Obtaining U.S. citizenship is now easier for servicemembers' foreign-born spouses

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Obtaining U.S. citizenship is now easier for servicemembers' foreign-born spouses
By Erik Slavin, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Tuesday, June 10, 2008

CAMP RED CLOUD, South Korea — Foreign spouses of U.S. servicemembers stationed overseas no longer must fly to the United States to obtain citizenship, according to a new law and Department of Homeland Security officials.

Representatives of the department’s Citizenship and Immigration Services can now interview and swear in command-sponsored foreign spouses and children at their overseas stations, officials said Thursday.

On May 29, Zita Choucan became the first military spouse to obtain citizenship under the new law at the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany.

Officials are now reviewing their case loads in South Korea and Japan for applicants who may qualify, said Kenneth Sherman, Citizenship and Immigration Services field office director at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul.

"We’ve already identified two cases in Japan and one possible case in Korea," said Sherman, who oversees citizenship applications in both countries.


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