Eligibility Confusion-Help!

[Xdog 0]

My wife married a US Citizen and entered the US on CR-1 Visa on October 06, 2011. She got her 10 Years Green Card on November 14, 2013. When is her eligibility to apply for US Citizen be? We can appply for her US Citizenship 90 days prior to her eligibility, correct? Thank you.

[JimmyHou 613]

My wife married a US Citizen and entered the US on CR-1 Visa on October 06, 2011. She got her 10 Years Green Card on November 14, 2013. When is her eligibility to apply for US Citizen be? We can appply for her US Citizenship 90 days prior to her eligibility, correct? Thank you.

That's worded rather oddly... your wife is married a US citizen... is that you? You're the US citizen she married?

If so, look at her green card. It will have a "Resident Since" entry. Take that date, add three years and subtract 90 days.

That's the eligibility date. Don't apply a single day earlier than that.

This assumes that she meets all the other requirements (physical presence and continuous residence).

Note that on the day she applies, you have to have been a US citizen for 3 full years and you have to have been married for 3 full years. The 90 day early filing only applies to the residency requirement.

[Xdog 0]

Yes, it was missing an "IS", she is married. And thank you for your answers.

[Xdog 0]

That's worded rather oddly... your wife is married a US citizen... is that you? You're the US citizen she married?

If so, look at her green card. It will have a "Resident Since" entry. Take that date, add three years and subtract 90 days.

That's the eligibility date. Don't apply a single day earlier than that.

This assumes that she meets all the other requirements (physical presence and continuous residence).

Note that on the day she applies, you have to have been a US citizen for 3 full years and you have to have been married for 3 full years. The 90 day early filing only applies to the residency requirement.

Her GC, "Resident Since": 10/06/2011. According to your explenation she met the elibility requirement for filing for US Citizenship.

But, Her N-400 was returned, reason: " .....You have filed your application more than 90-days before meeting the continuous resident requirement..."

Since 10/06/2011 she lives in the US continuouly, except two 3-days trips to Cancun and Jamaica.

On line #5 in the N-400 aplication, "Date you became a Permanent Resident": What date should I put here, the date she arrived in the US which was 10/06/2011 or the date which she received her 10-years GC was 11/14/2013?

[JimmyHou 613]

Her GC, "Resident Since": 10/06/2011. According to your explenation she met the elibility requirement for filing for US Citizenship.

But, Her N-400 was returned, reason: " .....You have filed your application more than 90-days before meeting the continuous resident requirement..."

Since 10/06/2011 she lives in the US continuouly, except two 3-days trips to Cancun and Jamaica.

On line #5 in the N-400 aplication, "Date you became a Permanent Resident": What date should I put here, the date she arrived in the US which was 10/06/2011 or the date which she received her 10-years GC was 11/14/2013?

Date she became a permanent resident = resident since date printed on green card.

The only exception is if she got her green card through asylum.

I don't know why her application was returned.

Her GC says resident since October 6th 2011, right?

She has only had 6 days outside of the US since that time, right?

What day exactly did she send in her application?

[Xdog 0]

Date she became a permanent resident = resident since date printed on green card.

The only exception is if she got her green card through asylum.

I don't know why her application was returned.

Her GC says resident since October 6th 2011, right?

She has only had 6 days outside of the US since that time, right?

What day exactly did she send in her application?

Her GC says resident since October 6th 2011, right? ---------YES

She has only had 6 days outside of the US since that time, right? ----------CORRECT.

What day exactly did she send in her application? ---------Jan. 30, 2015

In N-400 Application, Line #7: Date you become Permanent Resident: I put down, 11/14/2013, which was the date she received her 10-years GC. Should I put, 10/06/2011 at line #7 instead? Thank you.

[Kintsukuroi 6]

Her GC says resident since October 6th 2011, right? ---------YES

She has only had 6 days outside of the US since that time, right? ----------CORRECT.

What day exactly did she send in her application? ---------Jan. 30, 2015

In N-400 Application, Line #7: Date you become Permanent Resident: I put down, 11/14/2013, which was the date she received her 10-years GC. Should I put, 10/06/2011 at line #7 instead? Thank you.

Yes, this is why it was returned. By the date you entered on the application she is not eligible. You need to put the 10/06/2011 date and reapply.

[Xdog 0]

Yes, this is why it was returned. By the date you entered on the application she is not eligible. You need to put the 10/06/2011 date and reapply.

Thank you so much for your answer.

[JimmyHou 613]

Her GC says resident since October 6th 2011, right? ---------YES

She has only had 6 days outside of the US since that time, right? ----------CORRECT.

What day exactly did she send in her application? ---------Jan. 30, 2015

In N-400 Application, Line #7: Date you become Permanent Resident: I put down, 11/14/2013, which was the date she received her 10-years GC. Should I put, 10/06/2011 at line #7 instead? Thank you.

Exactly, the previous responder is correct.

She was eligible to apply and her application would have been accepted, but you wrote the wrong date and made it look like she was applying too early.

She became a permanent resident on the Resident Since date on her green card.