Citizenship

Who commonly uses it. A permanent resident applying to become a U.S. citizen — usually after five years as a permanent resident, or three years if married to and living with a U.S. citizen.

Official form and instructions: USCIS — N-400. Clarenor is not affiliated with USCIS.

• 22 intake questions written for this form — not a generic questionnaire. The questions are grouped into 5 sections.
• A document checklist of 11 items, each explained, with 4 marked required.
• Automatic saving. You can start now and come back later; nothing is lost.
• A consistency check. We compare your own answers and documents against each other and show you anything that does not add up.
• A human Case Guide review on the Reviewed and Full Service packages: a person reads your answers and documents and tells you what is missing.
• Escalation rules specific to this service. 5 circumstances that need a person are flagged for human review rather than decided by software.

Your basis for applying

• On what basis are you applying? REQUIRED
• When did you become a permanent resident? REQUIRED
• Are you currently married to a U.S. citizen? REQUIRED
• If yes, have you been married to that same person for the last 3 years?

Residence and travel

• List your addresses for the last 5 years REQUIRED
• List every trip outside the United States in the last 5 years REQUIRED
• What was the longest single trip, in days?
• Have you had any single absence of 6 months or more? REQUIRED

Marital history

• Current marital status REQUIRED
• Have you or your current spouse had any prior marriages? REQUIRED
• If yes, give the details

Employment, school and history

• List your employment, schools and residences for the last 5 years REQUIRED
• Have you filed federal income tax returns for every year you were required to? REQUIRED
• Do you owe any overdue federal, state or local taxes? REQUIRED
• Have you EVER been arrested, cited, detained, charged or convicted of any crime or offence? REQUIRED
• If yes, give the details
• Have you ever: failed to pay court-ordered support; been a habitual drunkard; gambled unlawfully; lied to a government official; claimed to be a U.S. citizen; or been involved in persecution, genocide, torture or a terrorist organisation? REQUIRED
• If yes, give the details

English and civics

• Do you need an exemption or accommodation for the English test? REQUIRED
• Do you need an exemption for the civics test? REQUIRED
• If you are male and lived in the U.S. between 18 and 26, did you register for Selective Service? REQUIRED
• Are you willing to take the Oath of Allegiance? REQUIRED

Seeing the questions before you start is deliberate. You should know what you are being asked and why before you pay for anything.

• Front of your Permanent Resident Card Required
• Back of your Permanent Resident Card Required
• Two passport-style photographs Required
• Federal income tax returns for the last 5 years (or 3 if married to a U.S. citizen) Required
• IRS tax transcripts, if you have them (not required for everyone) — Transcripts are generally stronger evidence than a copy of the return.
• Marriage certificate (not required for everyone)
• Divorce decree or death certificate for any prior marriage (not required for everyone)
• Records for any dependent children (not required for everyone)
• Certified court records for any arrest or charge (not required for everyone) — A Case Guide will tell you exactly which records are needed.
• Selective Service registration proof (not required for everyone)
• Travel records or passport stamps for the last 5 years (not required for everyone)

Documents are stored privately and are never publicly accessible. Only you and the Case Guide working on your case can open them, and you can replace or delete anything you upload.

1. Choose a package. You see exactly what each includes and what it does not before you pay.
2. Answer the questions. Save at any point and return later.
3. Upload your documents against the checklist.
4. Pay. Payment is what places your case with a Case Guide. You are not charged before this step, and you pay the government fee separately to USCIS.
5. A Case Guide reviews your case for completeness and consistency and tells you what is missing.
6. You revise if asked, then a final readiness review completes the case.

Why this price. Five years of addresses, travel, employment and tax records, plus the good-moral-character questions. Review time is substantially longer.

USCIS filing fees are not included and are paid by you, directly to USCIS. Clarenor never collects a government fee on your behalf. Each package states its full refund terms on the service page.

We do not decide whether you are eligible for naturalization, and we do not assess good moral character. Where your answers raise a legal question — any arrest or charge, a tax problem, a long absence, or an answer to the good-moral-character questions — we flag the case for a person to look at and tell you plainly that legal advice may be needed.

Clarenor does not file your application: you file it yourself. We do not represent you before USCIS and we do not provide legal advice.

If this matches your situation, you can see the packages and begin. If you are not sure whether this is the right form, contact us and a person will help you work it out.