Questions at citizenship interview about marriage in US

[roscove 0]

Hello,

When I married my wife (US citizen) I was living in Germany, she in the US. We got married in Vegas. I entered the US on the visa wavier program (Due to being Irish) got married and left within the 90 day period. I had confirmed with the embassy and the state department website and they all confirmed that was legal and I did not need a finance visa since I wasn't planning on staying in the US. My wife soon followed me to Germany.

I later applied to get my green card based on my marriage to my wife while we were living in Germany. The fact of how we got married never was raised as a problem or an issue by the embassy. Neither was it raised when I removed conditions last year.

Now that I am applying for citizenship and got a note stating after a review of my paperwork they want me to bring all of my passports to the interview I am becoming paranoid. Does anyone have experience with marriage this way and if so was it an issue at the interview?

Thanks,

Dave

[NickD 203]

Hello,

When I married my wife (US citizen) I was living in Germany, she in the US. We got married in Vegas. I entered the US on the visa wavier program (Due to being Irish) got married and left within the 90 day period. I had confirmed with the embassy and the state department website and they all confirmed that was legal and I did not need a finance visa since I wasn't planning on staying in the US. My wife soon followed me to Germany.

I later applied to get my green card based on my marriage to my wife while we were living in Germany. The fact of how we got married never was raised as a problem or an issue by the embassy. Neither was it raised when I removed conditions last year.

Now that I am applying for citizenship and got a note stating after a review of my paperwork they want me to bring all of my passports to the interview I am becoming paranoid. Does anyone have experience with marriage this way and if so was it an issue at the interview?

Thanks,

Dave

Something about citizenship where you have to live in the USA a predetermined length of time, is covered in the M-476 manual and the N-400 instructions with some exceptions working for the US government or some other related jobs.

[eau_xplain 2]

Hello,

When I married my wife (US citizen) I was living in Germany, she in the US. We got married in Vegas. I entered the US on the visa wavier program (Due to being Irish) got married and left within the 90 day period. I had confirmed with the embassy and the state department website and they all confirmed that was legal and I did not need a finance visa since I wasn't planning on staying in the US. My wife soon followed me to Germany.

I later applied to get my green card based on my marriage to my wife while we were living in Germany. The fact of how we got married never was raised as a problem or an issue by the embassy. Neither was it raised when I removed conditions last year.

Now that I am applying for citizenship and got a note stating after a review of my paperwork they want me to bring all of my passports to the interview I am becoming paranoid. Does anyone have experience with marriage this way and if so was it an issue at the interview?

Thanks,

Dave

Dave, the manner of your wedding will have a bearing on your N400 application only if it raises doubts on the legality of your marriage. I don't think this is true in your case. Just be sure to bring originals of the documents that you sent with the N400 proving joint finances, joint liabilities and joint ownership of assets.

[MargotDarko 0]

It is absolutely not a problem that the marriage took place in the US when you were here on the visa wavier programme, especially since you left the US before your I-94 expired. Don't sweat it!

You may see people say it's fraud to enter the US under the visa wavier programme and get married, but that is totally false. It would only be fraud if you had intent to immigrate and then tried to adjust status to permanent resident on that same trip based on the marriage. Does that make sense?

[lucyrich 20]

Now that I am applying for citizenship and got a note stating after a review of my paperwork they want me to bring all of my passports to the interview I am becoming paranoid.

Others have addressed other aspects of this. I'll just note that the request for all previous passports was also on Lucy's interview letter. Or maybe it was at some other point in the process, but I definitely remember seeing it. I believe it's a standard part of the normal paperwork, so don't read any more into it than that.

[bggirl 0]

Now that I am applying for citizenship and got a note stating after a review of my paperwork they want me to bring all of my passports to the interview I am becoming paranoid.

Others have addressed other aspects of this. I'll just note that the request for all previous passports was also on Lucy's interview letter. Or maybe it was at some other point in the process, but I definitely remember seeing it. I believe it's a standard part of the normal paperwork, so don't read any more into it than that.

What happens if I don't have all my passports? When my passport expired two years ago, and I applied for a new one, they took my old one. I don't think there is a way to get it back- it's probably destroyed by now. So two of my travels are not in my current passport. Also, there is only one stamp for being admitted to the country from last year, but just the sticker on the back from this year. No record of when I left the country, though. How would I prove when I left and entered if they want me to??

I am already starting to freak out and I am only at the very beginning of this

[roscove 0]

Hello all,

Thanks for the responses. I feel a lot better now.

Thanks,

Dave