Citizenship Filing

[jasminelily 1]

I know what the rules are ok... I looking for some who actually submitted ealier and was denied.. and obviously none of you who replied had this happen to you.. SO all of you are just making an assumption.

But I'm going with your all you advices and not Fedex'n her application until the day before the 90th day. Hopefully the center processes it right away and don't hold it for 15 days until the get the frist NOA out.

Thanks

If you know the rules, then follow them and stop asking stupid questions.

What else do you want to know? Whether you actually have to be married, or can you just be girlfriend and boyfriend for three years? Or can you file your N-400 based on the fact that you've owned a dog that was born in the US for the past three years? I mean, I'm sure that nobody here has tried to bend those rules either, but common sense tells us that the outcome wouldn't be good.

Something sounds odd here. While many people post and ask what happens if they file a couple of days early because of a miscalculation in their dates, you're actually trying to play the system and deliberately file incredibly early. Here’s what I think is going on – your wife has committed some form of crime and she’s trying to get through this process as quick as possible because if she is arrested prior to becoming a citizen, she’ll be denied citizenship and will end up being deported. You seem just a little too keen on getting through the process as quickly as possible, and typically there’s a reason for people wanting to do that. And typically, that reason is to make sure that something they’ve done won’t have immigration-related consequences.

(Oh, and if you bothered to search the internet - use the terms "N-400" and "early" - you'll find countless tales of people's applications being denied for early filing of even a day or two.)

THANK GOD! Someone here finally agrees with me. Thanks manty! I thought I was the only one here seeing the problem. Lots of nowadays!

[manty 0]

Glad there's more than one of us around too!

To me, the most annoying aspect is that it's queue jumping. The vast majority of us patiently wait until the proper time to file, and it's maddening to read posts from people who want to skip ahead and slow our applications down. The effects of one queue jumper are minimal, but if lots of people start queue jumping, then the effects are no longer negligible. Early filers who slip through the cracks (if there are any) make the process slower for the people who file in a timely manner.

And the pinnacle of rudeness is to ask the very people standing in the queue whether they can help you queue jump. The OP might as well have gone to a line at a busy grocery store and said to each person, "I know you've been waiting, but I'm more important. Can you help me jump in front of you?"

[jasminelily 1]

Glad there's more than one of us around too!

To me, the most annoying aspect is that it's queue jumping. The vast majority of us patiently wait until the proper time to file, and it's maddening to read posts from people who want to skip ahead and slow our applications down. The effects of one queue jumper are minimal, but if lots of people start queue jumping, then the effects are no longer negligible. Early filers who slip through the cracks (if there are any) make the process slower for the people who file in a timely manner.

And the pinnacle of rudeness is to ask the very people standing in the queue whether they can help you queue jump. The OP might as well have gone to a line at a busy grocery store and said to each person, "I know you've been waiting, but I'm more important. Can you help me jump in front of you?"

Agree, agree, totally agree! It's good analogy.

There is another thread like that on the ROC board. I can't believe there is actually someone blaming USCIS sticking to the rules/laws and USPS being too efficient. Unbelievable!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=186919

[Ladylethal 12]

I know what the rules are ok... I looking for some who actually submitted ealier and was denied.. and obviously none of you who replied had this happen to you.. SO all of you are just making an assumption.

If you know what the rules are, and you did get a response of "yes, we've seen cases being denied from early filing" and where everyone who reads VJ and studies the cases DO NOT file early, we're not assuming anything and we've answered you properly. No need to get jumpy.

[Peggy 1]

My GC expired May 25th,2008. I filed to Remove Conditions June 2008.

I recieved my one year extention letter which will expire May 25th,2009.

So I can file for citizenship now if I want to considering my 90 days are counting down?

I am not sure if I am going to go this route yet as my son still has two years to wait to apply for this.

Thanks.

[Ladylethal 12]

Just make sure you count 90 days from when you're eligible, not 3 months.

[NickD 202]

From wife's 3rd LPR anniversary, used that day as day one and counted backwards for the mailing date that turned out to be a Sunday, so mailed it Monday for 89 days. I didn't feel like driving to town, have a mail scale, weighed it and put on first class stamps had laying around for first class postage, even with an extra stamp and put it in our mail box in a rural area. Was picked up that Monday, and our check was cashed the following Wednesday and about 5 1/2 months later, wife was a USC.

Our child also turned 18, no advantage in waiting those two extra years, still have to file separately. But as I pointed out in another post, wife as a naturalized citizen had problems getting her passport renewed in Venezuela, child did not as she was natural born. So we had our reasons to get my wife's USC as quick as possible, but we had no idea it would go that quick, especially after the hassle with the I-751.

Also my wife feels like she is a part of this country now, where before, she felt like an outsider. During her oath ceremony, was stated, she is now a USC just like she was born here, that may her feel real good.