Time: 11:00am–2:00pm
At this free event, immigration lawyers will review eligibility on an individual basis. Applicants will receive assistance in completing the application in various languages. Participants will receive free photographs and photocopies of paperwork.
To be eligible, participants must meet the following requirements: reside in the U.S. as a permanent resident for five years (three years if living with and married to the same U.S. citizen); live in the U.S. for half of the five-year or three-year period; be at least 18 years old. Attendees should bring a Green Card and all their passports (if any) since obtaining their Green Cards; proof of home addresses for the past five or three years; children’s information (date of birth, home addresses, alien number), if applicable; employment history for the last five or three years, if applicable; marital and criminal histories, if applicable.
Citizenship Rutgers is a project of the Eagleton Institute Program on Immigration and Democracy, Rutgers School of Law-Camden, Rutgers School of Law-Newark, the Center for Migration and the Global City, and Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations. Additional sponsors include the Department of Public Policy and Administration of the Graduate School at Rutgers-Camden, Rutgers’ Associate Vice President of Academic and Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities, The Bonner Foundation and Citizenship NOW! (City University of New York).