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                    [ArticleID] => 217498
                    [Title] => Persons with certain disabilities may obtain oath waiver for naturalization
                    [Summary] => In the past, the oath of citizenship was required for all naturalization applicants.  The failure to fulfill this requirement could be a ground for denial of naturalization.  Certain disabled applicants were unable to become citizens because they could not personally express the intent or voluntary assent to the oath requirement.
                    [DatePublished] => 2003-08-17 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Michael J. Gurfinkel
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                    [ArticleID] => 215911
                    [Title] => Is it ‘safe’ for me to apply for naturalization?
                    [Summary] => Dear Atty. Gurfinkel:


I was petitioned by my parent as "single", but I was actually married. After getting my greencard, I returned to the Philippines, and married my spouse a second time.

I was also convicted of some crimes in the U.S., but, in my mind, those convictions are really no big deal. Besides, they were all expunged, so they should now be "erased" from my record.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134402 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805111 [AuthorName] => Michael J. Gurfinkel [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 214389 [Title] => RP 4th in number of legal US immigrants [Summary] => The Philippines is now the fourth largest group of legal migrants to the United States, according to the US Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS).

Excluding illegal immigrants, 51,308 Filipinos migrated to the US last year, the fourth largest group of immigrants behind Mexico (219,380), India, (71,105) and China (61,282).

The Philippines belonged to a group of five countries that accounted for 40 percent of the 1,063,732 people who immigrated to the US last year, the BCIS said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 197342 [Title] => Good-bye, INS/ Hello, BCIS [Summary] => As of March 1, 2003, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) will cease to exist. In its place, there will be three separate (and newly-created) bureaus, which will be under the umbrella of the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS). These new agencies will not only take over various functions of INS, but will also include or combine functions of various other governmental agencies.

The new agencies replacing INS are:

1. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS).
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                    [Title] => Is it ‘safe’ for me to apply for naturalization?
                    [Summary] => Dear Atty. Gurfinkel:


I was petitioned by my parent as "single", but I was actually married. After getting my greencard, I returned to the Philippines, and married my spouse a second time.

I was also convicted of some crimes in the U.S., but, in my mind, those convictions are really no big deal. Besides, they were all expunged, so they should now be "erased" from my record.
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Excluding illegal immigrants, 51,308 Filipinos migrated to the US last year, the fourth largest group of immigrants behind Mexico (219,380), India, (71,105) and China (61,282).

The Philippines belonged to a group of five countries that accounted for 40 percent of the 1,063,732 people who immigrated to the US last year, the BCIS said.
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The new agencies replacing INS are:

1. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS).
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