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Just filed for Citizenship..should I petition my spouse now or wait until Citizenship is approved??

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kokoloko   0

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Would it make a difference in terms of how fast she can get here in the States (shes currently 2 months preggy, would love for her togive birth here) if I go ahead and file a petition now and thenjust upgrade later when i get my citizenship, or just wait for my citizenship to be approved??? Thanks in advanced!

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Brother Hesekiel   2,235

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It will take about 5 months for your I-130 to be adjudicated. It will take about 4 months for you to become a US citizen. So I guess you can save a few months if you file now and then update the petition once you have become a US citizen.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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File now and upgrade as soon as you can.

It is quite unlikely she'll get her visa and be able to travel before the birth though, the process usually takes 8-12 months for citizens, depending on your service center and embassy.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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PD is Current. Rising Star

PD is Current.   50

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File ASAP. The I-130 step, as you may know, is identical between GC holder and USC.

It should take about 4 months to get the USC certificate to upgrade your case.

It should take about 5 months to get your I-130 approved (if you file to CA center)

So, it saves you about 4 months if you file now.

You are getting a good one! LOL dancin5hr.gif

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