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Faery   0

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Hello everyone,

I have my 10 year green card, have been married for 4 years and am ready to apply for citizenship but, I am very worried. My husband had a really good job a couple years back but got made redundant, he has a part-time freelance job now but we've been living below the poverty line. My question is, can you be denied citizenship for being too poor? They will see on our tax returns that we make very little. We do not (and will not) claim SSI, we have savings and live frugally. I really want to become a citizen and am really afraid I will be denied for this reason, does anyone know if this is a strong possibility?

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If applying for that three year marriage privilege, USCIS will want to see preferably three years of joint tax returns. Kind of like a good marriage is where a couple pays taxes together. But you don't even need an income to file tax returns, and the amount on there should not be an issue.

Tax transcripts are the best bet, your IO should only look at the top to see both of your names on it, free from the IRS. Stepdaughter, unmarried had to wait for the five year, was dirt poor, didn't need the tax returns, no problems for her.

They do want their 680 bucks, but did hear something about a low income thing where you can file for free. Its somewhere in the USCIS site.

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engineer21   51

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Not an issue, and as NickD said there is a fee waiver you may be able to qualify for.

actually a couple march 2014 filers applied with fee waiver. You can see which ones on our progress tracking list in that thread. You may want to message those members for details/tips.

Good luck!

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No issue. At the time I applied, both my USC husband and I were unemployed, it didn't even come up.

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Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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Faery   0

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Oh what a relief! Thank you so much for your replies, I really appreciate it! I'm planning on filing in May as I need to learn all the civics questions. I'll be be back soon! Thanks again!

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11/8/2011 I-751 & evidence mailed
11/12/2011 Packet delivered
11/18/2011 Received NOA (dated 11/14/2011)
12/29/2011 Biometrics (dated 12/02/2011, received 12/07/2011)
05/02/2012 Approved!
05/31/2012 Card received!

N-400

Sent: 05/15/2014

Check cashed: 05/22/2014

NOA1 05/19/2014

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