N-400 application 5 year residency and VAWA

[Milgrid17 0]

Dear friends and immigrants who know or went through the same process, please advise:

I received my conditional GC in Jan, 2012 based on marriage to US citizen. Soon after marriage my life turned into nightmare when my husband started to abuse me. It lasted for a certain period until I decided to run away to stay alive.. I filed petition under VAWA and also filed for divorce. I got approved for a 10 year GC based on VAWA and also by that time I already received my divorce decree (Jan, 2014).

Now I am planning to apply for citizenship based on 5 year rule of being a permanent resident. I was never aware of a 3 year rule for battered spouses, but it's okay, I didn't rush into anything.

Now I have a few questions:

1)When selecting grounds on the application, do I choose the first option (being a resident for 5 years) or I need to choose "OTHER"?

2) In my specific case, what additional docs do I need to enclose with my initial application?

Please guys help me to figure this out, I am a bit confused right now.

Thank you very much for your help on advance.

[Penguin_ie 6,001]

Choose 5 years, because it is much easier. Then you don;t ned any extra documents, just show that you have been resident 5 years, and that you didn't spend too much time abroad.

[Lovetoteach 53]

On 10/24/2016 at 6:58 AM, Penguin_ie said:

Choose 5 years, because it is much easier. Then you don;t ned any extra documents, just show that you have been resident 5 years, and that you didn't spend too much time abroad.

Please could you let me know if you were successful filing under the 5 year rule as I'm in the same situation but have had my card for almost 10 years.

 

Many Thanks x

[Lovetoteach 53]

On 10/24/2016 at 12:41 AM, Milgrid17 said:

Dear friends and immigrants who know or went through the same process, please advise:

I received my conditional GC in Jan, 2012 based on marriage to US citizen. Soon after marriage my life turned into nightmare when my husband started to abuse me. It lasted for a certain period until I decided to run away to stay alive.. I filed petition under VAWA and also filed for divorce. I got approved for a 10 year GC based on VAWA and also by that time I already received my divorce decree (Jan, 2014).

Now I am planning to apply for citizenship based on 5 year rule of being a permanent resident. I was never aware of a 3 year rule for battered spouses, but it's okay, I didn't rush into anything.

Now I have a few questions:

1)When selecting grounds on the application, do I choose the first option (being a resident for 5 years) or I need to choose "OTHER"?

2) In my specific case, what additional docs do I need to enclose with my initial application?

Please guys help me to figure this out, I am a bit confused right now.

Thank you very much for your help on advance.

Were you successful in using the five year rule, as I'm in a similar position, but had my GC almost 10 years.

 

Many Thanks

[Penguin_ie 6,001]

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