Highyella72

its funny i was just thinking the same thing....smiles. i spy here every week or so but rarely post. still with mine. he has been here since june 2013. been hard times in the adjustment period but still going strong......

It took me nearly 11 months...when I did K1......

I think it depends on the state I live in Connecticut and my husband was told he could drive on his foreign nigerian license for one year before he had to get a Connecticut state license. He got his CT license just this month, after 7 months. So I would check with your state dmv.

I owe the IRS $4000 at the time of filing my CR 1 visa for my husband. I was on a payment plan and never came up during processing the paperwork or during his interview. Have your fiance contact the IRS to set up a payment plan immediately and you should be fine

My husband here in CT, still had to do the written test, get his learners permit, even with a valid Nigerian license

....then he has to wait 90 days before taking his road test.....so again each state had different rules

seems to be the norm in lagos. i applied for k1 was denied while i was in lagos' talked to the co asked why? He suggested getting married while i was there, better chance of approval.did just that, came home filed for cr1 before k1 officially closed with a letterto withdraw k1 petition.....interview for cr1 passed easily.......

I got my citizenship in may 2011, and applied for I130, she has the same rights as any American now.....

Arrived about a month after he got here, however I did call uscis and questioned them.

Sorry auto correct on cell phone. Process should go a lot smoother now.

What this means is, now that it us updated sure to his us citizenship u will not need to wait for a visa to become available. They will process your case either approve or deny. If approved u will be scheduled an interview. If it goes well and approved u will have a visa issued. LPR petitioners have to wait for a visa to become available, where as us citizenship petitioners don't. Your process should hi allot quicker and another now.

Regardless of your view of right and wrong, this does not answer the qu

estion. The OP did not come for ridicule but an answer

His green card and his passport. He can not obtain a u.s. Passport until he becomes a u.s. citizen, after at least three years of green card status. He can then apply for citizenship, once granted, then a u.s. Passport.

so happy for you..... let us know how they adjust.... smiles

I disregarded that note. The embassy in Lagos had all the documents and the legal documents such as the marriage license was returned at the end of the interview. However, I would have him go with copies of all paperwork.

When I was naturalized in May 2011 they used the pic from the biometrics.... not the passport pics, and trust me, it isn't pretty after being awake all night working.....lol

I hope that the appeal goes thru and you will be able to stay with your wife.... Good luck

I would read into the USCIS site and verify it can be done. Last I knew, the USCIS and Immigration does not recognize same sex marriage even if it recognized in your state.

travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_2991.html

American Citizenship is not "claimed" through any process. Someone who is a USC at birth is a USC whether or not they do anything about it or not. If your mother was a USC at birth, she was always a USC whether or not she recently obtained a passport or not. If she was not a USC at birth, then she was naturalized through another process (like becoming a lawful permanent resident, residing in the U.S. for the required period, and becoming naturalized).

my mother as in the posters mother was NOT born in the U.S. and she has Canadian citizenship as the posters mother has Irish citizenship(not american through the grandfather) on her birth records, even though her father as like my mothers father was American. In order for my mother to "Claim" or have her "american citizenship" acknowledged, she had to file a N600 because she was over the age of 18 at the time. After it was completed she then received a "Certificate of Citzenship", however since by the time she had done this I was then over 18years old, I could not, like the poster, aquire my citizenship through her.

I do feel bad for him. They really should explain at your interview and remind you that you are not yet a citizen and should not do anything as a citizen including voting. I think some people come out excited and if things had been explained to them a little in detail, this may have been avoided. And having gone thru the interview process, they don't say much but congratulations and asked me to go and wait in the lobby until my number was called. At which time I was given the Oath date, nothing more.

You can use either the I864 or the I864EZ, if you are filing just for your husband, using your income and previous income, and are not using a sponsor. I just did the I864 for my husband. The I864A is if you are using a co-sponsor or sponsoring more than one person from overseas. The I864W is if you are using your qualified 40 quarters of coverage from SSA as earned. From my understanding.

You can get the instruction sheets from the uscis.gov website, giving indications for each form on when they should and shouldn't be used. Based on what you have said, either of the two I mentioned would be acceptable.

I find it strange that he went to his interview and didn't receive an oath ceremony appointment. When I went to my interview 2 years ago after I interviewed and was approved, I was told to wait in the lobby. I was then called to a window and given a purplish pink paper that had the oath ceremony date, time and place, which was a one month later, I attended it. I would have never left without a date, time and place for an oath ceremony, or at least an explaination of what was to happen next and what to expect.

I lived in the U.S. as a green card holder for nearly 30 years and I knew not to register or to vote until I had the certificate of citizenship. Honestly, it doesn't look very good for him, and it is sad.

Most couples I know in this world can copy their partner's signature and it is totally fine with them. Would it be an issue if u signed the documents yourself (forged ur wife's sign).

I would have done that.

Not the best advice to give to a member of an already tough country to get through. Also any signing of another persons signature is fraud, husband, wife, fiance, whatever.......

Like I suggested, my husband only went with the scanned copies and since the CO already had the AOS sent from NVC, it should be sufficient.

I front loaded at NVC and my husband only took the scanned copies I sent him. Since the CO already has all the information, an orginal signed AOS shouldn't be needed.

You also have to count your husband into the equation. So it would be you, your mother, your child and your husband.

From what I understand the mother can claim her American Citizenship through a process, however is the daughter is an adult, then she can not get her citizenship through her mother. My mother is the same situation. She is Canadian her father was American. She never got her citizenship until a few years ago, and given I was already an adult getting my citizenship through her was not an option.