The phrase "attaining citizenship" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the process of becoming a citizen of a country, often in legal or immigration contexts.
Example: "After years of living in the country, she finally achieved her goal of attaining citizenship."
Alternatives: "gaining citizenship" or "obtaining citizenship."
Mr. McCain has found himself at odds with conservative leaders in opposing the call for immigration measures to prevent illegal immigrants from attaining citizenship.
Their fear, advocates say, is that participation could draw the eye of Immigration and Customs Enforcement or hurt their chances of attaining citizenship.
She wants to enroll at Queens College, with a major in psychology and a minor in education so that she can become a school counselor, all with the hope of attaining citizenship one day.
The Alvarezes, like many others in Washington Heights, came to America from the Dominican Republic to live their version of the American dream, gradually attaining citizenship and the right to vote.
Section 1409(a), moreover, is not the sole means of attaining citizenship for the child, who can seek citizenship in his or her own right, rather than via reliance on parental ties.
"The fact is that people who retain more than one nationality are indicating that they have not fully renounced their allegiance to their country of origin despite attaining citizenship in another country," she testified.
But for immigrants who had attained citizenship, the decline was only 3.9 percent.
Despite living legally in the United States for nearly 30 years, Mr. Gatien had never tried to attain citizenship.
There also had to be a tough but fair way for the eleven million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. to attain citizenship.
He attained citizenship (under the Lodge Act) by volunteering to serve in Vietnam, where he was both a Ranger and a Green Beret.
For him, soldiering was a means to attain citizenship in the United States and to accrue money for an education in nursing.
