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I am a permanent resident since August 2011. I would like to apply for citizenship. 

 

* I entered the marriage in good faith. We lived together for 4 years in total but after 3.5 years and a bad marriage I met a same sex person online and I left my then husband for her after 5 months. After about three years into the marriage we knew it wasn't going well and I was very unhappy and lonely and got curious to join LGBT groups online. I made an account in a lesbian connections website to make friends mostly. There is where I met her. I let my husband know that I wanted a divorce. He wasn't a bad husband but indifferent to what I wanted and just ignored me and took me for granted. I wasn't the center of his life anymore and I have no friends or family here. To make the story short, I left and my husband filed for divorce in at the beginning of 2017. I married my partner a week ago. Now I have to change my name in the greencard and was looking into the possibility of just applying for citizenship and chsnge my name during the process. My marriage was indeed in good faith, I'm 46 years old and was married to a man before in my country for 15 years, we have two boys together. Then I married my second husband for love but things started to change while we lived together. Now I'm married to a woman. She has been the only same sex relationship ever. I am afraid this could cause some trouble during the naturalización process. What do you think?  

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Cameroon
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Your current marriage can't be used to deny your N 400 application. USCIS is not marriage police, however; they could inquire about your previous marriage to make sure it was initially entered in good faith and not solely to procure a green card through sham. Provided you can prove your previous marriage was in good faith you're fine. Your switch though from a heterosexual to gay marriage could raise eyebrows and questions but like I said it can't be used as a determining factor to deny your N 400 and you should also be provide answers for that if asked which is likely to be. 

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Adjustment of Status From F-1 Visa.

8/14/2014: Mailed AOS package: I-130, I-485, I-765.

8/18/2014: Accepted in Chicago. Transferred to Nebraska Service Center.

8/21/2014: Received NOA 1. I-130, I-485, I-765 in mail.

8/25/2014: Received biometrics in mail. Scheduled for 9/8/2014

9/24/2014: EAD approved. 36 Days!

10/01/2014: EAD mailed.

10/03/2014: Received EAD card.

10/14/2014: I-485 moved to testing and interview.

1/28/2015: Interview scheduled for 3/4/2015.

1/31/2015: Received interview notice.

3/4/2015: Interview completed and APPROVED!

3/5/2015: Welcome notice mailed and I-130 Approved.

3/10/2015: Welcome notice and I-130 approval notice received.

3/12/2015: Green card mailed.

3/14/2015: Green card delivered.

Removal of Conditions: 

12/14/2016: Mailed I-751.

12/19/2016: NOA issued.

01/26/2017: Biometrics.

05/03/2018: I-751 transfered to NBC.

02/27/2019: Joint I-751/N-400 Interview.

05/14/2019: I-751 APPROVED.

Naturalization:

12/02/2017: Mailed N 400 to Phoenix, AZ Lockbox. (I-751 still pending)

12/05/2017: Package delivered in Phoenix, AZ. Transferred to Harrisonburg Processing Center.

12/07/2017: Notice of action issued. (IOE)

12/26/2017: Biometrics.

01/23/2019: Interview Scheduled for 2/27/2019.

02/27/2019: Joint I-751/N-400 interview. N-400 recommended for approval.

05/16/2019: N-400 APPROVED! Placed in line for oath ceremony.

05/17/2019: Oath ceremony notice mailed.

06/12/2019: Swearing in Ceremony! Finally a U.S. citizen!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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