Can citizenship be taken away ?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Greeting everybody

I am new to visa journey. I will come straight to the point. We have been married for 4.5 years and have been together for 5.5 years. I have been a citizen for 3 months. were arguing the other day and i said that if you do not quit drugs i will leave you and she said if I ever leave her than she will want my citizenship back. she said that the only reason I got the citizenship is because of her and if i ever try to leave she will apply for annulment based on marriage fraud and tell the immigration that I made her lie on the interviews and that she will destroy me if I ever leave her. While i understand her use of threats in order to not lose me, I want to know if what she saying is even possible.

Thank you

It is extremely rare but IF it is discovered that the citizenship or any other benefit was obtained by fraud, then YES, it could be revoked. As long as it was obtained legally and within the law...tell her to pound sand. It would take more than her word that it was fraudulent

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Just let her know that you could still get citizenship without her; there are just different rules.

It is NOT up to the US petitioner to govern immigration and its benefits. The US citizen is nothing more than a financial contract to the government but you can remind her that she is off the hook since you became a citizen. Unless you really did commit fraud and she has proof of it or can get proof, I wouldn't loose too much sleep over it. False claim doesn't go unpushed.

Get away from your spouse, change address, inform USCIS of change of address if you don't wish to stay in the relationship. Drug abuse is grounds for divorce however you don't mention that divorce is what you're heading towards. Unless you can forgive her, you don't owe her eternal thanks for citizenship by putting up with threats or drug abuse - no one does. It is quite annoying when the non-US spouse threatens to leave on/off, or the US citizen threatens to have the non-US spouse deported. Makes no sense, not even in a verbal fight.

While this is true that an unconditional resident can get citizenship without being married to the petitioner, it is also true that if FRAUD is discovered as the basis of ANY benefit, all benefits can be revoked.

If they, for example, lied about the qualifications for the original visa or the AOS or the ROC, then the benefits can be revoked. It is not an easy thing to do. And yes the petitioner could also be in trouble unless she could prove she was not aware of the fraud.

Edited November 19, 2012 by Gary and Alla

[santiagoymoca 0]

The people that say citicenship can be taken from you are 100% incorrect. the only reason that can happen is if you do something against the government. any treason is the only reason they can do tha. so divorce the persona and start a neu life.

[Sandra G. 5,064]

"...Section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1481), as amended, states that U.S. citizens are subject to loss of citizenship if they perform certain specified acts voluntarily and with the intention to relinquish U.S. citizenship. Briefly stated, these acts include:

obtaining naturalization in a foreign state (Sec. 349 (a) (1) INA);

taking an oath, affirmation or other formal declaration to a foreign state or its political subdivisions (Sec. 349 (a) (2) INA);

entering or serving in the armed forces of a foreign state engaged in hostilities against the U.S. or serving as a commissioned or non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of a foreign state (Sec. 349 (a) (3) INA);

accepting employment with a foreign government if (a) one has the nationality of that foreign state or (b) an oath or declaration of allegiance is required in accepting the position (Sec. 349 (a) (4) INA);

formally renouncing U.S. citizenship before a U.S. diplomatic or consular officer outside the United States (sec. 349 (a) (5) INA);

formally renouncing U.S. citizenship within the U.S. (but only under strict, narrow statutory conditions) (Sec. 349 (a) (6) INA);

conviction for an act of treason (Sec. 349 (a) (7) INA).

http://travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_778.html