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Were you a Nazi? And other questions from the U.S. citizenship application

caption: Abdulai Yakubu came to the U.S. to pursue a Masters in Public Administration at Cornell. The plan was to go back to Ghana, but then he decided to apply for citizenship. Click or tap to see some of his answers on the citizenship form.
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Abdulai Yakubu came to the U.S. to pursue a Masters in Public Administration at Cornell. The plan was to go back to Ghana, but then he decided to apply for citizenship. Click or tap to see some of his answers on the citizenship form.
KUOW PHOTO / AMINA IBRAHIM

The process of immigrating to the U.S. is complicated and getting harder all the time. Abdulai Yakubu immigrated from Ghana to go to Cornell University and ended up in Seattle.

He has made it most of the way through the immigration process. Now he’s now wading through the questions of the U.S. Application for Naturalization. Click or tap on the photos above to see his answers.

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