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Pros:
Right to vote Opportunity to hold public office Opportunity to most jobs in federal government that are denied to non-citizens Right to some jobs in state and local government that are denied to non-citizens A single $500 traffic offense can in theory be enough to deport an LPR. The USA has lots of laws and eventually everyone breaks one of them Opportunity to petition a K-1 fiance(e) Opportunity to petition certain relatives that LPRs cannot Higher preference category for certain other family petitions Two passports means when one isn't available (being renewed, waiting on a visa stamp, lost, stolen), the other can be used to travel. E.g. if US passport is not available, use the UK passport to enter Mexico or Canada by land, and fly from there. On the return, walk into the USA with photo copy of the naturalization cert, suffer an hour in secondary, and head home. REAL-ID renewals are simpler (assuming you believe the government won't keep kicking the REAL-ID mandate down the road). Personally I will avoid REAL-ID for as long as possible. Mortgage applications since the PATRIOT act are easier for citizens No requirement to carry proof of lawful presence within the USA. Handy if you find yourself in an internal CBP check point Flexibility to travel internationally without worrying about the 180 day rule, the one year rule, the 2 year rule, and 50% rule Your spouse appears to be a UK citizen, and so the visa waivers are pretty much the same. Still from time to time there are significant differences with specific countries of destination: visa fees, authorized stay, etc. Remember the year Turkey and the USA stopped issuing visas to each other's citizens? Didn't affect me as a Canadian citizen. OTOH while I was an LPR, for a time, Canada and the gulf states were having a diplomatic row, and I wasn't able to transit through them. Easy for citizens to get a 10 year visa for India It is somewhat easier for US citizens to draw social security while abroad than it is for LPRs  Some states deny Medicaid (not the same as Medicare for which LPRs qualify) LPRs do get discriminated against in the work place, by land lords, lenders, etc. In some cases this is illegal and in others it is a grey area. Being a citizen takes care of that Security clearances are easier Certain federal offices are denied to LPRs. As a worker with a green card I could not visit NSA offices and some national laboratories. USA airports are constantly tweaking the passport control lanes. Sometimes citizens and LPRs can use the same lanes, and sometimes they cannot. CBP officers actually hate LPRs, which surprised me when I read this admission:     Cons:
Must serve on juries. In 2020, I was on call for state and federal jury duty and being stranded for two weeks was a drag. And that was with Covid. It will be worse post-Covid. Passport fees basically double  Renouncing green card status is cheaper than renouncing US citizenship Some customer related job tasks at some employers require "US Citizens on US soil".  As one of the few US citizens where I work, I get stuck with software bug troubleshooting while the non-citizens get to work on cool stuff.  Presenting a green card upon returning to the USA is just easier than handing over a passport.  Non Issues / No difference
There is a myth that being a US citizen means you have to suddenly pay / file taxes on world wide income and thus that is a disadvantage relative to being an LPR. No, LPRs as US Persons are subject to the same rule LPRs, like citizens are subject to the same restrictions about traveling to Cuba FBAR/FATCA/FINCEN: same for both citizens and LPRs Global Entry: yes LPRs can get it  

PROs.

A US citizen can't be deported and never has to deal with US immigration.  A green card holder can be deported and has to renew his green card every 10 years.

A US citizen can vote.  An LPR could get in lots of trouble for voting.  

A US citizen can live outside the US and has the right to enter the US.  A green card holder must live in the US and have trouble entering the US especially if he is outside the US for more than a year.

Some jobs require US citizenship.  
 
CONS.

A US citizen must report worldwide income.  An LPR does too.  However, the LPR can escape US taxation by giving up his LPR status.  
 
Getting US citizenship may result in losing foreign citizenship when those foreign countries do not allow for dual citizenship (China, Japan, etc.).

This is awesome! Congrats @J91939!
 
I won't be joining the N-400 February 2021 filers forum for a good reason!
We are about to sell our house and move to a different state. Plus, we just found out I am pregnant! Just too much on our plates right now. I'll probably be joining the June/July filers but I will keep an eye on the February filers  
 
Good luck to y'all!

congratz 

Just checked today and new card is being produced!!! Filed Feb 28, 2020 and transferred Dec 16th, 2020. Good luck everyone!

Congrats! Good news! The wait is over at least for now.

Thank you! Mine is two business days later.
I was gonna say something like it looked promising but maybe a bit naive. Then I double checked the USCIS website. And I can't believe it. New card is being produced!!!!!!
 

Long time lurker checking in to show my I-751 timeline. 
 
02/05/2020 - I-751 received 
05/13/2020 - Fingerprints "taken" (applied from previous biometrics)
06/02/2020 - Change address request assigned to officer
06/02/2020 - Change address request complete 
12/02/2020 - New card ordered 
12/03/2020 - I-751 approved 
12/05/2020 - New card mailed 
12/09/2020 - USPS shows new card should be delivered today
 
See you at the N-400 forum!
 
 

Just checked today and new card is being produced!!! Filed Feb 28, 2020 and transferred Dec 16th, 2020. Good luck everyone!

I'm sure it's any minute for you now! I never receive the letter notice of case transfer so I filed a complaint online. Not sure if the complaint speed up anything.  

Just checked today and new card is being produced!!! Filed Feb 28, 2020 and transferred Dec 16th, 2020. Good luck everyone!

Just checked today and new card is being produced!!! Filed Feb 28, 2020 and transferred Dec 16th, 2020. Good luck everyone!

I just filled mine, ROC went through in 2013 and I've just been sitting on this for a REALLY long time. I decided that I would fill in the paperwork as soon as I felt comfortable pledging allegiance to the country again, which was confirmed last week... 😁
 
I cannot get over how much EASIER the online thing is! I would have like to see a SAVE button to reassure me I could save and come back to it, but I've started and stalled on the paper version so many times that I basically had 90% of the answers already written somewhere. The extra delay meant that my previous 5 years of addresses and work history is MUCH simpler lmao.
 
Now we wait!

One thing i noticed is that; you'll be asked the complete 20 questions regardless of your score. So unlike the 2008 version where the questioning stops when you get the first 6, the questions will continue until all 20 questions have been asked.
 
 It's a waste of time, particularly for the AO and at a time when record cases are backlogged. 

Just checked today and new card is being produced!!! Filed Feb 28, 2020 and transferred Dec 16th, 2020. Good luck everyone!

Just checked today and new card is being produced!!! Filed Feb 28, 2020 and transferred Dec 16th, 2020. Good luck everyone!

Just checked today and new card is being produced!!! Filed Feb 28, 2020 and transferred Dec 16th, 2020. Good luck everyone!

Just checked today and new card is being produced!!! Filed Feb 28, 2020 and transferred Dec 16th, 2020. Good luck everyone!

I got transferred but have not filed for N400. My window opens in early Feb but will wait till ROC goes through. 

Also some countries do not recognize dual citizenship. Just taking some time to think about the big decision.   

Some news and Hope for December 2019 WAC filers. Screenshot from Facebook group from person living in Los Angeles who had interview during AOS
 

Same. I’m eligible to file for N-400 this coming April. Will also wait for ROC to be approved first 🤞🏼

I don't know if you guys know this, but on the USCIS tool, case tracker app, you can input your case and find the status of up to 500 cases after the inputted case number -- the tool also allows the user to filter by case type (I-751 for example).
 
What I noticed is that not all the ROC cases with the same time line as mine were transferred - which kind of explains why some cases are not transferred. 

Yeah! Great news! I filed last week of Feb 2020 and got transferred two weeks after your date around Dec 16, 2020. They reused my fingerprint back in Sep 2020. Waiting for the good news to happen, hopefully this month!

Yeah! Great news! I filed last week of Feb 2020 and got transferred two weeks after your date around Dec 16, 2020. They reused my fingerprint back in Sep 2020. Waiting for the good news to happen, hopefully this month!