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Yes. You got a greencard through him because you were married. Yes.

through him correct, but the term "through marriage" in my mind sounds like he first was a PR and then I married him but thanks for your response

Hi everyone

as I was preparing the I-130 for petitioning for my daughter, I encountered a problem with filling out the form.

Question B.14b asks whether I gained my permanent resident status through marriage to a US citizen or lawful permanent resident?

My story is that my husband came to US on F1 visa and I came with him on F2 visa. After he finished his studies, he found a job and the company sponsored him for his greencard and then I applied for my greencard since my husband became a PR. Now, what confuses me is that although I obtained my GC for the reason that I was the wife of a PR, but it was NOT "through marriage"! We were married long before that (outside of US). It was not like I married a PR and I was living overseas, then he petitioned for me, they gave me GC and then I came to the states.

The question is, whether I should check Yes, or No to answer this question.

Thank you all

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Write a letter requesting your citizenship be expedited because of your daughter's pending I-130. YOU NEED TO FREEZE YOUR CHILD'S AGE. Try to find the contact information on your interview letter and call them and ask whom you should send the request to.

Bring a copy of the letter to your interview. Tell the interviewer to expedite and arrange for your oath before Nov. 1.

Your child aging out is a VERY GOOD reason to expedite your citizenship.

Good luck.

Thanks aaron2020 for your great response and encouragement

To tell you the truth, the only reason that I am applying for citizenship is for being able to have my daughter here, with me. But I was under the impression that this is not a good reason to tell USCIS (like if I'm asked in the interview) and they may deny my naturalization case. Are you saying that this is counted as a valid reason for applying for naturalization? Do you think that I might be able to even have the interview sooner if I tell them about my daughter aging out? I think I have to schedule an INFOPASS with the office handling my case and explain the whole situation to them.

Thanks everyone for your wonderful information and sorry about posting in the wrong forum

So, as most of you mentioned, I am preparing the necessary paperwork to send the I-130 petition as soon as I can (I-486 is not necessary now and it is for the NVC stage, right?)

Hi everyone

I have filed for N-400 and my interview is on August 29 in Santa Ana, CA. I have a daughter (out of the country) who will be 21 on November 1st and I am going to file I-130 for her after becoming a citizen. I am a little woried though as the process and all the necessary paperwork (interview, oath, etc.) take longer than her birthday and she becomes 21 I have read on USCIS website though ( Child Status Protection Act ) that if I manage to file the I-130 BEFORE November 1st, we should be OK (= she is going to be considered as my child and not daughter and will be here sooner). The exact wording from the website is:

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If the petition (Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative) was filed by a U.S. citizen parent for his or her child, the beneficiary’s age “freezes” on the date of filing.

If the petition (Form I-130) was filed by a permanent resident parent and the parent naturalizes before the beneficiary turns 21, the beneficiary’s age “freezes” on the date the petitioner naturalized.

"

I am a little new to the whole immigration process and perhaps a little mis-informed my questions are:

1. Am I interpreting the CSPA law correct and is this law still active? because I called a well-experienced immigration lawyer and she didn't know anything about this law!!!

2. It was not until few days ago that I discovered that I could have filed for my daughter as a PR. Is this right? In terms of the time it takes for bringing my daughter here, is there any difference between applying as a USC or a PR? If no, do you think it is reasonable that I apply for her NOW, before my interview and benefit the time between my interview and my oath?

3. Although it really depends on our local office and the amount of applications they have, but do you think that based on my timeline the whole plan (applying for my daughter before she turns 21) is feasible?

I really do appreciate your help.

P.S: my life story is really complicated, my husband and I came to US and became Permanent Residents but returned to our home country when I was pregnant and had to deliever my daughter there and had to leave her with my parents because of our circumstances. So please don't mock me on why have I not filed for her long before I love my daughter more than anything, but life is not always what you expect it to be