residency, money issues filie for citizenship???

[waldron1983 0]

hey guys...questions... ok, im married 3 years to my wife. she has us perm residency. eligible to get citizenship based on marriage in spring 2012. i lost my job in usa, and moved to take a job teaching english in korea. my wife is visiting her family in her country. when we gave up our usa apartment, we changed our residency to my mothers house. my wife will be going home soon, under 6 months out of usa, and when there she will stay at my mothers home. i will return home in oct 2011. once there i plan to file for her citizenship. i have several things...a joing bank account, joint credit card, cell bill in both our names. im also going to get my car signed over into joint and we have a little piece of country peroperty that is jointly owned. and of course 3 years tax returns too, joint. i plan to prob return to korea for one last time asfter my wifes papers are done. my questions: 1. is living with my mother, my mother is a little older and i think me around and my wife would be good anyway, cause any problems filing??? we have old apartment lease from before, but as of now our residence is listed with my mother. will this cause any problems??? also....we never made a whole lot of money when we worked in the usa. i was a sub teacher and wife was a waitress. however, i will list on taxes any income from korea as "additional income". just making sure everything is okay. i dont wwant to screw her chances of getting citizenship up. and most of you know what a pain USCIS can be. anyway, let me know. thanks! any advice would be welcome. by way we are both in mid 20s, no kids yet.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

You cannot file for your wife's citizenship.

When doing AOS, the US citizen petitions for the foreigner.

When removing conditions, both the US citizen and the foreigner do it together.

When it's time to apply for citizenship, it's the foreigner alone and the US citizen is not part of the application anymore.

In regard to your concerns, at the N-400 stage the I.O. is more concerned about the applicant not having spent too much time outside the US than all of the co-mingling paperwork you submitted for ROC. So if your wife was out of the US for less than 6 months, you should be able to put your worries about taxes and income and your mother to rest. It's really not part of the big picture anymore. What the I.O. wants to see is your birth certificate (if natural born USC) or US passport, the marriage certificate, your wife's Green Card and passport, and her driver license. You also want to submit tax transcripts (much better than returns!) for 2010, 2009, and 2008 with the application when you mail it in. The I.O. will only briefly check if there are 3 jointly filed returns. He or she will not check your income as it doesn't matter for naturalization purposes.

Edited February 15, 2011 by Just Bob

[waldron1983 0]

thanks a lot, load off my mind. yeah ive made sure anytime, shes never out more than 5 months even. im aware shes the one that files, i just am making sure of everything for her sake, and my sanity thanks for the reply.