(Rockville, Maryland) On November 14, 2009, for the first time, a coalition of six Asian Pacific Islander organizations held a Citizenship Day event w

(Rockville, Maryland) On November 14, 2009, for the first time, a coalition of six Asian Pacific Islander organizations held a Citizenship Day event with panelists from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services- Baltimore Office; Maryland Governor's Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs; Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center; and South Asian Americans Leading Together. The panelists explained the naturalization requirements and processes from initial submission of applications through citizenship interviews in many different Asian languages including Hind/Urdu; Korean; Mandarin Chinese; and Vietnamese. After the panel discussion, community members were given the opportunity to meet with immigration pro bono attorneys individually to inquire about specific questions with the help of interpreters.