USCIS N-400 Citizenship Vocabulary
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advocate
to like, help, or support a group.
USCIS
US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Part of the Department of Homeland Security.
The office that works with Citizenship.
citizenship
becoming an American.
Applicant
You! The person who is applying for citizenship.
Adjudicator
the USCIS officer! The person who gives you your interview.
N-400
the application for citizenship
Oath
a promise
Truth Oath
promising to tell the truth.
truth
not a lie-what really happened.
lie
something you say that is not true
swear
to promise
verification/verify
to check if information is true.
alien registration/permanent resident card
green card
full name
first, middle, and last name.
last name
family name
surname
family name, last name
legal name
the name on your passport or green card
other name
any names you were called before in the past.
maiden name
last name before you get married.
date of birth/birthdate
the day, month, and year when you were born.
place of birth/birthplace/country of birth
the place where you were born.
waiver
an agreement that you don't have to do something, maybe because of your age or a disability
accommodation
extra help you need because of a physical or mental disability
daytime phone number
your phone number during the day
evening phone number
your phone number at night
current address/residence
where you live (house or apartment)
physical address
the place where you live
mailing address
the place where you get mail
ethnicity
when the application asks you if you are "Hispanic or Latino" or "Not Hispanic or Latino"
race
the application will ask you if you are White, Asian, Black or African-American, American Indian or Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
Height
how tall you are
Weight
how heavy you are
employer
the name of the company/organization/restaurant, etc. where you work.
trip
to leave the United States, travel to the another country, and then come back to the United States.
initials
the first letter of your first name and the first letter of your last name.
marital status
whether you are married or not
spouse
husband or wife
married
to have a husband or wife
divorced
to legally break or end a marriage
widowed
husband or wife has died.
immigration status
refugee, permanent resident, citizen, etc.
legal/lawful permanent resident
a person with a green card
citizen
a person with a passport
undocumented immigrant/illegal immigrant
a person who has no papers.
non-resident
a person who does not live in the United States
visitor/lawful non-immigrant
a person who has a visa but doesn't live in the U.S.
claim
to say that something is true
register
to sign up
vote
to choose
election
when people choose a leader
federal
in the United States; at the national level.
state
in Kentucky; at the state level.
local
in Louisville, at the city level.
hereditary
something passed down in your family
title of nobility
royalty (when you are a king, queen, prince, etc.)
foreign
from another country.
declare
to say something with conviction
legally incompetent
a person who cannot make important decisions on their own because a judge says they cannot.
confined to a mental institution
when you have to live a hospital because you have mental problems or because a judge/doctor says you are "crazy".
taxes
money you pay to the government
tax return
papers or forms you fill out for your taxes.
owe
when you must pay money
Overdue Taxes
when your taxes are late.
member
a person who belongs to a group or organization.
associated
part of a group or organization; working with or for a group or organization
organization, fund, club, foundation
types of groups
Communist Party
a government that says that people cannot own things individually.
A government system in China, North Korea, and Cuba.
totalitarian party
a government system that controls the people in their public and private life at home.
terrorist
a person who uses violence, fighting, or guns to control people and the government.
overthrow
to knock down or put an end to a government
persecute
to hurt someone or to tell on someone so that they get hurt.
religion
a faith like Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, etc. What you believe.
Nazi government of Germany
a racist group who killed the Jewish people in Europe during World War II.
genocide
killing people in a certain group
torture
trying to get information by hurting someone
military unit
an army or group of people that fight for the government.
paramilitary unit
a group of people who act like the military but are not part of the official military.
vigilante unit
a group of people who act like the police, but are not part of the official police
rebel group
A group of people who fight against the government
guerrilla group
a group of people who use weapons or physically attack the military, police, government, or other people.
militia
an army of people who are not part of the official government army.
insurgent organization
a group that uses weapons and fights against a government
detention facility
a place where people are forced to stay
labor camp
a place where people are forced to work.
threaten
to say that you are going to hurt someone
weapon
like a gun; something used to hurt people
records sealed or cleared
if you do something bad but nobody knows because a judge erased it from your official papers.
expunge
when a judge clears bad actions from your record.
commit a crime
to break the law, do something bad that is against the law.
offense
a crime, something that is bad and against the law.
arrested
when the police take you to jail.
cited
when the police make you pay money for doing something. For example, a traffic ticket.
detained
when the police put you in handcuffs or take you to the police station
law enforcement
the police and other officers (like border patrol).
charged
when a police officer says that you did something bad.
convicted
when a judge agrees that you did something bad.
alternative sentencing
when you don't go to jail, but have to do community service or pay money.
rehabilitative program
when you are addicted to drugs or alcohol, and you have to go to a special hospital to get help.
suspended sentence
when you don't have to go to jail right now, but you might have to go later.
probation
when you have to be good or the police/judge will send you back to prison