Basic Requirements For Military Exemptions For Citizenship

CHANGES IN INA SEC. 328 AND 329

• A streamlined process for veterans to become citizens.
• Avoids time requirements for living in the US or for marriage in order to apply for citizenship.

a.  Usually need at least five years in the US or 3 years in a marriage

 

 

PEACE TIME ACTIVE DUTY EXCEPTION  Sec. 328

• Can apply after one year of military service
• Be a legal permanent resident at the time of his/her examination by USCIS on form N-400, application for naturalization.
• No minimum requirement for residence or physical presence within the US.
• Application must be filed while the person is still serving in the military or within 6 months of an honorable discharge.
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SERVICE DURING HOSTILE TIMES  Sec. 329

 

• Requires at least ONE DAY of active duty during hostile service.
• Applies to Viet Nam Vets, operation Desert Storm, and the Korean War.

 

SURVIVING SPOUSE OF PERSON WHO WAS KILLED WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY  329( a ) and 319 (d )

• Section 319(d) of the INA provides for the naturalization of the surviving spouse of a U.S. citizen who died while serving honorably in an active duty status in the armed forces of the United States.
• The spouse and U.S. citizen servicemember must have been living as a married couple at the time of death.
• No prior residency or physical presence in the United States, a state, or immigration district is required to file a naturalization application under this section.

 

SERVICE IN NATIOAL GUARD

• On November 24, 2003, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004,
  [Pub. L. 108-136, 117 Stat. 1392 (2003)] extended the benefit of naturalization under section 329 to individuals who have served honorably as members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve1 of the U.S. Armed Forces during designated periods of
  hostilities.
• 
  The Selected Reserve consists of those individuals within the Ready Reserve
  designated by their respective services as so essential to the national military strategy that they
  have priority over all other Reserves. They also adhere to specific training requirements
  1 Prior
• Must file Form N-426, “Request for Certification of Military or Naval Service.”
• Can submit form “DD Form 214”, “Certificate of Release or Discharge from
  Active Duty,” in place of N-426

  a.  The applicant is separated from the Armed Forces at the time of filing Form N-400;
  b.  2. The applicant submitted a photocopy of his or her NGB Form 22 that lists eligible service
  (such service should also be listed on Form N-426); and
  c. NGB Form 22 lists information on the type of separation and character of service (such
  information may be found in block 24).

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

• Moral Character: You must be a person of good moral character.
• Criminal record – Your criminal record will be considered when determining eligibility.
• Lying and crimes of moral terpitude, (theft, prostitution, violence, drugs) may be used to disqualify you.
• Proficiency in the English Language:  You will have to show proficiency with the English Language.
• Knowledge of Civics: You will have to show a basic knowledge of history, form of government and other civics basics.

 

If a representative is not available on base, visit USCIS atwww.USCIS.gov. A military help line is also available through USCIS at 877-CIS-4MIL (877-247-4645).

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Wolves In Danger, Urgent Call To Action, This Is For Real

This article is about PROTECTING GREY WOLVES FROM EXTINCTION. A REPUBLICAN BACKED LAW has already passed the US House and only needs passage in the US Senate. If you don't call RIGHT NOW it will probably be too late!

 This article was originally printed as Wolves On Way To Extinction on Technorati by Tim Paynter

   

 A proposal in front of the US Senate will exempt wolves from the endangered species act and place the animals into sure extinction, according to activist Robert Dewey, Vice President for Government Relations of
the Defenders of Wildlife.

   

 Dewey sent an urgent call to action asking for immediate action or accept a dismal fate for the wolf in various states including Montana, Washington State, Oregon and Idaho. The legislation would transfer the fate of the wolves from federal hands into state hands. Idaho, for example, has refused to cooperate with the federal plan claiming a wolf pack of 150 is all that is required. Hundreds of Grey Wolves are slated for extermination. After delisting the wolf passed in the House, the future of the wolf now lies in the US Senate.

   

 A new wolf population had been reestablished in Idaho and Montana by 1995. The Fish and Wildlife Service transported 66 additional wolves from Canada to prop up the US species. By 2009, the packs had grown to about 2000 animals, enough for the species to maintain itself. Then Idaho and Montana authorized a hunting season which reduced the wolf population by 30%, down to 1650 animals, during a single season, after the wolf was delisted as a protected species.

 Some state agencies seek to extinguish the wolf packs under political pressure. An Additional wolf hunting season was finally blocked by legal action, say the Defenders of Wildlife. The House law exempts a single species of animal from the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of protected species. That keeps professional wildlife management experts out of the discussion. Rather, the decision is made for political reasons. Such action sets the precedence for eliminating other protected species that get in the way of development by merely excepting them from the endangered species list. The matter has been to court before and lost, meaning senators are setting various states up for spending money on law suits instead of on wildlife.

   

Wolves hunting in packs can take down large animals including domestic buffalo and cattle 

 Funding cuts will destroy many of the programs used by the Environmental Protection Agency in it’s response to climate change. The budgets are slashed so that protection of wildlife and wilderness is under funded. The funding cuts even hit clean air and clean water programs.

 If taking care of the animals is important to you, if insuring clean air and water for the children is important, if protecting against global warming is important, then Dewey asks you to call your senator today! He says he really means it! When will our country begin to put what is best for the country above what puts green paper in one's pocket? 

 These animals were a crucial part of the ecosystem long before man managed to eradicate wolves! Now, a few wealthy people seek to change what species can be considered endangered based upon political decisions, not based on what is really going on in the environment. Your help is urgently needed!

Surprising, the same conservative voices in Congress wish to eradicate wolves and those who have come to this country without documentation.  Your action on both issues is critical if we are to build in the tradition of this great country!

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Wisconsin Teachers Union Protests Gov. Scott Walker's Bill; Idaho, Florida Follow

It is incredible­, after the Republican­s held up congress in the lame duck session until the dems agreed to give every man who makes a million bucks a year another million dollars in unfunded tax cuts, the Republican state congresses nation wide are demanding the people accept huge cuts in services, pay, health care and other elements which make up the American standard of living. Gov Scott went one huge step farther, taking away the basic right to demonstrat­e and participat­e in the process. We must come together as a community, in labor issue, on immigratio­n reform, on basic human rights, and let selfish millionair­es know they have gone one step too far!
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Undocumented Students Win Initial Victory, Battle Continues

We are in an epic battle for the civil rights of all people.  Undocumented youth have been especially victimized by an unfair immigration system.  Yesterday, February 18th, 2011, free people won an initial victory in the Colorado Senate when a law allowing undocumented immigrants advanced out of committee.  This law makes a lot of sense for everyone, as tuition revenue will increase to Colorado colleges and universities if this bill becomes law. 

There is still much to do on the front of immigration reform.  We need your support in making that a reality in Colorado!

This article was originally published as   Colorado Advances In State Tuition For Undocumented Youths

As both sides of the immigration debate line up on the firing lines innocent lives lie between. Today, the Colorado Senate passed legislation which will give undocumented youth a chance. Senate Bill 126 will give children of undocumented immigrants in-state tuition rates, but nothing else.

While federal law requires all children attend school under the decision of Plyer V. Doe, after graduating from high school all bets are off. Immigrant youth who were brought to the US by their parents and have lived in Colorado nearly all of their lives are simply out of luck. Assuming Colorado colleges admit them at all, the youths must pay out-of-state tuition rates. They are not eligible for scholarships. That puts college out of reach of most children of undocumented youth. They are mostly from poor families who barely pay basic bills, must less can afford send their children to higher education at out-of-state tuition rates.

Such cold realities ensures poor people stay poor. Statistics show youth who are victims of poverty do well when sent to college. It is a chance to break the chain of poverty handed down from one generation to the next. Many youths who go to college work hard to pass the opportunity along to their own children, hence improving society. Sadly, for undocumented youth, such dreams remain the luxury for others.

Since most youth were not old enough to understand the gravity of crossing the border without inspection, they become victims of those who insist on denying the youth of undocumented immigrants opportunities as a way of getting even for the acts of the parents of the youth. The children of undocumented immigrants are the poorest of the poor, and then are left in a virtual state of hopelessness without the youths doing a single thing to deserve the treatment.

 

A prior effort to pass in-state tuition rates for undocumented youths failed in the Colorado legislature in 2009. The chief complaint was the children would compete with US citizen youths for scholarships and student loans. The proposal in front of the Colorado legislature prohibits use of state funding. In fact, as massive cuts in education were proposed by legislatures, the undocumented youths could be what is keeping college doors open. According to a press release from Colorado Asset, which supports the bill, when the state of Texas granted in-state tuition to undocumented youths, there was an increase in student paid tuition by over $27 million dollars the first year.

"This bill has always been the right thing to do, but now it is the economically smart thing to do.” said Sen. Angela Giron (D-Pueblo) who co-sponsored the bill with Sen. Mike Johnson (D-Denver). “We must ensure that Colorado's economy is built on the foundation of a talented, educated, innovative and diverse workforce."

 

 

This bill should not be confused with the Dream Act which was defeated in the US Senate during the lame duck session of 2010. The Dream Act would allow children of undocumented youth the chance to go to school or serve in the military. Those who obtained a degree or finished their service commitment could become permanent residents after a 10 year period, assuming they passed a back ground check and paid a healthy fine.  Supporters hope the Dream Act will come up for another vote one day.  Until it does, Colorado's effort is as good as it will probably get for undocumented students.

 

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Will Egyptian Peace Threaten Israel?

Original article published as Will a Democratic Egypt Destabilize Israel?

 

Not everyone thinks the new democracy in Egypt is a good thing. However, those who believe in freedom will give the new government time and a little space to make it's own errors. Democracy grows after the seed if is first planted. Even in the United States, democracy has been an evolving concept and applied to evolving classes of people. As Israel wakes up Saturday, February 12, 2011, it's world will be changed forever. There is a new sheriff in town and the success or failure of the Egyptian democracy will clearly affect it's neighbor state, Israel, and so, the rest of the world.

 

 

 

The roar from Liberation Square continued for an hour and a half after Pres. Hosni Mubarak stepped down. The celebration lasted throughout the night. Hosni Mubarak may have been a brutal dictator but he was a friend to Western and Israeli interests. He especially was the go-to man in the Arab world when claims were cast against the Israeli government about oppression of the Palestinians. If the predominately Arab country of Egypt was not objecting to Israel's actions it must be acceptable. Such rubber stamping of Israel foreign policy is likely a thing of the past. In fact, the entire peace process between the two countries is clearly at stake.

 

At the same time, the fledgling Egyptian military government has it's own hands full. Many Jews resent the Camp David Peace Accords in which Israel gave up the Sinai Peninsula, won in the 1967 war, in exchange for lasting peace with Egypt, according to columnist Joe Hilliker of the Trumpet.com. The agreement cost Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat his life. His successor, now Past Pres. Hosni Mubarak, respected the Camp David Accords, hence continuing the peace for 30 years. Not all was lost under Mubarak. Radical forces in either country could put that lasting peace to the test. Meanwhile, the Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational political organization founded in Egypt, may seek to turn the new government into an an Islamic state. US democratic principles suggest mixing a state religion with government can lead to oppression of the minority, an un-democratic principle. It precludes minority religious voices from representation and an opportunity to be heard and excuses the country from the obligation to protect the few from the majority, often the necessary job of a democracy. While the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt believes in peaceful processes, and decried the 911 attacks on the twin towers in New York, suspected splinter groups are violent and not Western friendly. The benefit of a controlling entity for 30 years is the consistency of the ruling government, for good or for bad. While Egypt has maintained a stable position towards Israel throughout a series of leadership changes in the US, the US rarely maintains the same stable point of view. With each new presidential cycle comes new priorities and a new leadership direction. Currently, some in Israel feel the US is not as friendly as it once was, for example.

 

  One can rationally expect the same swings in position from a new democratic Egypt as it struggles to find itself. Hence, Egypt cannot be expected to side eternally with US policy in the Middle East if it sides with our political point of view at all. When Pres. Barak Obama sided with the Egyptian people he was siding with the people who reflect American values, that is, he was siding with democracy. One bad part of a controlling entity for 30 years are the civil rights abuses that strong-arm governments effect upon their people.

 

 

 

 

 

None of this matters to an ecstatic population in Egypt tonight as they celebrate liberty won in just 18 days. From another point of view, the freedom won today when Hosni Mubarak stepped aside has taken 18 days of gut wrenching protests preceded by 30 years of political oppression. How tragic it would be to endure those 30 years plus 18 days only to lose one's life in a war that otherwise would never have taken place. Eternal hope exists the citizens of Egypt will choose their government wisely.  At the same time, those who truly believe in freedom and democracy understand freedom is a process and encourage the birth of a new society, even if it does not side with current political positions. That will require significant patience and tolerance from neighbors and a world community already galvanized.

 

 

Read more: http:/Technorati.com/politics/article/will-a-democratic-egypt-destabalize-israel/page-2/#ixzz1Dmcy8Fbo Read more: http://technorati.com/politics/article/will-a-democratic-egypt-destabalize-israel/#ixzz1DmcVRaae Freedom always come with a price. If Egypt elects leaders who seek war rather then peace then they will be as bound by the constraints and casualties of war as they were by their prior dictator. If they choose peace, not war, they will give the gift of a future to their children, and to the world.

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