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Do I need to pick up a NEW marriage certificate? The one I have right now was issued in December of 2007.

How much proof do I need to send in? Off hand, I'm thinking about tax returns, lease, bank accounts, car title. Would that be enough? Also, how many years does the proof have to cover?

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Check the list of things that are required to be send in with your N-400; it's not that much.

If you are applying after 3 years based on marriage to a USC, send something that shows that you are still happily married and live together. Don't go gagga over this like with the AOS and I-751; your (presumably) jointly filed income tax returns alone do most of the documenting.

If you send them a 3-inch thick file they come, pick you up, lock you up in a nuthouse, and throw the key away, rightfully so!

Most importantly, if you also want to keep your German citizenship, I hope you already have your BBG at hand!

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There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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Sven is right. Just mail in what they ask for and no more. At the interview, I just gave the more recent versions of what I sent in when I removed conditions. And those went only a couple of months back...if that. They barely glanced at it. The bank account statements and the joint title to my car were the most interesting to them and they took the copies I made of those.

November 8, 2004-Submitted AOS application

December 10, 2004-Application returned

December 31, 2004-Resubmitted application

February 28, 2005-Notice of Reciept

March 28, 2005-Appointment to pick up EAD

April 16, 2005-Fingerprinting

April 27, 2005-Interview in Sacramento-A Success!!

August 20, 2009 Mailed application for citizenship to Phoenix

August 25, 2009 Recd package in Phoenix

August 28, 2009 Date of NOA

September 1, 2009 Check Cashed

September 22, 2009 Appointment for fingerprinting

October 9, 2009 NOA of Interview

November 23, 2009 Interview date-A success

December 16, 2009-Oath at 8:30AM Merry Christmas!!!!!

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Thanks you all. Yeha, I haven't applied for the BBG yet, but I'm not worried about that.

I still don't knwo if I need to pick up a NEW marriage certificate? I guess I'll just use the old one. I read somewhere that it needs to be the "current" certificate :unsure: Whatever that means.

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Sven. I urge you to reconsider the BBG thing. If the ###### here ever hits the fan, you'll be glad to be able to stay longer in any European country longer than 90 days. Also, don't forget the "Rente." Ever seen some veteran living in a cardbox?

Your marriage certificate is the current one, unless you married another chick after 1997, that is.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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