Background The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) processes Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, which is the primary form used by lawful permanent residents to apply for U.S. citizenship. While USCIS occasionally updates forms and procedures, a complete suspension of accepting new citizenship applications would be unprecedented in recent history.

Resolution Criteria

• Market resolves YES if USCIS officially announces a complete suspension of accepting new N-400 naturalization applications for 30 or more consecutive days before January 2026

• Temporary technical issues, website maintenance, or government shutdowns that don't officially suspend application acceptance do not count

• Partial suspensions (e.g., only at certain field offices) do not count

• The suspension must specifically prevent the acceptance of new applications (delays in processing existing applications do not count)

• Resolution will be based on official USCIS announcements and policy changes as published on uscis.gov/newsroom