Applying for citizenship based on 3 Years Marriage/LPR

[Ken&Barbie 0]

Hi, I have been eligible to file for naturalization since December. I finally decided to file. My question is what documents did you guys send? When I filed the remove conditions, I sent a ton of documents! But I heard with N400, you don't need to send as much as with removing conditions.

I read somewhere on here, where someone filed with only N400, Copy of Green Card and Marriage Cert. he got a letter to bring additional documents to Interview (same letter everyone gets).

So what are the documents that MUST accompany application?

[v333k 59]

Hi, I have been eligible to file for naturalization since December. I finally decided to file. My question is what documents did you guys send? When I filed the remove conditions, I sent a ton of documents! But I heard with N400, you don't need to send as much as with removing conditions.

I read somewhere on here, where someone filed with only N400, Copy of Green Card and Marriage Cert. he got a letter to bring additional documents to Interview (same letter everyone gets).

So what are the documents that MUST accompany application?

Start here... this is the Naturalization guide.... it is very informative and helpful.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

[TracyTN 237]

Or here

http://www.visajourney.com/content/naturalization_guide

[Ken&Barbie 0]

On both of those guides, it says Documents referring to you and your spouse: Tax returns, bank accounts, leases, mortgages, or birth certificates of children.

Is that all you guys sent? Just those documents or did you send additional docs?

[taurean 0]

On both of those guides, it says Documents referring to you and your spouse: Tax returns, bank accounts, leases, mortgages, or birth certificates of children.

Is that all you guys sent? Just those documents or did you send additional docs?

The only documents we sent for the category of evidence with both of our names were IRS Tax Transcripts from the last three years as was detailed in the instructions. We haven't received an RFE as yet. But of course YMMV.

Edited April 29, 2010 by taurean

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I sent the absolute minimum as identified in the Guide to Naturalization - copy of the green card; tax transcripts for 3 years; copy of marriage certificate; copies of previous marriage divorce decrees , the application, the photographs and the cheque. I brought the originals of all of the above to the interview along with documents that supported our marriage being valid but they were not requested. The N-400 application doesn't get reviewed until the interview so submit the minimum and bring anything else with you to the interview - since you know you will be having one . This was the easiest application of all of them to file and the quickest to be processed.

[Abygail 0]

Speaking of absolute minimum, I thought I'd share what we did:

My husband & I had started his application, then finished when we had the $ to send in & somehow we didn't look through the whole guide woops! I realized we didn't send in any supporting docs & yesterday thought I'd check his status for the interview info hopefully - RFE 3/30 (never received) He received his BOA 3/31/10 letter and did his fingerprints 4/20 so I wasn't really worried about it...

Now this evenining in the mail, we just got a letter that sounds like it's the standard one, saying he should bring everything with him to the interview & DO NOT mail it. I wonder if it really mattered if we sent it in the 1st place & maybe not having it helped someone review his app a bit quicker? I'll knock on wood since it's USCIS, but our app was received 3/15 & 1st NOA was 3/19... guess this yellow letter gave me some hope back.

Here's hoping everyone a speedy way through this last one YEAH!

[milimelo 4,481]

Speaking of absolute minimum, I thought I'd share what we did:

My husband & I had started his application, then finished when we had the $ to send in & somehow we didn't look through the whole guide woops! I realized we didn't send in any supporting docs & yesterday thought I'd check his status for the interview info hopefully - RFE 3/30 (never received) He received his BOA 3/31/10 letter and did his fingerprints 4/20 so I wasn't really worried about it...

Now this evenining in the mail, we just got a letter that sounds like it's the standard one, saying he should bring everything with him to the interview & DO NOT mail it. I wonder if it really mattered if we sent it in the 1st place & maybe not having it helped someone review his app a bit quicker? I'll knock on wood since it's USCIS, but our app was received 3/15 & 1st NOA was 3/19... guess this yellow letter gave me some hope back.

Here's hoping everyone a speedy way through this last one YEAH!

If the letter is yellow and titled checklist that means they'll schedule him for interview soon.

[Abygail 0]

If the letter is yellow and titled checklist that means they'll schedule him for interview soon.

Ok good - thanks for the info!

[Ken&Barbie 0]

This is interesting. I have been delaying my application for weeks trying to make sure I gather enough supporting documents when I could have filed a while back. Thanks for the information. I will go ahead and mail my package. I assumed I had to have EVERYTHING similar to removing conditions when I mail my package. Thanks guys, will keep you updated on how things go!!