Sentence examples for applied for naturalization from inspiring English sources
In 2008, in contrast, just 525,000 immigrants applied for naturalization.
Two months after he returned from Russia, Mr. Tsarnaev applied for naturalization.
Lawyers said the likelihood was small that legal immigrants who applied for naturalization would have a criminal background because any record was a legal bar to becoming a citizen.
Largely overlooked in the charged debate over illegal immigration, many of these are long-term legal immigrants in the United States who were confident of success when they applied for naturalization, and would have continued to live here legally had they not sought to become citizens.
The agency has not released statistics showing how many people have applied for naturalization in the last couple of months, when the concerted push began.
Stay in the U.S. Once you apply for naturalization, you must reside continuously in the United States until you are naturalized.
We waited the required number of years to apply for "naturalization," a curious term suggesting that we were not only stateless but also unnatural.
The questions were submitted to four months of pilot testing this year with more than 6,000 immigrants who were applying for naturalization.
Lawful permanent residents are eligible to apply for naturalization after meeting certain requirements, including a minimum length of residency, which for most candidates is five years.
"Dominicans who've never been to Haiti, have no ties there, are now obliged to prove themselves: to say first, 'Look I'm a foreigner,' and then apply for naturalization over two years.
