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Mitra Shavarini

Posted inImmigration, Opinion

Cost of citizenship application is barrier for many

by Mitra Shavarini October 20, 2022

About 30,000 people living in Boston are eligible for US citizenship. Nationwide, more than 9 million people are eligible to apply for American citizenship, and yet less than 10 percent of them apply each year. Why? For far too many, the impediment is the $725 fee that US Citizenship and Immigration Services  charges to process […]

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