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mjme001   0

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Can anyone help me with this?

My wife and I are working on her CR-1 visa as of now (just turned in affidavit of support) and I had a question about her status

When she finally gets her VISA and is allowed to come to the states, and gets a work permit and all that. What will her status be in Japan (her home country)? I've read on here that an adult cannot have dual citizenship, so if she wants to go back to Japan will she be treated as an American tourist? or will they see her as a Japanese citizen even though she's gone through the process for CR-1? I'm kind of confused as to if the CR-1 status makes her a US citizen, and if so what will her rights to Japanese citizenship be?

Thanks in advance.

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GlobeHopperMama   95

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CR-1 status does not make her a US citizen. To become a US citizen, she will first have to remove the conditions on her visa (after 2 yrs of living in the US) to have a permanent green card. After that, she can pursue citizenship with the N-400 process after 3 years of residing in the US, based on marriage to a US citizen. Permanent residency is different than citizenship. I don't know much about Japanese nationality law, but I know that having a US green card does not make her a US citizen.

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CR-1 status does not make her a US citizen. To become a US citizen, she will first have to remove the conditions on her visa (after 2 yrs of living in the US) to have a permanent green card. After that, she can pursue citizenship with the N-400 process after 3 years of residing in the US, based on marriage to a US citizen. Permanent residency is different than citizenship. I don't know much about Japanese nationality law, but I know that having a US green card does not make her a US citizen.

Thank you sooo much for your help, cleared it up for me...guess I should already know this but...ehhh...I'm new...hahaha!

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CR-1 status does not make her a US citizen. To become a US citizen, she will first have to remove the conditions on her visa (after 2 yrs of living in the US) to have a permanent green card. After that, she can pursue citizenship with the N-400 process after 3 years of residing in the US, based on marriage to a US citizen. Permanent residency is different than citizenship. I don't know much about Japanese nationality law, but I know that having a US green card does not make her a US citizen.

Actually, she's removing conditions on her status. The visa is dead and gone once she has a green card. Visas are used to "enter" countries. CR1 is both a visa category and an immigration status.

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