Pan American Bank continues to help lawful residents become citizens

Pan American Bank is to continue to extend microloans to lawful permanent residents through the Citizenship Microloan Program.

Pan American Bank is to continue to extend microloans to lawful permanent residents through the Citizenship Microloan Program.
Developed in the summer 2011 in response to requests from local elected officials and community organisations, the Pan American Bank Citizenship Microloan Program provides a low-cost loan to lawful permanent residents eligible for naturalisation.

"For a great number of lawful permanent residents the only obstacle to naturalisation is the application fee. Across the country there are over eight million lawful permanent residents that are currently eligible for citizenship – 2.4 million in California," said Pan American Bank CEO Jesse Torres.

The loan of $1,000 is to cover the $680 fee to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services with the remaining $320 to finance additional costs such as citizenship or English language classes.

Pan American Bank receives a consistent flow of applications for the Citizenship Microloan as a result of its close relationships with community-based organisations that serve the immigrant community.

Pan American Bank has a network of eight branches across East Los Angeles, California.

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