Petitioned then Citizenship can it be?

[berryknot 0]

My mother (an LPR for 8yrs) petitioned me and my father, we came here last week of January 2007. My mother will apply for naturalization this year to become a US citizen, if my mother become a US citizen my question is

1.) Can I and my father change our status from a green card holder to a US citizen?

2.) Or do we have to wait 2 to 3 years to apply for naturalization to become a US citizen.

[Killer_Clown_2009 0]

I think only children under 18 can be naturalized along with a parent. Anyone else needs to wait it out.

[milimelo 4,541]

I think that your father if married to a USC citizen gets his citizenship in 3 years.

When it comes to you - you might have to wait 5 years (as you are not married for USC).

Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

Best of luck,

milimelo

[Cali Gal CPA 0]

If you're under 18 by the time your mom becomes a citizen, you can derive citizenship from her. My daughter was 8 when I became a citizen, and we were able to apply for a US passport for her with just my Naturalization Certificate and her birth cert. We submitted N-600 afterwards so she can have her own Citizenship certificate. If you're over 18, 5 years is the minimum wait I believe.

As for your dad, I'm not sure if his wait will be 5 years or cut down to 3.

[berryknot 0]

thank you very much for all the people who replied , it enlightened us.

[lucyrich 20]

I think that your father if married to a USC citizen gets his citizenship in 3 years.

That's true, but his wife must have been a USC for the entire three year period. Depending on when she gets her citizenship, this may not be much, if any of a shortcut.

Regardless of her citizenship or his being married to her, he's eligible for citizenship after he's completed 5 years of LPR status.

If he completes a three year period during which all of the following are true for the whole three years, then he's eligible for citizenship

1) He's married to the same person and living together in valid marital union.

2) His spouse is a USC for the whole time.

3) He has LPR status (conditional or not, doesn't matter).

So he'll probably be eligible either three years after she gets her citizenship, or five years after he got his original LPR status, whichever comes first. The marriage to a USC will only provide a shortcut if she takes the citizenship oath before his second anniversary as a LPR. In either case, he can send in the paperwork 90 days before he completes the continuous residence requirement.