N-400 - documents

[Amber223311 3]

My husband is preparing to apply for naturalization and we are gathering necessary documents.  We can't find his old passport, his new one was issued in 2023.  He hasn't been out of the country since 2019 to visit family but without the passport how do we prove that?  We don't think he threw it away - so we're still looking but its a puzzle.

In that time we've bought a house and have continuous tax docs (And he has been at the same job since 2014).  How crucial is it to find the expired passport and what would we do if we can't find it?  

[Amber223311 3]

we found it!

[OldUser 8,275]

7 minutes ago, Amber223311 said:

we found it!

Pheeeeww!

[OldUser 8,275]

Good luck with N-400! Are you filing online? 

If he is eligible for naturalization under general provision (5 years of being resident), he should apply under that VS based on marriage to US citizen.

 

The benefits for applying under general provision:

 

- Fewer docs to submit

- Much easier case to adjudicate

- You, US citizen spouse is not required to attend the interview

- Generally, marriage doesn't have to be proved again, shortening interview and overall processing time etc

[Amber223311 3]

 

27 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Good luck with N-400! Are you filing online? 

If he is eligible for naturalization under general provision (5 years of being resident), he should apply under that VS based on marriage to US citizen.

 

The benefits for applying under general provision:

 

- Fewer docs to submit

- Much easier case to adjudicate

- You, US citizen spouse is not required to attend the interview

- Generally, marriage doesn't have to be proved again, shortening interview and overall processing time etc

We will probably file online.  He's been studying for his civics test and wanted to wait until he's 90% there , he's very close to it so he will probably apply in the next few weeks.  I just downloaded the instructions for filling out the form and we are both physically (and mentally) gathering docs. 

Thank you for your advice - I was thinking that the general provision makes the most sense - spousal seemed to be hinged to being here for 3 years and its been like 11 at this point!