when to submit documents

[abbie 0]

hi everyone hoping someone could answer my question..this question is for my dearest cousin, she just wanted to know when to submit documents for naturalization or becoming citizen ...she got married to us citizen last june 2009..stay in US from june 2009 until November 6, 2011 the reason shes outside US is she went back to school to study however she did apply re entry permit...this is allowable 2years outside US ...so she will be coming back in US this November 2013 and still very much married with her husband is the one support in her studies until she graduate.

on entering US does she need anything to present in order to enter in US?

and when to apply her citizenship?

thank u

[Shub 78]

I'm guessing she didn't file a form N-470 (Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes) before leaving, nor do I believe she would have been eligible to file anyway, if she went home to study. Therefore, as far as applying for citizenship is concerned, and if applying on the basis of marriage to a US citizen, she will have to wait 3 years from the date of her return to the US, assuming she does not break the continuous residence requirement, and she will be able to apply as early as 90 days prior to the third anniversary of her re-entry into the USA. In other words, if for example she were to come back on November 15th, 2013, she could apply for citizenship after August 16th, 2016.