Please note that if you have committed
To be eligible for naturalization you must
certain serious crimes, USCIS may decide
be a person of good moral character. USCIS to remove you from the United States.
will make a determination on your moral
If you have questions, you may want to
character based upon the laws Congress has seek advice from an immigrant assistance passed. In the following section, we describe organization or an immigration attorney some of the things USCIS may consider.
before applying.
Criminal Record. Committing certain
Lying. If you do not tell the truth during
crimes may cause you to be ineligible for
your interview, USCIS will deny your
naturalization (USCIS calls these “bars” to
application for lacking good moral character.
naturalization). You cannot establish that
If USCIS grants you naturalization and you
you are a person of good moral character if
are later found to have lied during your
you have been convicted of murder, at any
interview, your citizenship may be taken
time, or of any other aggravated felony, if
away.
you were convicted on or after November
29, 1990.