Citizenship/passport questions

[AndyM 0]

Cathy arrived in the U.S. January of 2008 on a fiance Visa. Her AOS was approved September 2010. She will have been a permanent resident for three years in September 2011. We plan for her to apply for citizenship 90 days in advance which will be June of this year.

The question I have regards her current Philippine passport which will expire in March of 2012. We have no plans for her to leave the country until at least mid 2012. Since we see no reason that her citizenship might be denied is there any reason for us to renew her Philippine passport? We will have to travel to Chicago to the Philippine embassy to have it renewed and we would much rather put that money towards her N-400 application if we can. Is our logic sound? Is there any reason for us to spend the time and money to renew her passport when it will be replaced by a US passport soon?

Andy

[newlyweds2010 208]

Cathy arrived in the U.S. January of 2008 on a fiance Visa. Her AOS was approved September 2010. She will have been a permanent resident for three years in September 2011. We plan for her to apply for citizenship 90 days in advance which will be June of this year.

The question I have regards her current Philippine passport which will expire in March of 2012. We have no plans for her to leave the country until at least mid 2012. Since we see no reason that her citizenship might be denied is there any reason for us to renew her Philippine passport? We will have to travel to Chicago to the Philippine embassy to have it renewed and we would much rather put that money towards her N-400 application if we can. Is our logic sound? Is there any reason for us to spend the time and money to renew her passport when it will be replaced by a US passport soon?

Andy

If her AOS was approved in September 2010, it's not even a year since she became a resident for naturalization purposes. If you apply for naturalization, your application will be rejected and you will lose the fee, which is nonrefundable.

[katiemanny 64]

How come she will be permanent resident for 3 years when her AOS was approved in September of 2010, why is the rush for Citizenship while ROC is not even in the picture yet?

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Cathy arrived in the U.S. January of 2008 on a fiance Visa. Her AOS was approved September 2010. She will have been a permanent resident for three years in September 2011. We plan for her to apply for citizenship 90 days in advance which will be June of this year.

The question I have regards her current Philippine passport which will expire in March of 2012. We have no plans for her to leave the country until at least mid 2012. Since we see no reason that her citizenship might be denied is there any reason for us to renew her Philippine passport? We will have to travel to Chicago to the Philippine embassy to have it renewed and we would much rather put that money towards her N-400 application if we can. Is our logic sound? Is there any reason for us to spend the time and money to renew her passport when it will be replaced by a US passport soon?

Andy

Did you mean ROC (Removal Of Conditions) rather than AOS? If her AOS was approved in September 2010, her Permanent Residency started then.

Does PI allow dual-citienship?

[YuAndDan 153]

Look closely at green-card, it will tell your "Resident since" you can apply for citizenship within 90 days prior to three years from that date noted.

Also requires married and living with same US citizen the entire three years, since residency date.

Living in the USA as a NON-Resident prior to green-card approval does not count.

Did you mean ROC (Removal Of Conditions) rather than AOS? If her AOS was approved in September 2010, her Permanent Residency started then.

Does PI allow dual-citienship?

Timeline shows AOS approval last September: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=41204

And yes PI allows dual citizenship.

[AndyM 0]

My mistake ROC was approved last September. She meets all of the requirements for citizenship. Her conditional permanent residence was approved 9/08. Her green card shows "Resident Since : 09/17/08".

Andy

Edited March 9, 2011 by AndyM

[YuAndDan 153]

She meets all of the requirements for citizenship. Her conditional permanent residence was approved 9/08. Her green card shows "Resident Since : 09/17/08".

Andy

Then you may want to correct your timeline, and profile status. Timeline says Adjustment of status approved last September, not removal of conditions. And profile shows Adjustment of status pending, not Removal of conditions approved.

From the data you presented it simply looks like came here, married and waited nearly 2 years before getting around to filing an I-485 to adjust status.

Very confusing.

[AndyM 0]

Then you may want to correct your timeline, and profile status. Timeline says Adjustment of status approved last September, not removal of conditions. And profile shows Adjustment of status pending, not Removal of conditions approved.

From the data you presented it simply looks like came here, married and waited nearly 2 years before getting around to filing an I-485 to adjust status.

Very confusing.

Yes I see that now. I'll look up her history and update the timeline soon. I apologize for the confusion.

Andy

[AndyM 0]

Ok. Timeline is now updated with what I could find at the moment. There are a few gaps, but major dates are there. Again, I apologize for the confusion.

Andy