday, April 24, 2016 at the Milpitas Library.

Join IRC @ the Milpitas Library

Mon May 9 6pm DACA workshop

and

Mon May 23 6pm: N-400 Application for Naturalization

Workshop

For more info, see,

USCIS Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals https ://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Humanitarian/Deferred%20Action%20for%20Childhood%20Arrivals/daca-consider.pdf

USCIS Consideración de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS-ES/Programas%20Humanitarios%20%28Humanitarian%29/DACA/daca_consider_sp.pdf

DACA, DAPA, and DREAMers

https://sccl.bibliocommons.com/list/share/572239147_sccldcitizenship/624838637_dreamers,_daca,_and_dapa

YouTube: DREAMers, DACA, and DAPA playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtyN34w6H7y6SeR1YhMMboMxMNT5knnIw

Need assistance or want to volunteer? Contact the Immigrant Rights team at your local branch of:

Catholic Charities
International Rescue committee (IRC)
Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN)
Your high school or college counselor
Your local library
USCIS.gov

Alejandro Guerrero Gutierrez's Citizenship Interview May 07, 2016

Show notes

Last Saturday, Alejandro came to the Gilroy Library Citizenship Class early and was ready to practice. Let's go!

You can follow with us. Go to:

A "Typical" Citizenship Interview Based on the USCIS N-400r (4 pages)
- pdf http://goo.gl/9Z97UK
- ppt https://goo.gl/2hwOsc
- vocab pdf: https://goo.gl/AMNMqy

Five for Cinco de Mayo May 06, 2016

Show notes

A very quick Civics quiz on five themes for Cinco de Mayo

USCIS 100:88-95: Geography Quiz May 02, 2016

Show notes

USCIS100:88-95: Geography Quiz (Or "How to Study for YourCitizenship Test Outside of Class!" Part 1)

Hint: Notice things around you that are ANSWERS on the Citizenship Test.

Try to remember the QUESTIONS.

Happy Pascha! A Citizenship Quiz in Honor of Eastern Orthodox Christian Americans May 01, 2016

Show notes

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/uscitizenpod/pascha-quiz.pdf

A Tour of Online Citizenship Resources Apr 28, 2016

Show notes

A Video tour of Online Citizenship Resources:

U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services https://www.uscis.gov/

N-400, Blog, InfoPass, etc

USCIS Citizenship Resource Center https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship

Preparing for the Oath http://americanhistory.si.edu/citizenship/

Videos and Quizzes

My USCIS https://my.uscis.gov/

Easy access to 100 Questions self-test in English and Spanish

YouTube.com

This video is available on YouTube at http://youtu.be/L2sk0EWRQaM

For more info, see US Citizenship Podcast uscitizenpod.com

THE NEW N-400! Apr 18, 2016

Show notes

On April 13, 2016, USCIS revised Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. The revised version is available at https://www.uscis.gov/n-400.

You may continue to use the 9/13/13 edition of the form until August 9, 2016.

USCIS will reject and return previous versions of Form N-400 submitted on or after August 10, 2016.

You can also listen to uscitizenpod's podcast about the new N-400 at http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/new-n-400r.mp3

You can also watch this video on YouTube at https://youtu.be/jDZ1LMZSL9s

THE NEW N-400 APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION!!! Apr 14, 2016

Show notes

On April 13, 2016, USCIS revised Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. The revised version is available at uscis.gov/n-400. On today's podcast, we do a quick exploration of the new revision.

Kudos to USCIS for all their hard work on revised N-400!

Income Tax Day Apr 11, 2016

Show notes

Here are fifteen citizenship questions from the N-400 and the USCIS Civics Test about taxes and our economic system. Happy Income Tax Day!

pdf: http://goo.gl/VfuJW2Kahoot.it: Happy Tax Day with Kahoot! http://goo.gl/MmQgfx