Filling for Citizenship through 3 yrs marriage

[Lady L 0]

This question is for a friend of mine. He is currently married to a USC and but probably will not be married long enough to apply for his naturalition through her. If he has his GC for 3 yrs and he is married to a different USC other than the one through which he got his GC can he still apply for his citizenship?

[milimelo 4,553]

This question is for a friend of mine. He is currently married to a USC and but probably will not be married long enough to apply for his naturalition through her. If he has his GC for 3 yrs and he is married to a different USC other than the one through which he got his GC can he still apply for his citizenship?

If he is no longer with the same USC but a different one that makes him divorced and with a fresh marriage. He has to show proof that he is living with his USC spouse and that their marriage is at least 3 yrs old. SInce it probably is not, he'll have to wait for his 5yr anniversary of his residency and apply then.

[payxibka 10,047]

This question is for a friend of mine. He is currently married to a USC and but probably will not be married long enough to apply for his naturalition through her. If he has his GC for 3 yrs and he is married to a different USC other than the one through which he got his GC can he still apply for his citizenship?

not a total of 3 years of marriage to USC's but a single continuous, ongoing and intact marriage to a USC of 3 years

[lucyrich 20]

Others are correct. For a reference, see the N-400, part 2.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/N-400.pdf

He can become a citizen when he can honestly check one of the boxes on Part 2. Box A says:

I have been a lawful permanent resident of the United States for at least five years

Box B says:

I have been a lawful permanent resident of the United States for at least three years, and I have been married to and living with the same US Citizen for the last three years, and my spouse has been a US Citizen for the last three years.

The underlining is mine. In order to check box B, he must have been married to one particular US Citizen spouse for the full three year period immediately preceeding the day he sends the application off. It sounds like, in the case you describe, he'll be eligible to check box A before he'll be eligible to check box B.

[Lady L 0]

Others are correct. For a reference, see the N-400, part 2.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/N-400.pdf

He can become a citizen when he can honestly check one of the boxes on Part 2. Box A says:

I have been a lawful permanent resident of the United States for at least five years

Box B says:

I have been a lawful permanent resident of the United States for at least three years, and I have been married to and living with the same US Citizen for the last three years, and my spouse has been a US Citizen for the last three years.

The underlining is mine. In order to check box B, he must have been married to one particular US Citizen spouse for the full three year period immediately preceeding the day he sends the application off. It sounds like, in the case you describe, he'll be eligible to check box A before he'll be eligible to check box B.

Sounds Like that to me too. Thank you for the information. I suspected that was it and after research those where the answers I found as well but I just wanted to double check .

Thank You