Naturalized on Wednesday as married, Friday became divorced, and now applying for Passport

[M86 0]

HI guys, I'm going to mention first that I became naturalized though general provisions. However, I earlier became resident though a marriage with US Citizen. 

 

Basically, I find myself with the Naturalization certificate as a "married" because technically at the day of my ceremony, which was on the 19th I was married, but the official date of the end of my marriage is the 22, just 3 days after.

 

I'm now applying on the 25, Monday for my first US passport.

 

has anyone being in the situation? should I still applying as married or mention the divorce date? 

[OldUser 8,392]

You cannot lie to DOS.

 

So what happened in the interview?

Was IO aware you're in divorce proceedings?

[M86 0]

2 hours ago, OldUser said:

You cannot lie to DOS.

 

So what happened in the interview?

Was IO aware you're in divorce proceedings?

thanks for replying.

 

In the interview we talked about me and my ex wife living apart for a couple of years already, and I'm pretty sure I mentioned we were divorcing. Officer started then to ask many tricky questions to verify it was a legit marriage. We have been married for 10 years.

Edited Sunday at 03:33 AM by M86

[OldUser 8,392]

22 minutes ago, M86 said:

thanks for replying.

 

In the interview we talked about me and my ex wife living apart for a couple of years already, and I'm pretty sure I mentioned we were divorcing. Officer started then to ask many tricky questions to verify it was a legit marriage. We have been married for 10 years.

Thanks, as long as you're granted citizenship correctly, no issue applying for passport with current martial status. It would be wrong to say to DOS you're married when you're divorced.

 

Good luck!

[SalishSea 18,352]

5 hours ago, M86 said:

HI guys, I'm going to mention first that I became naturalized though general provisions. However, I earlier became resident though a marriage with US Citizen. 

 

Basically, I find myself with the Naturalization certificate as a "married" because technically at the day of my ceremony, which was on the 19th I was married, but the official date of the end of my marriage is the 22, just 3 days after.

 

I'm now applying on the 25, Monday for my first US passport.

 

has anyone being in the situation? should I still applying as married or mention the divorce date? 

Convenient….

[wildbug100420 222]

9 hours ago, M86 said:

thanks for replying.

 

In the interview we talked about me and my ex wife living apart for a couple of years already, and I'm pretty sure I mentioned we were divorcing. Officer started then to ask many tricky questions to verify it was a legit marriage. We have been married for 10 years.

You're pretty sure?

[Bob in Boston 771]

You were married when you had the oath so that is proper. Now your divorced so when you apply for passport that is what you state. The info on your naturalazation Cert is to make sure you are a citizen of the united states. Marital status changes frequintly as some of us know.

[M86 0]

15 hours ago, OldUser said:

Thanks, as long as you're granted citizenship correctly, no issue applying for passport with current martial status. It would be wrong to say to DOS you're married when you're divorced.

 

Good luck!

you are right. Thanks!

[M86 0]

12 hours ago, SalishSea said:

Convenient….

I don't feel it is that convenient honestly.

 

it would have been more convenient to have my divorce finalized either sometime before or some extra time after the passport was issued, not 3 days after my ceremony.

[M86 0]

7 hours ago, wildbug100420 said:

You're pretty sure?

I think so.

 

The fact that me and my ex-wife were not longer together for some time came up at the interview, because officer noticed we have different addresses and lived apart since 2020.  

[M86 0]

1 hour ago, Bob in Boston said:

You were married when you had the oath so that is proper. Now your divorced so when you apply for passport that is what you state. The info on your naturalazation Cert is to make sure you are a citizen of the united states. Marital status changes frequintly as some of us know.

yes, that is right.

 

I was just getting concerned that my Naturalization certificate says "married" and now I'm applying as divorced not even a week after.

[Crazy Cat 42,913]

I'm not sure why marital status is even on a Naturalization Certificate.

[Rekyrts 95]

20 hours ago, M86 said:

yes, that is right.

 

I was just getting concerned that my Naturalization certificate says "married" and now I'm applying as divorced not even a week after.

 

Marital status does change for a lot of people. Per your anecdote, your CON is accurate. Just note the new status on your passport application and provide the required documentation.

Congrats on naturalizing!