So Confused About Date To Apply For Citizenship

[neilsqueen 433]

I know this is probably a really silly question, but I'm so confused by some of the answers I'm seeing over in the ROC forum about filing for citizenship.  Some are saying that when you submit your ROC you can submit your citizenship papers because ROC is taking up to a year.  I'm confused though because I thought you had to be a resident for 3 years if you are still married to the USC.  Hubby will be here exactly 2 years on April 25, 2017. (We will be married 3 years in May.)  I sent in his ROC packet already.  Is it correct to say that he cannot apply for citizenship until 90 days before his 3rd year as a resident which the eligibility date will be 1/25/18 due to his 3rd year as a resident being 4/25/18?  Thank you so much for helping to clarify this for me!!

[AK_2014 113]

46 minutes ago, neilsqueen said:

I know this is probably a really silly question, but I'm so confused by some of the answers I'm seeing over in the ROC forum about filing for citizenship.  Some are saying that when you submit your ROC you can submit your citizenship papers because ROC is taking up to a year.  I'm confused though because I thought you had to be a resident for 3 years if you are still married to the USC.  Hubby will be here exactly 2 years on April 25, 2017. (We will be married 3 years in May.)  I sent in his ROC packet already.  Is it correct to say that he cannot apply for citizenship until 90 days before his 3rd year as a resident which the eligibility date will be 1/25/18 due to his 3rd year as a resident being 4/25/18?  Thank you so much for helping to clarify this for me!!

The application window for citizenship through marriage opens 90 days before the third anniversary of the "resident since" listed on the green card. Yes, 1/25/18 is your first chance -- and if his ROC has not yet been adjudicated by that point, he can go ahead and start the citizenship process anyway. :-)

 

(For others reading this thread in the future: please note that 90 days does *not* equal three months. There's a date calculator here: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/dateCalculator.html In this particular case, in 2018, 90 days before April 25 will be Jan 25, but depending on the month in which residence was attained—or even if there's a leap year—in general you can't just subtract 3 months.)

 

[neilsqueen 433]

4 minutes ago, AK_2014 said:

The application window for citizenship through marriage opens 90 days before the third anniversary of the "resident since" listed on the green card. Yes, 1/25/18 is your first chance -- and if his ROC has not yet been adjudicated by that point, he can go ahead and start the citizenship process anyway. :-)

 

(For others reading this thread in the future: please note that 90 days does *not* equal three months. There's a date calculator here: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/dateCalculator.html In this particular case, in 2018, 90 days before April 25 will be Jan 25, but depending on the month in which residence was attained—or even if there's a leap year—in general you can't just subtract 3 months.)

 

Thank you so much for clearing this up for me!  He has one year to get the 100 questions down so that's good news lol.