What is expeditious naturalization?
It is a way provided by Section 322 of the INA (Immigration and Naturalization Act) for a grandchild born abroad of a U.S. citizen parent to become a naturalized U.S. citizen through a living grandparent or a grandparent who has been deceased for less than 5 years as long as the grandparent in either case meets the 5-year physical presence requirement (2 years of which are after the age of 14) of living in the U.S. The five years is cumulative- any period of time spent in the U.S. can be counted. In this case the U.S. citizen parent is unable to fulfill the requirement. The grandchild regularly resides outside of the U.S. in the legal custody of the U.S. citizen parent and must be under the age of 18 years. The whole process must be completed by the child’s 18th birthday. The application form is N-600K obtained from the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) website, which is http://www.uscis.gov. Click on the top tab “Forms” and towards the end of the long list of forms you w
