Requirements for Naturalization please help

[Eternnitty89 0]

Very curious! I know what I read and understood here and on the goverments website concerning naturalization. I wanted to verify because someone I know is very adimant about them being correct about the details.

My husband is married to me an american citizen from Morocco so he only has to wait 3 years to apply from the date that he became a permanent resident correct?????? Not counting the time that he was here on his k-3 visa???

My husband's friend is married to a Moroccan born woman who is now a U.S citizen thru naturalization. Does he have to wait 3 years from his Permanent status or 5 years because his wife was not born here in the U.S???

I just want to make sure I understood correctly. We begin a new timeline from the moment we recieved our green card to apply for U.S citizen status don't we??

Thank you all for your help and any more info and advice that you have concerning what to prepare for in the future please feel free to let me know! take care all! Happy dayz ahead for all I hope!

[milimelo 4,187]

Very curious! I know what I read and understood here and on the goverments website concerning naturalization. I wanted to verify because someone I know is very adimant about them being correct about the details.

My husband is married to me an american citizen from Morocco so he only has to wait 3 years to apply from the date that he became a permanent resident correct?????? Not counting the time that he was here on his k-3 visa???

My husband's friend is married to a Moroccan born woman who is now a U.S citizen thru naturalization. Does he have to wait 3 years from his Permanent status or 5 years because his wife was not born here in the U.S???

I just want to make sure I understood correctly. We begin a new timeline from the moment we recieved our green card to apply for U.S citizen status don't we??

Thank you all for your help and any more info and advice that you have concerning what to prepare for in the future please feel free to let me know! take care all! Happy dayz ahead for all I hope!

No idea why you are bringing in another person's situation in your question...

Look at your husband's green card - you want to know the resident since date - to that date add three (3) yrs minus 90 days if still married to the same USC (yourself). If not, add 5 years.

[v333k 59]

Yes for the first one... 3 yrs since LPR.

as for second question, the USC spouse whom you received your LPR must be a USC for at least 3 yrs before spouse is eligible. N-400 app has a section on it. also lookup M-476 Naturalization guide....

Very curious! I know what I read and understood here and on the goverments website concerning naturalization. I wanted to verify because someone I know is very adimant about them being correct about the details.

My husband is married to me an american citizen from Morocco so he only has to wait 3 years to apply from the date that he became a permanent resident correct?????? Not counting the time that he was here on his k-3 visa???

My husband's friend is married to a Moroccan born woman who is now a U.S citizen thru naturalization. Does he have to wait 3 years from his Permanent status or 5 years because his wife was not born here in the U.S???

I just want to make sure I understood correctly. We begin a new timeline from the moment we recieved our green card to apply for U.S citizen status don't we??

Thank you all for your help and any more info and advice that you have concerning what to prepare for in the future please feel free to let me know! take care all! Happy dayz ahead for all I hope!

[Eternnitty89 0]

No idea why you are bringing in another person's situation in your question...

Look at your husband's green card - you want to know the resident since date - to that date add three (3) yrs minus 90 days if still married to the same USC (yourself). If not, add 5 years.

fyi trying to help out and find more info for my husbands friend. I do like to help others! That was the reason for mentioning his friends situation with my question. Didn't think it would make sense to post 2 subjects that are so similiar.

thanks for the response.

[Eternnitty89 0]

Yes for the first one... 3 yrs since LPR.

as for second question, the USC spouse whom you received your LPR must be a USC for at least 3 yrs before spouse is eligible. N-400 app has a section on it. also lookup M-476 Naturalization guide....

Thank you for the info! Appreciate it! Just wanted to make sure that I was having a countdown from the correct time ya know! Have a great day!

[v333k 59]

as I said... check the naturalization guide... it has an eligibility sheet that will help

Thank you for the info! Appreciate it! Just wanted to make sure that I was having a countdown from the correct time ya know! Have a great day!

[Eternnitty89 0]

as I said... check the naturalization guide... it has an eligibility sheet that will help

As I said thanks for the info!

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

"Normal" is 5 years.

Express (3 years) works only if the foreigner got his Green Card based on the marriage to a US citizen, the same person who petitioned for him, they are still happily married and still live together under one roof.

In plain English, if somebody got his Green Card for whatever reason, then shortly after marries a US citizen, that would not work as his marriage would not be related to him getting his Green Card through the same person.

You don't tell us whether that's the case with your friend; thus it's not possible to answer the question.