Citizenship Resources Center

The new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Citizenship Resource Center is open for business.

Here is some of their propaganda, it looks like it’s a useful site: Helpful, well organized, clear.

USCIS is committed to making the naturalization process more meaningful and transparent for all applicants. Providing accurate and easily understandable information is the first step toward achieving this goal.

In an effort to provide learners, teachers and immigrant-serving organizations with a one-stop resource for citizenship information and educational materials, USCIS developed the Citizenship Resource Center. This free, easy-to-use website will help users better understand the citizenship process and gain the necessary skills required to be successful during the naturalization interview and test.

Aspiring citizens visiting the website will be able to:

* Learn about the naturalization process and testing requirements in clear language

* Locate appropriate test preparation materials

* Access interactive learning activities and multimedia resources

* Search for upcoming citizenship and naturalization-related events.

Educators visiting the website will be able to:

* Learn about the naturalization process and testing requirements

* Locate appropriate citizenship-focused teaching materials

* Access multimedia resources to supplement classroom instruction

* Identify free training and professional development opportunities.

Organizations visiting the website will be able to:

* Find information on USCIS grant programs and technical resources

* Locate grant application opportunities and program development content

* Browse success stories and promising practices for citizenship preparation from current and former USCIS grant recipients.

The Citizenship Resource Center was designed on a platform that can be improved over time and easily expanded to meet evolving needs. In the upcoming months, USCIS plans to introduce:

* Interactive learning activities for applicants;

* An online training course for volunteer instructors; and

* Short lesson plans and teaching tools for citizenship instructors.

Recognizing the continued demand for English language and citizenship instruction, USCIS partnered with the U.S. Department of Education to enhance the Web-based America's Literacy Directory to include a prominent citizenship class search function and an expanded list of program offerings. Through this joint effort, approximately 1,000 new citizenship programs have been added to the zip code searchable database.