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Green Card holder through marriage, divorced and need help!!

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ojab86   0

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If anyone can please help me!!

I have been researching online about this topic and I can't find the answer; the story is a bit long but I will try to make it short and precise. I have been living lawfully (but without Green Card, only through my pending process at the time) in the United States for 7 years already. I got married and got my Green Card in 2009, after 3 years of being married. I got divorced in 2010, as the relationship was pretty much irreconcilable at that point. I have no idea of when am I supposed to apply or how much I have to wait to apply for Citizenship. My green card expires in 2019, but I have been told that since I divorced, I may have to wait more. But, does the fact that I have lived here lawfully for 7 years and, I was married for 4 years prior to divorce, count in any way to accelerate the process? As soon as I moved in the States I got my work permit and social security, did my taxes every year, got a scholarship and all... my marriage was NOT fraudulent at all, we lived together before getting married, we went to the interview and everything went perfect. I am in doubt since I have met people who has gotten Naturalized under more difficult circumstances in fastest time, and I have been here for all these years, my marriage lasted 4 years and just because I got the Green Card really late, does it mean I can't get naturalized?? Someone please help me clear my doubts!! I hear tons of different things but never known of a case like mine yet.

Thank u in advance!!!

Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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You can BECOME a US citizen as early as 5 years after becoming a resident, a.k.a. a Green Card holder. This date you will find in front of your Green Card. It will be some time in 2014.

The USCIS can stamp your N-400 as RECEIVED as early as 90 days before this magic date. I would suggest for you to wait until you have reached the 80-day point, for reasons I don't feel explaining here and now.

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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

Ryan H Grand Master

Ryan H   3,923

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Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to US Citizenship General Discussion; OP is asking about the Naturalization process.

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

July 23, 2025:  Filed N-400 online

 

 
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