When Am I eligible to apply for citizenship?

[happywifeymom 4]

Hello fellow members,

Hope you all are doing great. Just wanna ask a quick question. I will be married 3 years this May to my husband who was my K1 petitionerback in 2007.

My friends told me that once you have your 10 yr. green card you are eligible to apply for citizenship. Is this true?

I was out of the country for 4 months within that 3 yrs. of marriage..would this be a problem when i apply for my citizenship?

I was a permanent resident since September of 2007, am i eligible to apply now?

I would appreciate your help. Thanks in advance.

[F & J 21]

Hello fellow members,

Hope you all are doing great. Just wanna ask a quick question. I will be married 3 years this May to my husband who was my K1 petitionerback in 2007.

My friends told me that once you have your 10 yr. green card you are eligible to apply for citizenship. Is this true?

I was out of the country for 4 months within that 3 yrs. of marriage..would this be a problem when i apply for my citizenship?

I was a permanent resident since September of 2007, am i eligible to apply now?

I would appreciate your help. Thanks in advance.

You have to be a permanent resident for 3 years if your basis for eligibility is marriage to a U.S. citizen.

EDIT: see post by v333k

Edited March 4, 2010 by Fatima and Jim

[v333k 59]

Hello fellow members,

Hope you all are doing great. Just wanna ask a quick question. I will be married 3 years this May to my husband who was my K1 petitionerback in 2007.

My friends told me that once you have your 10 yr. green card you are eligible to apply for citizenship. Is this true?

I was out of the country for 4 months within that 3 yrs. of marriage..would this be a problem when i apply for my citizenship?

I was a permanent resident since September of 2007, am i eligible to apply now?

I would appreciate your help. Thanks in advance.

Based on a marriage to a USC, you are eligible to apply 90 days prior your third year residency anniversary. So if Sept 2007, that means Sept 2010 is your 3 year residency anniversary, so 90 days before that which puts you around June 2010. You need to count 90 days and not round it to 3 months. For example, taking the middle of the month, if you were Sept 15, 2007, then your eligibility starts June 17 2010 (90 days).

Traveling 4 months since you became a resident is not an issue. Usually 6 months is the allowed duration.

Hope this helps.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Nobody cares how long you have been married. You could have been dating your husband for 70 years, been married for 50, have 40 children, 30 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren, and it still has no influence on your immigration status.

On your Green Card is a date stating "resident since." 3 years after that date, not a day earlier, you can become a US citizen. 90 days before that date you can send in your application.

[john_and_marlene 162]

Nobody cares how long you have been married. You could have been dating your husband for 70 years, been married for 50, have 40 children, 30 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren, and it still has no influence on your immigration status.

On your Green Card is a date stating "resident since." 3 years after that date, not a day earlier, you can become a US citizen. 90 days before that date you can send in your application.

It matters how long you have been married if you were already a permanent resident, but for less than 2 years when you got married. In that case you would be eligible to apply 90 days before the third wedding anniversary rather than 3 years after becoming a permanent resident.

[sunny808 1]

It matters how long you have been married if you were already a permanent resident, but for less than 2 years when you got married. In that case you would be eligible to apply 90 days before the third wedding anniversary rather than 3 years after becoming a permanent resident.

Yes, and similarly, you can't apply for naturalization based on the 90 day rule if during that time you haven't been married for 3 years.

Hence, if the marriage was on March 1, 2007, green card date April 15, 2007, you can't apply 90 days before April 15, 2010 and have to wait til you have been married the full 3 years, or March 1, 2010.

[happywifeymom 4]

Based on a marriage to a USC, you are eligible to apply 90 days prior your third year residency anniversary. So if Sept 2007, that means Sept 2010 is your 3 year residency anniversary, so 90 days before that which puts you around June 2010. You need to count 90 days and not round it to 3 months. For example, taking the middle of the month, if you were Sept 15, 2007, then your eligibility starts June 17 2010 (90 days).

Traveling 4 months since you became a resident is not an issue. Usually 6 months is the allowed duration.

Hope this helps.

Yes i was thinking I will be eligible by June since that would be 90 days before my 3rd year residency here. , and my 3years and 1 month marriage to my husband.Thank you all so much.