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NON-CITIZEN SERVICE MEMBERS BECOME CITIZENS

President Bush's recent Executive Order No. 329 makes it easier for some resident aliens who served in the U.S. Armed Forces to become American citizens.

Prior to the executive order, military applicants needed three years of military service to qualify for citizenship. Now a service member needs only one day of honorable active-duty federal service on or since September 11, 2001.

Applicants must file INS Form N-426, which verifies dates of honorable military service; and INS Form G-325B, which requires biographical information, etc. See the following websites:

ARMY: https://www.perscomonline.army.mil/tagd, click "C" in the search index for "Citizenship"

NAVY/MARINE CORPS: http://www.jag.navy.mil/html/OJAGLegal%20AssistHome.htm, click "Immigration" button at the top of the screen for table of contents

AIR FORCE: http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/mpf, click "Immigration and Naturalization Service" in the main window