CMJuilland

I agree with everybody else here. In order for her not to embark on a nightmare journey, I’d get this fixed now. While I don’t have personal experience, I know that there is a way to fix a misspelled name via I-90, so I don’t see why you shouldn’t be able to correct the wrong name order that way. I know any additional dealing with USCIS is a hassle, and I understand that it’s hard to give up an already issued GC, but I for ease of life, peace of mind, and just for the sake of having my own name with proper documentation, I would deem it worth it. Best of luck to you and your wife!

I’m so sorry you’re still waiting and haven’t heard anything yet. Having my fingers crossed for you that your case moves forward very soon!

@New_Citizen, according to USCIS’s processing time tool, your case is eligible to have an inquiry submitted. I used the data (field office, submission date) you disclosed here, and this is what I got:

Based on your profile, you have been a LPR since February of 2016. If the physical presence requirements were met, you would have been eligible to file two years ago (or even four years ago under the 3-year-rule). Best of luck with your N400 journey. It’s the last leg. And wow! Your ROC was crazy long!

My wife is thinking about this on and off for Switzerland once eligible later this year. Unlike many other countries, Switzerland allows naturalization for spouses after six years of marriage along with a few requirements, even without ever having resided there (I personally think that’s misguided, but I don’t make the laws there). Come June, my wife will fulfill all requirements necessary (except the language requirement is a little weak, but we’re working on French and a little German now). While citizenship wouldn’t confer any more property owning rights as a non-resident, she would still find it a cool thing to have. And completely off topic: @JeanneAdil, I hope I can visit Morocco sometime this year!

It’s so interesting to read everybody’s take on this. Thank you all for sharing your stories. For me personally, I applied for naturalization as soon as I could (with the obligatory day or two for padding due to USCIS’s apparent inability to create accurate case dates). While I was born and raised in Switzerland and spent 34 years of my life there, I feel so much more at home here in the U.S. than I ever did anywhere in Europe. Even my parents say every time they visit how much more they see me fit in here as opposed to there, which must be weird for them. I’m in the lucky position of not having to worry about giving up any citizenship as neither the U.S. nor Switzerland care at all. However, while I’m technically a dual citizen and while the Swiss passport is at least on par with the U.S. one, I consider myself lucky and proud to be an American and only ever travel on my U.S. passport (even when I go to Switzerland). Also and finally, contrary to a lot of other Europeans who naturalize, I stand by my declaration to “bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law”. This might be because Switzerland’s take on firearms differs quite significantly from other European countries. I’ll keep reading this thread; again, thanks everybody for sharing.

Assuming that your wife is a green card holder, there is no way (yet) for her to sponsor her married daughter. Green card holders can only sponsor their spouses and unmarried children. Unfortunately for her, she’ll have to wait until she naturalizes to even think about sponsoring them (and it won’t be quick)… https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-of-green-card-holders-permanent-residents

How much physical presence does he have in the U.S. (= days actually spent in the U.S.)? How much of that past age 14? Is there proof of his physical presence? If I remember correctly, if 1. is >= 5*365 days, and 2. is >= than 2*365, and the answer to 3. is yes: your child is a U.S. citizen, and you should look at your embassy/consulate’s website and search for CRBA and file for that once the child is born. Best of luck and congrats to the new addition to the family!

Your profile indicates that you’re form Nigeria. Here is what the U.S. embassy there has on CRBA: https://ng.usembassy.gov/consular-report-of-birth-abroad/#:~:text=The CRBA and Passport can,the requirements to transmit citizenship.

Just to clarify: it sounds like the father of the child has been a U.S. citizen for 10 years, which makes him a citizen at the time of birth. Has your husband (the child’s father) been “physically present” in the U.S. for at least five years (i.e. has he been physically there for five years)? If so, your child seems to have a claim to U.S. citizenship and, by law, would have to travel to the U.S. on a U.S. passport. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Acquisition-US-Citizenship-Child-Born-Abroad.html#:~:text=A person born abroad in,prior to the person's birth.

From what I remember, you shouldn't have anything to worry about in regards to getting another ESTA if, aside from your wife's I-130 petition on your behalf, nothing has changed since last time you did so. ESTAs are connected to a specific passport, so bringing your old (presumably expired) passport would not provide any benefits. If you feel more comfortable traveling with both passports, I would do so for peace of mind, but I don't see how this would help. Also, if you already have your new passport, I would just apply for ESTA as it's valid for two years, and once it's done, you'll at least know that you will be able to board. As for issues, if any, they would be at the border - I feel obligated to say here that admission will be at the discretion of CBP, but you probably know that. It's been a while, but when we had our K1 pending, I visited regularly, and I just always had a copy of our paperwork (NOA1 and 2, once issued) on me. I also had a job until about two weeks before I left, so that helped too. Good luck!

I would second what others have said: your evidence sounds solid. As @Dashinka said, a lot of the required documents are to be taken to the interview, so you would technically not need to worry about them quite yet. In my own N400 journey, I was aware of that, but I’m also a little OCD, so I kept uploading stuff throughout my wait for the interview (taxes being one of those things). As a result, the interview process was quite quick, and I was sent home with most docs I had brought in as they already had it on file (they had my whole immigration file on their desk). Now, this is just anecdotal evidence, and I believe there’s some variance dependent on IO and field office, but if you follow the guidelines, you’ll be fine. Best of luck for a quick process and yay for your window opening soon!

A German citizen who wants to keep their citizenship when they naturalize in a non-EU/non-Schengen country needs to file for a so-called “Beibehaltungsgenehmigung” (permission to retain [citizenship]). The German mission in the United States has a whole host of info on this (https://www.germany.info/us-de/service/staatsangehoerigkeit/beibehaltung-der-deutschen-staatsangehoerigkeit/1216762), and there are other resources available as well (e.g. https://www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Beibehaltung/01-Informationen_BB/01_02_BB_Wie_geht_es/02_02_BB_Anleitung_node.html). Thus, if your girlfriend is eligible to apply for U.S. naturalization and wants to keep her German citizenship, she would have to obtain permission from Germany before taking the oath of allegiance to the United States; otherwise, she’ll lose her German citizenship. Processing times for Germany’s citizenship retention seem to be around 12-18 months at the moment, but you will most likely get better answers from people who have recently been through the process. If you tag your profile with the German flag, it’ll show up in the respective portal and has a higher likelihood to be noticed/seen by people with first-hand knowledge (I’m personally originally from Switzerland, which operates like the U.S. and doesn’t care about multiple citizenships, so I can only give you what I know from German friends of mine).