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  1. What is up?
  2. Everybody, this is Mr Flight Hman.
  3. Hope everyone still doing well, hanging in there.
  4. Um, getting done what they need to get done.
  5. Um, I am here with a mini lesson on the
  6. process of naturalization in your government class you were learning
  7. about. You're going to learn about the process of naturalization
  8. becoming a citizen when you weren't naturally born here.
  9. So we're gonna go through the steps.
  10. We're gonna talk about what goes into that on Dhe.
  11. Hopefully, it'll give you a heads up as far as,
  12. um, what you're gonna be doing in class this week
  13. in government.
  14. All right, here we go.
  15. So naturalization is defined as the legal process in which
  16. a person can become a US citizen.
  17. So if you're not born here, but you wanna be
  18. a citizen, you have to go through a process.
  19. And so naturalization is one of those processes.
  20. There is the process.
  21. Eso It could be a long process.
  22. It could be a long wait for someone trying to
  23. be a citizen.
  24. So here are the six main steps that we look
  25. at when we talk about becoming a citizen through naturalization
  26. Step number one uh, the declaration of intent.
  27. So if you're at least 18 years old and you
  28. wanna be a citizen, um, you will declare your intent
  29. to be a citizen.
  30. Um, it's also called filing for a visa.
  31. Um, so you may have heard it called that eso
  32. is basically saying that you intend to go through the
  33. process and you intend to follow through on your desire
  34. to be a citizen.
  35. So, for example, this is what part of the document
  36. says it says I and then you put your name
  37. do hereby declare my intention of becoming a citizen of
  38. the United States within the time prescribed by law in
  39. compliance with Public school Code of 1949 Section 12.
  40. 02 as amended.
  41. It says some other things, too, but it's a pretty
  42. simple form.
  43. Um, that you fell out.
  44. That's the very first step, uh, in this long process
  45. of naturalization.
  46. So Step number two, um, you're approved for your visa.
  47. You wait while you wait.
  48. You fulfill all these requirements.
  49. Um, and they include being a legal permanent resident for
  50. five years.
  51. If you're single or three years, if you're married, eso
  52. that the time constraint is different for single people and
  53. married people.
  54. Also, you must be considered to have good moral character.
  55. Um, that means you haven't committed any major crimes.
  56. You haven't done jail time.
  57. Um, you don't You haven't refused child support payments for
  58. your kids or anything like that.
  59. They're gonna look into all of that before they let
  60. you be a citizen.
  61. Eso that is another one of the requirements.
  62. Step number three is part of the paperwork.
  63. There's a lot of paperwork involved in this process, but
  64. this is part of it.
  65. Um, this form is called the N 400 form.
  66. You're gonna fill that out?
  67. Um, answer all the questions.
  68. You're probably if you're gonna be filling out this form.
  69. Ah, lot of people use a lawyer to help them.
  70. An immigration lawyer to help them fill this out to
  71. make sure it's complete.
  72. So that's step number three.
  73. Step number four.
  74. It's more paperwork.
  75. Um, you would obtain to recent photographs of yourself on
  76. dhe fill out any other necessary forms that you have
  77. at this time in the process.
  78. Um, so they only take photocopies.
  79. They do not take original versions of the documents but
  80. you will be gathering up more documents.
  81. Step number five is the all important exam.
  82. This is a civics exam.
  83. So a lot of the things that they have in
  84. the exam you learn in your civics class things like
  85. how the governments that put together who is the secretary
  86. of state.
  87. How long could the president be president?
  88. Things like that s o the exam is 100 questions,
  89. and it's not multiple choice.
  90. So it's, um it's gonna be a little trickier if
  91. it's not multiple choice on the Prezi.
  92. On the exam on the Prezi on school G, you
  93. will see a video that shows some sample questions.
  94. May be sure to watch that and look at some
  95. of the sample questions that they could have on the
  96. exam. Um, see how you would do if you were
  97. taking the exam.
  98. And there are multiple choice, but the ones on the
  99. actual test art.
  100. Yeah. All right.
  101. Step number six.
  102. After you pass the exam.
  103. After you fulfilled all these requirements, um, is the acceptance
  104. and the oath So you were accepted as ah ce
  105. naturalized citizen of the United States.
  106. And then you take an oath.
  107. And a lot of times you do this in a
  108. group of people, Um, you raise your right hand and
  109. you say what they tell you to say The big
  110. celebration, Um, people are happy.
  111. People are crying, So it's it's Ah, it's, um, fun
  112. to watch if you've never seen one before.
  113. There's a video on the president on school aji.
  114. So go ahead.
  115. And if you want to see the video, go to
  116. the present and watch the video.
  117. So after that is done, you are a naturalized citizen
  118. of the United States, so that is a breakdown of
  119. the whole process.
  120. Um, make sure you're going to school.
  121. Do you?
  122. Doing everything required for this class and your other classes?
  123. Um, if you have any questions, let us know.
  124. Email your teachers, reach out, make sure you're getting your
  125. needs met.
  126. Otherwise, hope everyone's still doing well and hopefully see you
  127. all very soon.