divorce and n-400

[manirainbow 0]

Sir

i came to US on K3 spouse visa on 08/08/2008 after arrange marriage to a US citizen.

i got my conditions removed and got my premenent green card 10 years on 2/24/2009

the date of approval of greencard is 05/04/2011

unfortunatly the marriage doesnt work out despite of narriage councelling efforts by a pycologist and we were just physically seperated since may 2011

and my i got my divorce decree from my spouse on 20/nov/2012. Infact she filed the divorce from court of illinois

am i eligible to file n-400? baed on 5 year rule?

please advice

thansk

mani

[Shub 78]

Sir

i came to US on K3 spouse visa on 08/08/2008 after arrange marriage to a US citizen.

i got my conditions removed and got my premenent green card 10 years on 2/24/2009

the date of approval of greencard is 05/04/2011

unfortunatly the marriage doesnt work out despite of narriage councelling efforts by a pycologist and we were just physically seperated since may 2011

and my i got my divorce decree from my spouse on 20/nov/2012. Infact she filed the divorce from court of illinois

am i eligible to file n-400? baed on 5 year rule?

please advice

thansk

mani

I'm a bit confused, you said you got your 10-year GC in February 2009 but then go on to say the date of approval of your GC is May 2011.

Please have a look at your GC, there is a date next to "resident since", what is that date? Anyway, count 5 years from that date, subtract 90 days (not 3 months) and you have the date after which you may apply for naturalization.

[manirainbow 0]

thanks

after removing my conditions i got my permanent green card on 02/24/2009

[Shub 78]

thanks

after removing my conditions i got my permanent green card on 02/24/2009

It doesn't matter when you removed your conditions, if you had a 2-year green card before that, you were a permanent resident. Look up the "resident since" date on your green card. It would have been the same between your first, two-year green card and your current, 10-year green card.

[manirainbow 0]

yes that is correct , same date as conditional green card

[Shub 78]

yes that is correct , same date as conditional green card

Ok, then yes, you are eligible to apply for citizenship based on 5 years of residence, as of November 25th, 2013.

Do go to http://www.uscis.gov/n-400 and http://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/citizenship-through-naturalization/guide-naturalization and make sure you meet all the requirements! The "eligibility worksheet" in the first link is helpful at determining whether you at least meet the basic requirements.

[manirainbow 0]

thanks , yes all set to go , I will keep you posted