QUESTION about citizenship through marriage

[jessica83 0]

I have my 10-year permanent resident card (greencard) based on marriage, and my marriage has been more than 3 years already. So I'm planning to apply for citizenship, but i dun know what else of evident or document do I need for N-400 form. Do i have to attach all my marriage evident to n-400?? Or mail the n-400 by its self?? I am very confused about it... please is there anyone who can help me.. thx !

[YuAndDan 153]

USCIS has a great check list here:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00048f3d6a1RCRD

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=36315 (Not enough doing them through Naturalization)

Edited May 16, 2008 by YuAndDan

[NickD 203]

Ha, just send everything you sent for your I-130/I-485, your I-751, and any updates since then. If you are young and got married when you started, probably have five kids already, and maybe even some in college. Baby birth certificates are real winners with the USCIS. So are joint tax returns. Yeah, they want a copy of your marriage certificate again, too, and if previously divorced, all those divorce papers.

M-476 can be downloaded, a 65 page manual, and tells you exactly what to send.

[jessica83 0]

thx sooo much!! i got everything and ready to send. But actually we dun have child since my husband and I are young couple.

[jessica83 0]

also i forgot to mention that... on n-400 form page 5 , Question G, "how many times has your current spouse been married?" ... if my husband has only one marriage (current marriage w/ me), and has never been marrieage before.. so in the box should we type 1 or 0??

[Waiting4GC 0]

also i forgot to mention that... on n-400 form page 5 , Question G, "how many times has your current spouse been married?" ... if my husband has only one marriage (current marriage w/ me), and has never been marrieage before.. so in the box should we type 1 or 0??

It should be 1 since he married you.

[Ilona 0]

Ha, just send everything you sent for your I-130/I-485, your I-751, and any updates since then. If you are young and got married when you started, probably have five kids already, and maybe even some in college. Baby birth certificates are real winners with the USCIS. So are joint tax returns. Yeah, they want a copy of your marriage certificate again, too, and if previously divorced, all those divorce papers.

M-476 can be downloaded, a 65 page manual, and tells you exactly what to send.

Hello, Everyone!

I just moved from the "Removing of conditions "forum to this one, cause I recently got my 10 year card based on my marriage and I am considering applying for citizenship, cause its been more then 3 years since we got married!

I read the instructions carefully and I also tried to look for that info here ,but I couldn't find the exact answer!

Does anybody know, when you send them your Tax Returns are they supposed to be for the past 3 years, the bank accounts- for the past 3 years or only for that period that you were waiting for the conditions to be removed,since they have all that paperwork already? Same thing for the lease-do I send just the current one or again for the past 3 years?

Thanks to all that will answer and I am looking forward to share this journey with the people in this forum!

[motu 6]

Does anybody know, when you send them your Tax Returns are they supposed to be for the past 3 years, the bank accounts- for the past 3 years or only for that period that you were waiting for the conditions to be removed,since they have all that paperwork already? Same thing for the lease-do I send just the current one or again for the past 3 years?

Thanks to all that will answer and I am looking forward to share this journey with the people in this forum!

Just send bank statements for the period in question e.g. one form 2 years ago, one form one year ago and one recent (something like that); I made sure and sent three years tax return (even though they have them from before) I just wanted this packet to be complete. You can send lease statements for the period or just the last one - depending on how much other proof you have. Good Luck

[Ilona 0]

Does anybody know, when you send them your Tax Returns are they supposed to be for the past 3 years, the bank accounts- for the past 3 years or only for that period that you were waiting for the conditions to be removed,since they have all that paperwork already? Same thing for the lease-do I send just the current one or again for the past 3 years?

Thanks to all that will answer and I am looking forward to share this journey with the people in this forum!

Just send bank statements for the period in question e.g. one form 2 years ago, one form one year ago and one recent (something like that); I made sure and sent three years tax return (even though they have them from before) I just wanted this packet to be complete. You can send lease statements for the period or just the last one - depending on how much other proof you have. Good Luck

Thanks, Motu!

What do you mean by "other proof"? I am not planing to send anything more or less then the 4 things they require-which is- Tax Returns, Bank Account, lease or mortgage and divorce papers if applicable(not in my case) and thats it!

I am not sending any phone or utility bills or any photos. I am going to have those with me on the interview and show them only if requested! It is just that I have found in my dealings with the USCIS that the more you deviate from their specific requests, the more unwanted questions and confusion arise later, dint you think so?

[NickD 203]

Jessica, most of your questions will be answered by downloading this 65 page book:

www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

That was mentioned in the N-400 instruction sheet, A Guide to Naturalization", ha, I thought by carefully reading and following all the instructions with the N-400, that would be it, then I had to download and print a book too?

Then the proof they want depends upon your circumstance, and it is all mixed together, so you have to pick out what applies to you, underline it, and make sure it is in your packet.

I tossed in a couple of extra things, like downloading our property tax assessors valuation of our home with my wife's name on it, photos from Walgreens at 19 cents each of my family camping, and with our home in the background that matched the tax assessor's photo, that had the URL so they could check it out for themselves, and the photos to let them know we are real people and not just names and numbers on a form. Ha, and made sure the passport photos were of the same woman that was in the photos with me, our daughter, and dog.

During our interview, noticed the interviewer really liked looking at our photos, especially of our wedding with over 200 guests attending.