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Filling for Citizenship and job offer in different state??

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imse82   45

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Hello all... I was ready to file my N400 application by the end of the month based on marriage (currently live in Kansas).... But I just got a great job offer for a position in Washington State. The thing is my wife cannot move with me now for two reasons:

1. Stepchildren attending school in Kansas.

2. She is 7 month pregnant and really don't wanna change doctors and all that in the middle of her pregnancy.

We decided that I can move there and she will follow me in January during the winter break (kids out of school and child is porn).

My question is... can I still file n400 now? we been living together for 3 yrs and 2 months as of today... I have everything can be possibly found to proof that our marriage is bona fide (insurance, bank statements, joint taxes for last 3 yrs, etc.)

The reason that I want to file as soon as possible is because we might be going to my home country to visit during the summer of next year...

Any suggestions?

jkelly07 Mentor

jkelly07   120

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the n-400 citizenship, there is no time limit to file as long as you have been living togather three years after that file when ever you want to.next year or next five years,the estimated time from start four to five months to finish.file, interview,oath ceremoney,you have to decide whats best time to file ,your wife will be very busy you in another state, good luck.

v333k Experienced

v333k   59

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Keep in mind that if you do move and file in Washington State - then you need to wait 3 more months before applying. The rule is you need to have lived at least 3 months in the District Office that you are going to apply with before you are eligible. Sometimes they do not pick on this condition during the initial inspection of the application and then find out during your interview that you are not eligible. You will end up having to apply again, pay again and wait again...

The naturalization guide mentions this important rule.

N-400 Naturalization Timeline

06/28/11 .. Mailed N-400 package via Priority mail with delivery confirmation

06/30/11 .. Package Delivered to Dallas Lockbox

07/06/11 .. Received e-mail notification of application acceptance

07/06/11 .. Check cashed

07/08/11 .. Received NOA letter

07/29/11 .. Received text/e-mail for biometrics notice

08/03/11 .. Received Biometrics letter - scheduled for 8/24/11

08/04/11 .. Walk-in finger prints done.

08/08/11 .. Received text/e-mail: Placed in line for interview scheduling

09/12/11 .. Received Yellow letter dated 9/7/11

09/13/11 .. Received text/e-mail: Interview scheduled

09/16/11 .. Received interview letter

10/19/11 .. Interview - PASSED

10/20/11 .. Received text/email: Oath scheduled

10/22/11 .. Received OATH letter

11/09/11 .. Oath ceremony

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NickD   203

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v333k... didn't know I needed to live in Washington for 3 months before applying... thanks. Would it be possible then to just file in Kansas where my wife is even if I moved to Washington?

An incomprehensible ruling considering the USCIS is a federal and not a state agency. Also in hard times, a couple has to split apart, but at least can see each other on weekends. But going from Kansas to Washington state is a huge distance. Would you even earn enough to buy a weekly airline ticket? Yet another problem in maintaining the same residence with your wife when living that far apart. And for a long term job, would have to set up permanent residence with a drivers' license and all that in Washington.

The only way my wife can visit her home country is with her home country's passport. Nothing gained in this respect by her getting her US citizenship. What about you? cost of living in certain parts of Washington state are astronomical, something to look into.

Safest bet is to wait another couple of years.

nwctzn Community Regular

nwctzn   55

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v333k... didn't know I needed to live in Washington for 3 months before applying... thanks. Would it be possible then to just file in Kansas where my wife is even if I moved to Washington?

As far as I know that is not possible since you will be working, residing and paying state taxes in Washington and hence, be considered a resident of Washington.

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Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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v333k... didn't know I needed to live in Washington for 3 months before applying... thanks. Would it be possible then to just file in Kansas where my wife is even if I moved to Washington?

Sure,

people live in Kansas and work in outer space or on a submarine below Antarctica or as flight attendants thousands of miles away, so you can still reside in Kansas while checking out how to do this Washington thingi. Perhaps you just work there during the week and fly home for the weekend. Many couples have to do that.

But, if you file in Kansas, your biometrics, your interview, and your Oath will be there. That's 3 trips. Not cheap. Still, that's what I would do if I were you.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

 
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