Research the rule. Understand the process. Verify the source.
CitizenApproved is designed for learners, applicants, families, educators and researchers anywhere in the world. The tools favor transparent sources, explain agency boundaries, and expose uncertainty instead of manufacturing precision.
Pathway Triage
Find the citizenship statute or naturalization route to investigate first—without a fake eligibility verdict.
Open guideOfficial Help
Find the correct USCIS, State, DOJ/EOIR, court, statute, regulation, or rulemaking source for the task in front of you.
Open guideEvidence Guide
Separate baseline interview items from fact-specific and pathway-specific evidence.
Open guideCurrent Fees
Current filing methods, reduced fees, waivers, exemptions, and clearly separated proposals.
Open guideCivics Test Guide
Know whether the 2008 or 2025 test applies based on the N-400 filing date.
Open guideProcessing Guide
Use live USCIS processing data and understand what it can—and cannot—predict.
Open guideTimeline Guide
Separate statutory eligibility clocks from agency processing time.
Open guideForms Guide
Current citizenship-related forms with live USCIS form-page links.
Open guideAdvanced Topics
Proof of citizenship, dual nationality, denial review, testing exceptions, and historical nationality law.
Open guidePlain-Language Glossary
Understand technical terms that are easy to mistranslate or confuse, such as residence, physical presence, acquisition, derivation, and policy.
Open guideLanguage Guides
USCIS-grounded language priorities, official multilingual routes, and maintained CitizenApproved orientation where we can support it responsibly.
Open guideLanguage & Accessibility
Official multilingual resources plus CitizenApproved keyboard, reduced-motion, zoom, print, and translation guidance.
Open guideSource Methodology
Understand what statutes, regulations, court decisions, agency policy, guidance, and proposed rules can—and cannot—do.
Open guideCitizenship pathways
Citizenship at Birth
8 U.S.C. §§ 1401–1409
Read the current frameworkStandard Naturalization
8 U.S.C. § 1427 / INA 316
Read the current frameworkMarriage Route
8 U.S.C. § 1430 / INA 319
Read the current frameworkMilitary Naturalization
8 U.S.C. §§ 1439–1440 / INA 328–329
Read the current frameworkCitizenship Through a Parent
8 U.S.C. §§ 1431–1433 / INA 320–322
Read the current frameworkOfficial government starting points
The dedicated help hub groups official resources by the task you are trying to complete: file, study, track a case, work in another language, request an accommodation, prove citizenship, get help abroad, find authorized representation, or read the controlling law.
Open official help directoryMultilingual routes
Current change tracking
Fees, testing rules, court decisions, regulations and agency policies can change faster than the underlying statutes. The policy ledger records status, effective dates, review dates and primary sources.