which status is fastest,cheapest,and has the least amount of paperwork. and which one is proper

[roadrunnericu 2]

my wife came into the country 8 years ago on a k1 visa. we were married and she removed her conditions. She is a current green card holder.  she now wants to apply for her citizenship and it appears she qualifies to file for it by either the general provision status or the married to a citizen status. Is this correct? and is one cheaper, faster, or has less paperwork than the other.  if one is just more paperwork, I don't think that will be the deciding factor because that is the one I have already prepared.  hahaha.  is one more proper than the other or does it not make any difference at this 8-year mark of co-habitation with the married-to-us citizen status.  thanks in advance

 

[Boiler 45,898]

She can file under the 5 year rule

[NorthByNorthwest 367]

56 minutes ago, roadrunnericu said:

my wife came into the country 8 years ago on a k1 visa. we were married and she removed her conditions. She is a current green card holder.  she now wants to apply for her citizenship and it appears she qualifies to file for it by either the general provision status or the married to a citizen status. Is this correct? and is one cheaper, faster, or has less paperwork than the other.  

 

48 minutes ago, Boiler said:

She can file under the 5 year rule

 

I was in the same position and used the general 5-year rule - it requires a lot less supporting paperwork. Assuming you file online the system will tell you exactly what additional documents to upload.

 

As to whether it is faster or not that's hard to say. My assumption was simply that with less supporting documents there's less material for USCIS to look at so it ought to be at least a little faster. Workload at your local USCIS office will probably have a larger impact on timing.

[OldUser 7,233]

General provision is the best choice if she has option to do it.

[roadrunnericu 2]

i have completed the online form for the marriage one with all of the supporting required documents already attached.  it is just a matter of hitting the submit button.  if I use the general status, I have to start over from scratch.  Are there any reasons to start over from scratch? or just send whats already done?

 

[OldUser 7,233]

23 minutes ago, roadrunnericu said:

i have completed the online form for the marriage one with all of the supporting required documents already attached.  it is just a matter of hitting the submit button.  if I use the general status, I have to start over from scratch.  Are there any reasons to start over from scratch? or just send whats already done?

 

You can submit. For marriage based case you're recommended to come to USCIS office for the interview. Most likely, you won't be needed, but occasionally officer needs to talk to US citizen spouse too.

 

For general provision, US citizen isn't required to attend at all.

 

Your spouse may need to answer deeper questions about marriage and you if filing under marriage rule.

 

Overall timeline for case may be longer based on 3 year rule, as it requires officers who know how to conduct it, more evidence needs to be reviewed and more checks into bonafide marriage may be needed.

Edited 8 hours ago by OldUser

[OldUser 7,233]

18 minutes ago, roadrunnericu said:

i have completed the online form

By the way, why are you and not the spouse is completing the form?

 

N-400 is her petition. She is expected to know in and outs of her case and all answers on the form. She's expected to know English and understand everything since she's seeking to become a US citizen.

[roadrunnericu 2]

37 minutes ago, OldUser said:

By the way, why are you and not the spouse is completing the form?

 

N-400 is her petition. She is expected to know in and outs of her case and all answers on the form. She's expected to know English and understand everything since she's seeking to become a US citizen.

there is a place on the form to write my name as assisting her complete the form.

 

[roadrunnericu 2]

i guess for giggles i can change the answer on the first page and see what that does to whats already filled out.  if anyone is interested, ill post how that turns out.

 

[OldUser 7,233]

12 minutes ago, roadrunnericu said:

i guess for giggles i can change the answer on the first page and see what that does to whats already filled out.  if anyone is interested, ill post how that turns out.

 

This would be super valuable. By the way, to save you from doing it all over, you can create a dummy account with different email address to test. No need to sacrifice your work!

[roadrunnericu 2]

25 minutes ago, OldUser said:

This would be super valuable. By the way, to save you from doing it all over, you can create a dummy account with different email address to test. No need to sacrifice your work!

there is a print option i will use on it to save it to pdf before I do.

 

[roadrunnericu 2]

[roadrunnericu 2]

yes, all of the previously entered information such as name address, etc, so far, is still in the new form.

[OldUser 7,233]

11 minutes ago, roadrunnericu said:

yes, all of the previously entered information such as name address, etc, so far, is still in the new form.

Whoohoo. So it kept relevant stuff?