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Hello, I just recently got my 10year green card under VAWA and would like to file for citizenship, however I am afraid that my wife will not be able to come for the N400 interview as we are now separated. Please advise me what to do to make it easy for me. Thank you. 

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9 minutes ago, WangJig said:

Hello, I just recently got my 10year green card under VAWA and would like to file for citizenship, however I am afraid that my wife will not be able to come for the N400 interview as we are now separated. Please advise me what to do to make it easy for me. Thank you. 

You need to apply after 5 years of being an LPR… and this does not depend on your previous length of marriage to a USC 

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47 minutes ago, WangJig said:

I got the green card since March of 2016 and the conditions were removed May of 2022

If you claimed she abused you ,  why would you want her to be involved in your naturalization?

 

If you have been an LPR for 5 years, file under that rule.   Your prior marriage is irrelevant under the 5 year rule.

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6 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

If you claimed she abused you ,  why would you want her to be involved in your naturalization?

 

If you have been an LPR for 5 years, file under that rule.   Your prior marriage is irrelevant under the 5 year rule.

Mind you I would like to be a fly on the wall if he did turn up with having filed VAWA.

 

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3 hours ago, WangJig said:

Hello, I just recently got my 10year green card under VAWA and would like to file for citizenship, however I am afraid that my wife will not be able to come for the N400 interview as we are now separated. Please advise me what to do to make it easy for me. Thank you. 

Are you separated or divorced?

FROM F1 TO AOS

October 17, 2019 AOS receipt date 

December 09, 2019: Biometric appointment

January 15, 2020 RFE received

January 30, 2020  RFE response sent

Feb 7: EAD approved and interview scheduled

March 18, 2020 Interview cancelled

April 14th 2020: RFE received

April 29, 2020 Approved without interview

May 1, 2020 Card in hand

 

REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS

February 1, 2022 package sent

March 28, 2022 Fingerprints reused

July 18, 2023 approval

July 20, 2023 Card in hand

 

N400 

January 30,2023: Online filing

February 4th, 2023: Biometric appointment

June 15th, 2023: Case actively being reviewed

July 11th, 2023: Interview scheduled.

August 30th, 2023: Interview!

August 31st, 2023: Oath ceremony scheduled.

Sept 19th, 2023: Officially a US citizen!

 


 

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2 hours ago, WangJig said:

as for now we are separated 

And again, we need clarity:   You’ve told USCIS that you were subjected to extreme cruelty.   Are you asking if you can use the 3 year rule to file for citizenship?   
 

I’m not an expert on VAWA, but I was under the impression that to qualify you had to have ended the relationship with the abuser, and be divorced.

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16 hours ago, WangJig said:

Hello, I just recently got my 10year green card under VAWA and would like to file for citizenship, however I am afraid that my wife will not be able to come for the N400 interview as we are now separated. Please advise me what to do to make it easy for me. Thank you. 

 

What is odd is that you are worried about your wife not being able to attend because "we are now separated"?   Are the concerns for violence and abuse gone away?

 

I believe @TBoneTX manages the VAWA megathread.   Could you provide some information about the process?

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On 10/20/2022 at 6:00 PM, WangJig said:

Hello, I just recently got my 10year green card under VAWA and would like to file for citizenship, however I am afraid that my wife will not be able to come for the N400 interview as we are now separated. Please advise me what to do to make it easy for me. Thank you. 

You do not need your spouse to be present for Naturalization under this class. You may apply for Naturalization at 2 year and 9 month (3 Year rule).

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1 hour ago, Imperium said:

You do not need your spouse to be present for Naturalization under this class. You may apply for Naturalization at 2 year and 9 month (3 Year rule).

This is true. VAWA LPR (if married to USC) can apply for naturalization after 3 years of residency. And they don't need spouse for the process. It does not matter whether they are still married to the USC or divorced.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/fact-sheets/DO_FactSheet_NatzForVAWALawfulPermResidents_V3_508.pdf

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On 10/21/2022 at 4:23 AM, WangJig said:

as for now we are separated 

You do not need to be divorced in order to file your N-400 and qualify to file now under the 3 year rule or wait until March 2023 and file under the 5 year. 
 

Based on your post , you filed I-751 w waiver as the battered spouse , covered under VAWA, see useful link provided by other member. 

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On 10/20/2022 at 3:00 PM, WangJig said:

Hello, I just recently got my 10year green card under VAWA and would like to file for citizenship, however I am afraid that my wife will not be able to come for the N400 interview as we are now separated. Please advise me what to do to make it easy for me. Thank you. 

You can file a n400 under the 3 year rule if you would like if you qualified. Any green card holder who obtained their green card due to abuse can use the 3 year rule without their spouse. See the web link https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/fact-sheets/DO_FactSheet_NatzForVAWALawfulPermResidents_V3_508.pdf.

 

On 10/20/2022 at 3:26 PM, WangJig said:

I got the green card since March of 2016 and the conditions were removed May of 2022

Looks to me you can file the n400 under the 5 year rule now as you have had your green card 6 years already since March of 2016.

 

You are eligible to file the n400 now under either the 3 year or 5 year rule. If you have not been out of the US much in the last 5 years, and if there are no 'good character' issues within the last 5 years then you are good to file under the 5 year rule.  I think the 5 year rule is easier to file, but it goes back 5 years; the 3 years rule goes back 3 years of review of time out of the USA of more than 50% of the time, good character issues, and being more than 180 days on one trip out of the US. In your case you do not need to prove you are married and living with your spouse in either case (5 or 3 year rule), you will need to show you got your i360 abuse case approved (3 year rule). And no you do not bring your spouse to the interview.

 

Keep in mind the need to live at your address for 90 day before you file the n400. 

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K1 Visa Arrived USA July 2017

Married August 2017

AOS Approved July 2018

 

Filed for i751 joint application May 2020

Fingerprints reused October 2020, and February 2021 and June 2021 (Yes 3 fingerprint notices)

Case move to National Benefits Center December 2020 for quicker processing from California Service Center

Oct 2021 out of processing time inquiry made, response May 5th 2022 that our i751 case will be addressed at our n400 interview

Combo interview May 16th 2022, in Sacramento

Approved June 08, 2022

 

Filed for Naturalization May 2021

Fingerprints reused May 2021

Combo interview May 16th 2022, in Sacramento, 

Approved June 08, 2022

Oath Ceremony completed June 29th 2022

 

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