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Additional Information about You: Form N-400 Part 12 – Simple English Translations (Revision 4-22-18)

THIS IS THE N-400 QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YES / NO

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1. Have you ever claimed to be a Did you ever say you were a Yes No

U.S. citizen? U.S. citizen?

2. Have you ever registered to vote in Did you ever sign up to vote Yes No

any Federal, state or local election in the United States? in the United States?

3. Have you ever voted in any Did you ever choose a new Yes No

Federal, state or local election in leader in a U.S. election? the United States?

4. Do you now have, or did you ever Do you have a title, like a Yes No

have, a hereditary title or an order prince or princess? of nobility in any foreign country?

5. Have you ever been declared Were you ever legally Yes No

legally incompetent or been insane? confined to a mental institution? Were you ever very mentally ill? 6. Do you owe any overdue Federal, Do you owe late taxes? Yes No

state or local taxes?

7. Have you ever not filed a Federal, This question is confusing. Yes No

state or local tax return since you You can say, for example: became a lawful permanent • I work and I pay taxes. resident? • I don’t work. My wife pays taxes. • I don’t work. My daughter supports me and pays taxes. • My husband and I pay taxes together.

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THIS IS THE N-400 QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YES / NO

D D 8. Have you ever called yourself a On a tax form, did you ever Yes No

“non-U.S. resident” on a Federal, say you didn’t live in the state or local tax return since you United States? became a lawful permanent resident? 9. Have you ever been a member of, Are you a member of an Yes No

involved in, or in any way organized group of people? associated with, any organization, Were you ever a member of association, fund, foundation, any organized group of party, club or similar group in the people? United States or in any other location in the world? 10.A. Have you ever been a member • No freedom. Yes No

of, or in any way associated with • No democracy. (either directly or indirectly) the • For example Cuba or Communist Party? North Korea. What is communism? 10.B. Have you ever been a member • A totalitarian Yes No

of, or in any way associated with government controls (either directly or indirectly) any everything people do. other totalitarian Party? What is totalitarian? 10.C. Have you ever been a member Terrorists kill many people. Yes No

of, or in any way associated with (either directly or indirectly) a Example: September 11, terrorist organization? 2001 What is terrorism? 11. Have you ever advocated Did you ever tell people to Yes No

(directly or indirectly) the change a government by overthrow of any government by force? force or violence?

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THIS IS THE N-400 QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YES / NO

D D 12. Have you ever persecuted any person Did you ever discriminate Yes No because of race, religion, national origin, against people because you didn’t membership in a particular social group, like their race, religion, country of or political opinion? origin, social or political group?

What is persecute or discriminate? Be bad to people because you don't like their race or religion, for example. What is race? Examples: • Black people • White people • Asian people What is a social group? Examples: • Poor people • Rich people • Educated people • Farmers What is a political group? Examples: • Democrat • Republican • Communist

What is national origin? The country where you were born, for example: • El Salvador • China • Haiti 13. Between March 23, 1933 and May 8, Did you help or work for the Nazi Yes No 1945, did you work for or associate in government of Germany?

any way with the Nazi government of Germany?

What is the Nazi government of Germany? The Nazi government of Germany killed many people because of their religion or political group. They started World War II.

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THIS IS THE N-400 QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YES / NO

D D 14.A. Have you ever been involved in Did you ever try to kill all the Yes No

any way with genocide? people of the same group?

14.B. Have you ever been involved in Did you ever do something Yes No

any way with torture? very terrible to another person?

14. C. Have you ever been involved in Kill means make someone Yes No

any way with killing, or trying to die. kill, someone?

What does kill mean? 14. 14.D. Have you ever been involved in Did you ever hurt someone Yes No

any way with badly hurting, or very much because you trying to hurt a person on purpose? wanted to?

14.E. Have you ever been involved in Did you ever force someone Yes No

any way with forcing, or trying to to have sex? force, someone to have any kind of sexual contact or relations?

14 F. Have you ever been involved in Did you ever stop someone Yes No

any way with not letting someone from practicing their religion? practice their religion?

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THIS IS THE N-400 QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YES / NO

D D 15.a. Have you ever participated or Did you ever work for the Yes No

served in a military unit? military in any country? What is military? People who protect the

country. 15.b. Have you ever participated in a Did you ever use weapons Yes No

paramilitary unit? and act like the military but you were not in the military?

15.c.Have you ever participated or Were you police officer in Yes No

served in a police unit? any country? The police stop crime. What is police? People who stop crime. 15.d. Have you ever participated or Did and your neighbors ever Yes No

served in a self-defense unit? come together to protect your community from crime or violence? 15.e. Have you ever participated in a Did you ever act like the Yes No

vigilante unit? police but you were not the police? 15.f. Have you ever participated or Did you and other people Yes No

served in a rebel group? ever fight against the government? 15.g. Have you ever participated in a Did you and other people Yes No

guerrilla group? ever fight against the government? 15.h. Have you ever participated or Were you ever a member of Yes No

served in a militia? a group of people who fought with weapons?

15.i. Have you ever participated in an Did you and other people Yes No

insurgent group? ever fight against the government?.

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THIS IS THE N-400 QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YES / NO

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What is a jail? a place for people who are arrested for a crime.

What is a prison? a place for people who are convicted of a crime.

16.a. Have you ever been a worker, Were you ever a soldier, Yes No volunteer or soldier in a prison or worker or helper in a prison jail? or jail?

16.b. Have you ever been a worker, Were you ever a soldier, Yes No volunteer or soldier in a prison worker or helper in a prison camp? for enemy soldiers?

16.c. Have you ever been a worker, Were you ever a soldier, Yes No volunteer or soldier in a detention worker or helper in a place facility? where people are not free to leave? 16.d. Have you ever been a worker, Were you ever a soldier, Yes No volunteer or soldier in a labor worker or helper in a place camp? where people are forced to work? 16.e. Have you ever been a worker, Were you ever a soldier, Yes No volunteer or soldier in any other worker or helper in any place place where people are forced to where people were not free stay? to leave?

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THIS IS THE N-400 QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YES / NO

D D gang a group of bad people who have weapons and commit crimes threaten tell a person you will hurt them if they don’t do what you want 17. Were you ever a part of any group, or did Were you ever a member of a you ever help any group, unit or organization gang or group of people with Yes No that used a weapon against any person or weapons, and did these people threatened to do so? use weapons to hurt other people or threaten other people?

If you answered NO to Question 17, they won't ask you 17.a. or 17.b. 17.a. If you answered yes, when were you If you answered YES, did you a part of this group, (or when you helped this hurt someone with a weapon at Yes No group), did you use a weapon against any that time? person?

17.b. If you answered yes,, when were you If you answered YES, did you tell a part of this group, (or when you helped this another person you would hurt Yes No group), did you did you tell another person them with a weapon? you would use a weapon against that person?

18. Did you ever sell, give or provide Did you ever sell, give or help weapons to any person? someone get weapons? Yes No

If you answered NO to Question 18, they won't ask you 18.a. or 18.b. 18.a. If you answered yes, did you know If you answered yes, did you that this person was going to use the know this person would hurt Yes No weapons against another person? someone with the weapons?

18.b. If you answered yes, did you know If you answered yes, did you that this person was going to sell or give the know this person would sell or Yes No weapons to someone who was going to use give the weapons to another them against another person? person who would hurt someone with the weapons?

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THESE ARE THE WORDS. WHAT DO THEY MEAN?

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Receive training Learn how to do something.

Military Government soldiers who protect the country.

Paramilitary A group of people who act like a military group but these people were not part of the official military.

Act like the military Do the same things as the military.

Weapons Guns, bombs, knives, tanks, and other things that kill or destroy

Receive military training Learn how to be a soldier

Receive paramilitary training Learn how to do the same things as a soldier

Receive weapons training Learn how to use guns, bombs, knives, tanks, and other things that kill or destroy

19. Did you ever receive any type of Did people ever train you to military, paramilitary (a group of be a soldier, to do the same people who act like a military group thing as a soldier or to use but they are not part of the official weapons? military), or weapons training?

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THIS IS THE N-400 QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YES / NO

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Recruit a person under 15 years of age to Ask or tell a child to work for or serve in or help an armed force or group help people with weapons

Enlist a person under 15 years of age to Sign up a child to work for or serve in or help an armed force or group help people with weapons

Conscript a person under 15 years of age Force a child to work for or help to serve in or help an armed force or group people with weapons

Group Many people together

Armed group A group of people with weapons

Armed force A group of people who fight with weapons

Serve in an armed force or armed group Be part of a group of people who fight with weapons

20. Did you ever recruit, enlist, conscript or Did you ever ask or force a child Yes No use any person under 15 years of age to to join a group of people with serve in or help an armed force or group? weapons?

Combat Fighting (with weapons)

21. Did you ever use any person under 15 Did you ever use a child to help Yes No years of age to do anything that helped people who were fighting? or supported people in combat?

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THIS IS THE N-400 QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YES / NO

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22. Have you EVER committed, assisted Did you ever break the law, help Yes No in committing, or attempted to commit, someone break the law, or try to a crime or offense for which you were break the law but you were not NOT arrested? arrested?

23. Have you EVER been arrested, cited, Were you ever stopped or taken Yes No or detained by any law enforcement to jail by the police, the officer (including immigration official or immigration or the U.S. military? any official of the U.S. armed forces) for any reason?

24. Have you EVER been charged with Did you ever have to go to court Yes No committing, attempting to commit, or for breaking the law, trying to assisting in committing any crime or break the law or helping offense? someone break the law?

25. Have you EVER been convicted of a Did a jury ever say you were Yes No crime or offense? guilty of a crime?

26. Have you EVER been placed in an Did a judge ever tell you to Yes No alternative sentencing or rehabilitative participate in a program to make program, (for example, diversion, you a better person? deferred prosecution, withheld adjudication, deferred adjudication)?

27.a. Have you EVER received a Were you ever convicted of a Yes No suspended sentence, been placed on crime and the court supervised probation, or been paroled? you for many months or years?

27.b. If you answered yes, have you If you answered yes, did you Yes No completed the probation or parole? finish the probation or parole?

28.a. Have you EVER been in jail or Yes No prison?

28.b. If you answered yes, how long were Yes No you in jail or prison?

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THIS IS THE N-400 QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YES / NO

D D 30.A. Have you ever been a habitual Did you ever drink too much Yes No

drunkard? alcohol every day? 30.B. Have you ever been a Did you ever have sex for Yes No

prostitute or procured anyone for money, pay for sex, or help prostitution? someone get sex for money?

30.C. Have you ever sold or Did you ever sell or transport Yes No

smuggled controlled substances, drugs, for example cocaine illegal drugs, or narcotics? or marijuana? 30.D. Have you ever been married to Did you ever have more than Yes No

more than one person at the same one wife or more than one time? husband at the same time?

30.E. Have you ever married Did you ever marry someone Yes No

someone in order to obtain an to get a green card, for immigration benefit? example?

30. F. Have you ever helped anyone Did you ever break the law to Yes No

to enter, or try to enter, the United help someone come across States illegally? the border into the U.S.?

30.G. Have you ever gambled Did you ever play games for Yes No

illegally or received income from money outside a legal casino illegal gambling? or racetrack?

30.H. Have you ever failed to Did you ever refuse to Yes No

support your dependents or to pay support your children or your alimony? divorced spouse?

30.I. Have you ever made any Did you ever lie to the Yes No

misrepresentation to obtain any government to get food public benefit in the United States? stamps or other help?

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THIS IS THE N-400 QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YES / NO

D D false not true

fraudulent not true

misleading not true

a lie something that is not true

U.S. Government official someone who works for the

U.S. Government 31. Have you ever given any U.S. Did you ever tell a U.S. Yes No Government officials any information Government official something that was false, fraudulent or that was not true? misleading? gain get gain entry or admission to the United come into the United States

States gain immigration benefits get immigration benefits

32. Have you ever lied to any U.S. Did you ever lie to the U.S. Yes No

Government officials to gain entry or Government to come into the admission into the United States or U.S. or to get immigration to gain immigration benefits while benefits? in the United States? leave go away removed from the United States forced to leave the United

States deported from the United States forced to go back to your

country excluded from the United States stopped from coming into the

United States

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THIS IS THE N-400 QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YES / NO

D D 33. Have you ever been removed, Were you ever forced to leave Yes No

excluded or deported from the the U.S. or stopped from United States? coming into the United States? ordered removed told to go away

ordered excluded told not to come to a place

ordered deported told to go back to your country

34. Have you ever been ordered Did the Government ever tell Yes No

removed, excluded or deported you to leave the U.S., not come from the United States? to the U.S. or go back to your country? removal proceedings legal process to make you leave the U.S. exclusion proceedings legal process to stop you from coming to the U.S. rescission proceedings legal process to cancel your immigration status (for example, your green card) deportation proceedings legal process to send you back to your country 35. Have you ever been placed in Did the U.S. Government ever Yes No removal, exclusion, rescission or begin the process to make you deportation proceedings from the leave the U.S., stop you from U.S.? coming to the U.S., cancel your legal immigration status or make you go back to your country? 36. Are removal, exclusion, rescission or Is the U.S. Government now Yes No deportation proceedings currently trying to make you leave the pending against you? U.S., stop you from coming to the U.S., cancel your legal immigration status or send you back to your country?

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37. Have you ever served in the U.S. Did you ever work for the Yes No

armed forces? U.S. military?

38. Are you currently a member of the Do you work for the U.S. Yes No

U.S. armed forces? military now?

38. B. If you answered YES, are you If you answered YES, is the Yes No

scheduled to deploy overseas, military sending you outside including to a vessel, in the next the U.S. before 3 months three months? from now? 38. C. If you answered YES, are you If you answered YES, are Yes No

currently stationed overseas? you outside the country now?

39. Have you ever been court- Were you ever punished or Yes No

martialed, administratively fired from the U.S. military? separated, or disciplined, or have you received an other than honorable discharge, while in the U.S. armed forces? 40. Have you ever been discharged Were you ever fired from the Yes No

from training or service in the U.S. U.S. military because you armed forces because you were an were from another country? alien? 41. Have you ever left the United Did you ever go away from Yes No

States to avoid being drafted in the United States because the U.S. armed forces? you didn't want to work for the U.S. military? 42. Have you ever applied for any kind Did you ever apply to be Yes No

of exemption from military service excused from working for the in the U.S. armed forces? U.S. military?

43. Have you ever deserted from the Did you ever run away from Yes No

U.S. armed forces? your job in the U.S. military?

44. Are you a male who lived in the Are you a man? Did you live Yes No

United States at anytime between in the U.S. when you were your 18th and 26th birthdays? from 18 to 26 years old?

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Oath Promise Oath of Allegiance Promise to be loyal 45. Do you support the Constitution Do you accept the Constitution and and form of Government of the United Government of the United States? States? 46. Do you understand the full Oath Do you understand the promises you of Allegiance to the United States? will make in the Oath of Allegiance?

47. Are you willing to take the full Will you say the Oath of Allegiance? Oath of Allegiance to the United Will you promise to be loyal to the States? United States? Bear arms Use weapons Required by law The Government says you must do it. 48. If the law requires it, are you If the Government needs your help, willing to bear arms on behalf of the will you use weapons to fight in the United States? U.S. military? Noncombatant work Not fighting Perform noncombatant work Work for the military but you don’t fight. 49. If the law requires it, are you If the Government needs your help, willing to perform noncombatant will you help the U.S. military? services in the U.S. armed forces? Under civilian direction Directed by the police or government, NOT the military. 50. If the law requires it, are you If the Government needs your help, willing to perform work of national will you do important work for the importance under civilian direction? United States?