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No guys, We really do not have to file right now, and neither do we really have to file after 5 years. But this is something we'd like to do so that we get it out of the way before upcoming elections. I do appreciate your input and I thank you guys for that but my purpose of this thread was to have some light shed on financial and other aspects of the application

Rheanick: That is actually not true, a US citizen will be a US citizen regardless of whether naturalized or born as USC. The application only asks you to clarify whether citizenship occured at birth or through naturalization. Furthermore, the requirement is that the applicant has to be married to and living with the same USC for 3 years.

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In addition to what I said above, here's what we have so far (I'm only counting the major stuff relating to our M. Status):

1. Marriage certificate

2. Joint bank account opened this year

3. Joint lease for this year (signed 3 months ago)

4. Joint utility bills

5. Current state ID with current address for both of us

6. Old out-of-state ID with same address for both of us (although it does not show the apartment, the address listed on both of our old ID is the same and the IDs are from about 3 years ago).

7. Old college IDs for same college for both of us (from about 3 years ago)

8. Old letter sent by SSA on my wife (Applicant)'s name at the same address previously used by me (i.e. where both of us were living together over 3 years ago).

9. Tax return for last 2 years (1 MFJ and 1 filed as 'single' which is sent for amendement to have it fixed).

In addition to the above, I can also obtain reference letters from friends, family, and my wife's old teachers verifying us living togther.

Another thing which I remembered is that we can also obtain my wife's medical records from our physician in our previous state (from 2008) which has our old out-of-state address on it. Both of us went together when she had to visit our physician.

What do you guys think?

OK OK OK - relax you.

Are you in a financial position to start the co-mingling, or no ?

IMO, though - I say it's not so needed, when applying for Citizenship.

You'll need to prove up you were at the same place with yer spouse over that time period, so focus on that, for the rest of this week and the weekend, pulling out whatever receipts you can.

Good Luck !

Well we have our current lease under both of our names. Besides this, we also have 2 of our utilities bill together and so is our bank account. What else would you recommend besides all this? (As far as real estate or any such matter, I don't own any at this point and cannot afford any).

Regarding your second question, well...the thing is that we usually do not hold on to our reciepts for more than 3-4 months (and that's only if something goes wrong with the item and we have to return it within the time frame) and hence, it'll be hard (i.e. impossible) for me to pull out any old reciepts.

Now one thing I can do is that we can get maybe few references letters for my wife when she took the classes in my college from her teachers verifying that we were living together at the moment and they would often see us together. For instance, I would often finish up my classes on second floor and come downstairs where my wife would finish her class up so that we can leave together. This will also verify that all this occurred in 2008 (right after she came to US) and that we were together at that time and are also together now. Good idea?

Darnell: Yes, she came as a IR1 Visa. Her green card was issued at the airport when she arrived here in the US and her green card is valid for 10 years. It was issued in 2008 and expires in 2018.

ManuFred: I'll double check on that. For the interest part, i did not have any interest. As for filing single, yes, it was a mistake but would uscis reject her n400 based on this 1 mistake which i am getting fixed via right route?

Jupiter: Yes, we have records. She used the same address that i used while residing there along with the rest of my family. I can provide several proofs of me living at that address simultaneously.

The rest of you guys: Thanks for replying but we just cannot wait. We are only 5 months over the 3 years waiting period due to legitimate reason. . We are planning a trip at the end of this year and we'd like to be done with this whole process by that time so both of us fly using our US passorts

Let me first start off by saying that everyone here is doing a good job providing info which some of us could really use. Thank you all.

Now let me get down to my problem ( and please bear me with as I explain my scenerio)

I have been a US citizen (thru naturalization) for 7+ yrs and my wife has been a permanent resident for almost 3.5 years now. Ever since she became a permenant resident, she has never worked and has never attended school besides taking a few classes for 1-2 semesters. My wife became a PR in 2008 and we have lived together at my father's house until 2010, when we relocated to another state for my RN program. From Jan, 2010- Dec, 2011, we lived in an apartment for which the lease by signed by me and my father. My wife's name was not on it cause the place was credit based. After that, we moved to another apartment complex within the same state for which we (my wife and I) signed the lease together. This was her first lease with me. She qualifies for 3 yr marriage based rule and we were going to send in her n400 on april 3 next week.

my first question pertains to our (me and my wife's) taxes. I have only worked for the past 2 years and have no employment history prior to that as i have been focusing on my education while my father (God bless him) supported me all these years and also my wife (when she came to US about 3.5 yrs ago). He was also her sponsor when we sent in her app for US Visa overseas. He has always wanted me to focus on my education first and i am currently in an RN Nursing program.

My first tax return was for 2010 which i filed wrongly as single even though my current wife and i were married and living together at the time. i take the blame for not double checking my return but nevertheless, i did send in my 1040x last week to have that year amended (on my own without IRS notifying me). That was my FIRST tax return, which i am hoping gets amended in the next 2-3 months (before she is called for interview (provided everything moves along smoothly). fingers crossed.

My second tax return was for last year (2011) which i filed correctly with my wife as Married Filing Jointly. My wife has never had income since she became a PR by the way. So that makes it 2 years of taxes for me. Since my wife has never worked, I take it that Immigration Officer will want to know about her source of income and that's where my taxes come in.

Now my question is that is not having taxes for past 3 years going to be any problem for her? I can and will provide a letter for the Immigration Officer stating that I have supported my wife for past 2 years and my father (her father-in-law) has suported us both prior to that. I can also obtain a similar letter from my father. Do i also have to obtain my father's transcript for the 3rd year(2009)?

My second questions pertains to our living together. Even though we have been happilly living together for all these years, we have no real proof. We (my wife & I) have signed a lease together for our current apartment from Jan, 2012 until now which will end at end of this year. This is our first lease together. The lease I had prior to that had my dad's name (along with me as co-signer) on it cuz it was credit based and my wife has no credit since she never worked. Besides the lease, we have started preparing for interview and have recently opened an account together and got both of our names on utility bills. She has also updated her out-of-state ID to include our most recent address on it. However, all of this occured this year and not in the past 3 years. All of these documents fulfill the requirement for residing in same state/place for 3 months prior to filing but will these be enough to show that we are sill married and living together, provided that we also provide our marriage certificate?

The only old proof that I could find which shows that she was living at the same address as mines was one of her letter which came on my father's address about a month or two after she came to USA (in 2008) when we were living with my father in another state. Other than that, she has had no letter on her name.

Another thing is those classes I mentioned earlier. She took those in 2008 and that might be another proof that we were still living together at that time (same address as mines).

Is all this going to be any problem for her? If so, what steps would you recommend?

Thank you so much for reading. I hope to hear from you guys soon and have a good day.