{"id":12039,"date":"2018-08-18T14:29:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T14:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/18\/discharged-army-specialist-is-granted-citizenship\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:39:14","slug":"discharged-army-specialist-is-granted-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/08\/18\/discharged-army-specialist-is-granted-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"Discharged Army specialist is granted citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LOS ANGELES \u2014 A South Korean-born U.S. Army specialist<\/a> who sued after the military moved to discharge her has been granted citizenship, her attorneys said Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yea Ji Sea, 29, had filed a lawsuit last month demanding a response to her citizenship application. She came to the country as a child on a visitor visa and held other visas before enlisting in 2013 under a special government program for foreign citizens<\/a> who want to serve in the U.S. military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the program, recruits agreed in their enlistment contracts to apply to naturalize as soon as their honorable service was certified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her lawsuit alleged that that the government improperly failed to process her citizenship application. Earlier this week, a federal judge ruled immigration officials had three weeks to decide whether to approve the citizenship application or explain the delay to the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\t