US Citizen query

[beppo 8]

Hello all

Just a curious question for the future. I have an interview for my AOS on the 27th June. I am hoping but not counting on getting the 10 year GC(might get 2 year GC) as my wife also filed the I-130. If and that's a BIG if, I get the 10 year GC, can I apply to become a US citizen next year or have to wait 3 years from the date if my AOS gets approved.

Just to let people know I have been married to my wife since March 2009.

[canadian_wife 1,822]

You have to be a green card holder, a resident of the US for 3 years (if based on marriage to a USC) before you can apply for citizenship.

From your timeline it looks as if you entered on a K1 in 2008 but are now just adjusting status correct? So you get your green card and 3 years after that you may file for citizenship

Good luck

[NickD 203]

They (USCIS) have it timed just right so you have to go through the removal of conditions first before you can apply for US citizenship. And that holds even if you get that crazy one year extension on your two year card. It expires on your third anniversary.

If our local field office has the same day oath, wife would have had her ten year card for only two weeks.

Some here never saw their ten year card, but still had to show proof they submitted the I-751 and I-551 stamps in their foreign passport. Its up to you to keep yourself here legally.

We had to send in copies of her expired green card and one year extension notice. Already made an inforpass appointment for that stamp, but a couple of days before we had to drive another 450 miles for that stamp, miraculously, her ten year card came in. After all that sweat in getting that card, they took it back. Out of 520 weeks, she did get 7 weeks use out of it, but no prorated refund.

[beppo 8]

You have to be a green card holder, a resident of the US for 3 years (if based on marriage to a USC) before you can apply for citizenship.

From your timeline it looks as if you entered on a K1 in 2008 but are now just adjusting status correct? So you get your green card and 3 years after that you may file for citizenship

Good luck

That's what I thought. I knew it was shot in the dark. The main reason I was asking, was that I was looking into becoming a Parole Officer in the future, as I had 8 years experience working with the Criminal Justice Service in the UK.

Looks like for the next 3 years I can throw that idea out of the window.

Thanks for the response.

[NickD 203]

Just to let people know I have been married to my wife since March 2009

Well, at least you met the two year marriage requirement so can bypass the removal of condition stage.

Really don't know about the prison guard requirement regarding immigration status, all different levels from a city clear up to federal prisons. But certainly the right country to find employment as the USA has the greatest incarceration rate in the world with over seven million inmates.