USCIS Media Campaign Highlights Citizenship Info, Tools
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a series of promotional materials on July 6, 2015, as part of its Citizenship Public Education and Awareness Initiative.
The effort is intended to raise awareness about the rights, responsibilities and importance of U.S. citizenship and provide information on the naturalization process and USCIS educational resources. The promotional campaign guides lawful permanent residents to the USCIS Citizenship Resource Center for “official, accurate and reliable information on citizenship and naturalization topics.”
The media campaign includes print and digital advertisements in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese; radio public service announcements in Spanish and Chinese; and video public service announcements in English and Spanish. Online digital advertisements will run until August 15, 2015. A second phase will begin in September, and will include additional print and digital media spots.
USCIS said this campaign “is part of a larger effort to demystify the [naturalization] process and provide lawful permanent residents with information to protect themselves against the unauthorized practice of immigration law.”
USCIS noted that an estimated 8.8 million lawful permanent residents are eligible to apply for citizenship, and the median time spent as a lawful permanent resident before becoming a U.S. citizen is seven years.
- Immigrant-serving organizations and members of the media interested in donating media space should email norine.w.han@uscis.dhs.gov.
- The Citizenship Resource Center is available at http://www.uscis.gov/citizenship.
- To view the video public service announcements, see the Video PSAs Web page at http://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/see-all-section-items-title-right/Video%20PSAs/86344?destination=node/41137.
- More information on the Citizenship Public Education and Awareness Initiative is available at http://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/organizations/citizenship-public-education-and-awareness-initiative.
