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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois will welcome 60 new citizens during a naturalization ceremony at the Old State Capitol. 

Citizenship candidates will be coming from the following 18 countries: 

  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Congo (Kinshasa) 
  • Croatia
  • Dominican Republic
  • Germany 
  • India 
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Mexico
  • Nepal 
  • Pakistan
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Russia 
  • South Korea
  • United Kingdom
  • Vietnam

The ceremony will be held at the Old State Capitol, 526 E Adams St. at 11 a.m. on April 22. 

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