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I was confused about which question to answer yes to and which to answer no to but that clears it up. It was just a speeding ticket which is civil in Wisconsin and only a $225 fine. I'm gonna call the court to see about getting a certified court record of the charges and penalties and something saying all fines have been paid. I guess the only question I have left now is what we should submit for additional evidence. I will send our tax transcripts (how many years is enough?). Other than that is there anything else we should send?

My wife and I have 2 children together and she has a son (my step son). All 3 of them live with us and are supported by us. The only questions I am seeing about the children are do they live with her and does she support them. Both questions are answered yes. I looked back at the application and cant see anywhere where we may have accidentally selected an answer that prompts them to ask for evidence of child support. I think maybe I will type up a short letter explaining that my wife has no child support obligations and we are unsure why the application is asking for evidence of child support. I will be calling the court house today to see about getting certified records of her speeding ticket. That should be the only document holding us back from completing the application and getting it submitted which I hope to do by the end of the week. So if I understand correctly we should be submitting tax returns under additional evidence (to prove we filed and paid?). Considering we arent applying under the marriage rule is there any other evidence we should submit?

I forgot to mention she will be applying under the 5 year rule and not the 3 year marriage rule. At the end of the application it is asking for a marriage certificate to confirm her name change, a copy of her green card, evidence of paid child support (not sure why this is being asked for, should we just skip it?) And additional evidence. Since we are applying under the 5 year rule we dont need evidence related to our marriage correct? Is there anything else we should include? As far as the traffic ticket goes I'm seeing multiple sources say that if it was under $500 it doesn't need to be included. However going through the rest of the immigration process we have learned that too much documentation is better than not enough so I think were gonna include it anyways. It looks like if we do so we need to upload certified copies of everything from the court. What documents exactly do we need? Also there seems to be two questions about her criminal record that I quoted above that seem to be asking the same thing. Which one do we answer yes to or should we answer yes to both?

Also under "additional evidence" is there anything else we should include?

Another question. This comes up in the evidence section: My wife doesn't pay (nor is she required to) child or spousal support. Why is this coming up in the evidence section? Did we answer a question wrong somewhere? Should we jus leave it empty?

I am currently working on my wife's N400 and came across a couple questions I am unsure how to answer. Here are the two questions I am stuck on: And: My wife received a speeding ticket a couple years ago (under $500). Does this have to be disclosed and which question do we answer yes to if so? I may have more questions as we get further into the application which I will post on this thread but that is where we are stuck right now.

I am doing the online application right now. Should I select "General Provision" for the type of naturalization?

My wife and I are starting her N400 now and she has been here over 5 years now. So if I am understanding the comments in this post correctly we should be filing under the 5 year rule which will make things easier for us? Does this mean we wouldn't have to submit evidence regarding our marriage (we have plenty just don't want to deal with the extra paperwork if not needed)?

He has been a permanent resident well over 5 years now so that part shouldn't be an issue. So basically our best option right now is get my wife's application in ASAP and hope we get lucky and if not proceed from there. We should have started the naturalization process sooner but ROC took forever and I was unaware that I could start naturalization in the middle of that process. Then after ROC we kind of put it off because we were in a tough financial situation for a while. I was not aware until recently that my wife had to be naturalized before my step son turned 18 in order for him to derive citizenship from her or we would have made this a higher priority.

So considering average processing times it is likely he will have to apply on his own. Can we start that process now or do we have to wait until he is 18?

My wife came to the US with her son (my step son) on a CR1 visa and they have both gone through removal of conditions. We are getting ready to file for naturalization and I am unsure how to include my stepson in the process. It is my understanding (correct me if I am wrong) that we just file for her naturalization then when she completes the process we file some paperwork for my step son. It is also my understanding from what I am reading on the state department website that my wife might have to complete her naturalization before he turns 18 in order for him to derive citizenship from her. The problem is he will be turning 17 next month and it is my understanding that naturalization is averaging over a year to process. If my wife starts the process before my step son turns 18 is that enough or does she have to complete the process before he turns 18? Worst case if my step son will not be able to derive citizenship from my wife what does the process look like for him and when do we start it?

Same here. However it seems that China already owns almost everything in the Philippines anyways.

We also want to move to the Philippines but we have a long road ahead before were ready for that. We were gonna visit Cebu for a few days but maybe next time. Too much going on with visiting family for the holidays. Mostly been in and around Manila. Probably going to Peurto Galera for a few days next week though. Gonna take the whole family with.

How insulting that he couldn't even bother to wear a suit and tie when addressing Congress. Even more insulting the way he demanded money from them. What's worse is the way Congress cheered him on like trained seals while cutting programs in the US to fund this guys extortion.

And as quick as he was arrested he is out on a signature bond with no money down. I guess it pays to have friends in the DNC.

Hate to rub it in but it is currently 79 degrees and sunny here in Manila. We left home in Wisconsin December 12th and wont be back until January 13th. Guess we couldn't have picked a better time. Were having fun sending family back home pictures of beaches and palm trees while they are freezing and digging out of the snow. Anyways merry Christmas everyone.

We entered on the 12th all unvaccinated and presented paper copies of our etravel qr codes along with printouts of our test results all at the same desk and we were at the next desk getting our passports stamped then collecting our luggage within minutes. Pretty easy and painless if your documents are in order.

We are currently in the Philippines. My whole family is unvaccinated. We used the remotely supervised test sold by emed.com and had no issues entering the Philippines whatsoever with the test results they provided. Just print out a copy of your results and give it to them along with a printout of your etravel qr code (which I also recommend printing out versus presenting on your phone). They will not send you a confirmation email for etravel so make sure you print the qr code before closing the webpage. Also make sure you do the test within 24 hours of departure. We were literally off the plane and getting our luggage within 15 minutes of landing. It helped that we had our 5 year old son with us and they allowed us to skip ahead in line because of this. We arrived December 12th. The only issue we ran into being unvaccinated is a couple hotels wouldnt let us stay there without a vaccine card (though most will now). One hotel asked us how we entered the country without a vaccine card and after I explained that the rules had changed they let us stay there. It seems that many people in the Philippines are unaware of the rule changes. Other than that the only place to refuse us entry so far without a vaccine card is ocean park (I guess they dont want our money) and no other place we have went to even requires a face diaper though most Filipinos still wear them for some reason. We couldn't even find a place locally that would do the right kind of test and give us results in a timely manner. That is why we used emed.com. Only $20 or so per test plus shipping. I would highly recommend against testing on arrival. First of all you will be spending a lot of unnecessary time in the airport. Secondly if you come up positive it is a 10 day quarantine.

It appears that the Philippines no longer requires foreigners to be vaccinated to enter. The only requirement for unvaccinated people is a rapid covid test before departure. Also no one is required to quarantine any longer. Thought this info might be useful to some people here. We are going December 10th and this happened just in time for us. The Philippines airlines website has been updated to reflect the changes.