Apply for passport

[asif mehmood 0]

Im married 3 years and want to apply for citizenship but my question is my wife get passport atfer 8 months i come to usa so my time count for apply citizenship i enter usa or time start my wife get the citizenship becoz wgen we married she have green card only .....

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

Citizenship is abotu you, not your wife. You must be a greencard holder AND married to your wife for 3 years to be elligible.

[asif mehmood 0]

Actuly i read on uscis website when i apply my wife should be citizen of that such period of 3 years under family marshal union ......

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

OK maybe I am missunderstanding your question. Can you try to explain again exactly what you are asking? Maybe, if your wife writes better English, she could type for you?

[asif mehmood 0]

Sorry about that actuly when i be married that time she is permanent resident not a citizen i m come usa dec 2010 she get the citizenship nov2011 my 3 year time to apply for citizenship is over on dec2013 according to law after 3 years married with us citizen i be able to apply for citizenship my question is time count for dec 2010 when i come to usa or time count when my wife get citizenship on nov2011 ......

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

I understand your question now.

You came to the United States in December of 2010. Your wife at that time was a Green Card holder, but not a US citizen. She became a US citizen in November of 2011, about 9 months after you got your Green Card.

Well, the "normal" waiting time for naturalization is 5 years. That would in your case be December of 2015. The exception to this is if two conditions are met:

1) You have been a resident for at least 3 years, AND

2) You have been married to the same US citizen for at least 3 years.

In your case, you have only been married to a US citizen since November of 2011, so only in November of 2014 you will have met the requirement number 2. At the same time, you have already been a resident for close to 4 years.

[asif mehmood 0]

Thx for detail reply but in dec 2013 im permanent resident for 3 years .....

[asif mehmood 0]

Bro i was married in 2007 but that time wife has green card only so i be waiting for my visa approval my visa approved in nov 2010 and im come in usa dec 2010 after that my wife get citizenship in nov 2011 so my question is i be able apply citizenship in dec 2013 or i need to wait for nov 2014

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

You must meet 2 things

Be a resident 3 years

Have a spouse that is a USC for 3 years

Most people wait because of the first thing. You are waiting because of the second one. Your wife isn't a USC for 3 years yet.

[NikLR 13,220]

Bro i was married in 2007 but that time wife has green card only so i be waiting for my visa approval my visa approved in nov 2010 and im come in usa dec 2010 after that my wife get citizenship in nov 2011 so my question is i be able apply citizenship in dec 2013 or i need to wait for nov 2014

You need to wait until Nov 2014. You need to be married to a US citizen for 3 years AND a permanent resident for that period of time.

Wife became a citizen in Nov 2011.

In Nov 2014 you will have been married to a US citizen for 3 years.

You are lucky because you were also a permanent resident the whole time too! YAY!

Nov 2014 is when you can become a citizen, at the earliest.

[asif mehmood 0]

Can i apply 6 month before nov 2014

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

No you can apply 90 days before the exact date. If you apply even a day earlier they will deny.