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Common question. Be more strategic about your selection. See links above.

Those illegals again! They've caused my indigestion, my receding hairline, my low sperm count... now I can't even become a citizen on time because of them! Sheesh...

Credit score? This is the silly rule-making that happens when only non-immigrants write the rules...

Plan for 18 months so that if they process your petition in 10 months you'll be giving testimony 😂

Please talk to a lawyer asap. Your case get k-leg. They had questions about your initial marriage, and even that was dissolved 8 months ago and you didn't notify them. 

Consider these three things: First, for tourist visas, US immigration law requires consular officers to presume every applicant is an intending immigrant. Second, the demand for visas is high and there are so many consular officers to review the applications, so they probably take 2-3 minutes to reach a decision. Finally, officers know that fake documents abound in Nigeria, so most of the time they don't look at any documents (although you should take them anyway).
 
What does that mean for you? Two things: First, COs rely on easily verifiable, and hard-to-fake proxies -- like ownership of an official passport or your travel history -- to make a decision. That's why senior government staff and people who have extensive overseas travel histories tend to be more successful in the applications. Second, you must come across as credible during the brief interview: no shifty eyes, no stammering over facts about your job, the purpose of your travel, etc., and look like who your application says you are (but don't overdress!).
 
I can't overemphasize the second point. I once witnessed a shabbily dressed guy with shaky English and slight undernourishment claim at the Lagos consulate that he was going for a real estate conference in Las Vegas to network with Bill Gates. You can imagine how that story ends.

Consider these three things: First, for tourist visas, US immigration law requires consular officers to presume every applicant is an intending immigrant. Second, the demand for visas is high and there are so many consular officers to review the applications, so they probably take 2-3 minutes to reach a decision. Finally, officers know that fake documents abound in Nigeria, so most of the time they don't look at any documents (although you should take them anyway).
 
What does that mean for you? Two things: First, COs rely on easily verifiable, and hard-to-fake proxies -- like ownership of an official passport or your travel history -- to make a decision. That's why senior government staff and people who have extensive overseas travel histories tend to be more successful in the applications. Second, you must come across as credible during the brief interview: no shifty eyes, no stammering over facts about your job, the purpose of your travel, etc., and look like who your application says you are (but don't overdress!).
 
I can't overemphasize the second point. I once witnessed a shabbily dressed guy with shaky English and slight undernourishment claim at the Lagos consulate that he was going for a real estate conference in Las Vegas to network with Bill Gates. You can imagine how that story ends.

Consider these three things: First, for tourist visas, US immigration law requires consular officers to presume every applicant is an intending immigrant. Second, the demand for visas is high and there are so many consular officers to review the applications, so they probably take 2-3 minutes to reach a decision. Finally, officers know that fake documents abound in Nigeria, so most of the time they don't look at any documents (although you should take them anyway).
 
What does that mean for you? Two things: First, COs rely on easily verifiable, and hard-to-fake proxies -- like ownership of an official passport or your travel history -- to make a decision. That's why senior government staff and people who have extensive overseas travel histories tend to be more successful in the applications. Second, you must come across as credible during the brief interview: no shifty eyes, no stammering over facts about your job, the purpose of your travel, etc., and look like who your application says you are (but don't overdress!).
 
I can't overemphasize the second point. I once witnessed a shabbily dressed guy with shaky English and slight undernourishment claim at the Lagos consulate that he was going for a real estate conference in Las Vegas to network with Bill Gates. You can imagine how that story ends.

You do realize that in order to eligible for Obamacare, you have to have a full time job?  My husband is a doctor, I am a healthcare lawyer, I guarantee you I know more about how Obamacare works than your political talking heads know.  It isn't anything close to a disaster, very far from it, and take that from someone who treats patients all day long in a hospital.  Also, health insurance is far from a "few hundred bucks".  I own my own law firm and I can tell you what I pay for health insurance for my employees, it is a lot more than a few hundred dollars a month, try more like $600 a person per month.  
 
You are completely entitled to your opinion, but the fact of the matter is that people that receive Obamacare are working, and working hard at full time jobs.  These are exactly the people that we want to keep in this country, so I have to disagree with you that we would deny citizenship to these people.  

Should be no problem reentering the US. I've done it. You must travel with both the expired green card and the extension letter, though. Like I was, you may be pulled in for secondary inspection at the US port of entry. Except for the extra waiting time, it's nothing to worry about -- they're just checking that your documentation and status are legit.
 
Two other things of note:
The airline desk staff in Nigeria may not know about the extension letter, so I would check with the airline before booking to be sure they'll accept it, preferably get an email confirmation. You may be scrutinized by Nigerian Immigration officers when you're leaving Nigeria with an expired green card. I was questioned for about 5 mins, but the officer eventually concluded that it's not his business whether I will be accepted back into the US and let me go my way. Best of luck!

One important thing: The regulations require evidence from the date of marriage to the date of your application. Many people forget/ignore/don't know about this. Don't make that mistake.
 
For instance, send lease agreements with both names for the last 3 years; joint bank account statements with transactions for the 3-year period (e.g., one per quarter); IRS tax transcripts for jointly filed returns for 3 years, etc. Where you can't cover the period, include a note in your cover letter explaining why (some use an "Evidence Guide" table to do this).

Five years after she became a citizen. The question isn't about the gravity of her conviction; if she'd had the same issue after becoming a citizen, her naturalization likely wouldn't be at risk. The issue is whether she should've confessed to a crime she didn't believe she'd committed at the time of the application for naturalization.

OK, there's routine enforcement targeted at undocumented citizens, visa overstayers, violent criminals, etc., and then there's this.
 
Resident in the US for 50 years, legal and all, and seemingly grounded in his community. Then picked up by ICE without warrant for removal apparently because of a 17-year-old misdemeanor in his record.  
 
Yes, he probably should've filed for citizenship aeons ago, but this just feels wrong.
 
https://splinternews.com/legal-resident-arrested-by-ice-as-family-watches-from-h-1826807456 

Unless you really, really, really, really, really have to travel in a hurry, I strongly recommend you apply for a visa outside Nigeria instead of using visa on arrival. You do not want to be at the mercy of Nigerian immigration officers when you arrive at the airport.
 
 

I'm in a similar situation. Truth is, no one knows the answer to that question. If you chose to apply, here's what my research suggests.
 
You're not presumed to have broken continuity of residence based on the trips you describe. However, much of the decision is at the discretion of the officer who reviews your application. Note, though, that the naturalization regulation states that: "The applicant shall bear the burden of establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she meets all of the requirements for naturalization ....". Accordingly, it would be wise to preemptively provide evidence that tilts the totality of the circumstances towards a conclusion that you haven't actually broken continuous residence. In your testimony and in your documentary evidence, you should show, where possible, that during your absences from the US:
The reasons for your trips abroad were temporary; You did not terminate your employment in the US; Your immediate family remained in the US; You retained full access to your US abode; or You did not obtain employment while abroad. Examples of such evidence, which should cover the entire period of your permanent residency, especially when you were abroad, are:
Letter from your employer approving temporary foreign trips Named on leases on rented apartments in the US Evidence of short-term housing during your trips abroad (e.g. hotel bookings) Named on US utility bills (not mobile phones) US credit card statements with transactions Federal and state tax filings using resident alien classification Tickets/boarding passes for flights originating from and returning to the US US health/dental insurance (or evidence of utilization of US health care) Evidence of active participation in US life (e.g., club memberships, volunteering) There some killers that could weigh heavily against you that you should be aware of:
You must not have filed your tax returns using the NR1040. That's strictly for nonresidents. You must not have ever claimed foreign income tax exclusion or deduction as a bona fide nonresident. Hope that helps. Best of luck -- let me know how things work out!

We are talking about two different topics obviously. Carry on, as this forum won’t allow me to say what I’d like. 

Don't drop your guard just because you may think you've come far in the immigration process. You want to avoid those uncomfortable interviews (e.g., which sexual positions does s/he prefer?). See comment linked below for a more structured way to think about I-751 evidence:
 
 

You paid $3000 for a guy you've never met? Was there a major natural disaster in Nigeria? Did you pay through a reputable charity? And now you want to marry him.
 
You totally deserve him. Wonders will never end...

So, like I said in my post above, first decide which milestones you want to highlight (how you met, how you decided to get married, trips, plans for the future) then select 1-2 pages of the chat log that highlight these discussions for printing. Do NOT do a data dump.
 
Best of luck. 

You paid $3000 for a guy you've never met? Was there a major natural disaster in Nigeria? Did you pay through a reputable charity? And now you want to marry him.
 
You totally deserve him. Wonders will never end...

I would apply under the 5-year rule. I think the way to see this from a plain reading of the law is that the default requirement for naturaIization is 5 years of permanent residence. The lower bar for spouses of US citizens and other classes is an exception, requiring more evidence and attracting further scrutiny to claim the special benefit. Even if you choose to add marriage docs, I would make clear in the cover letter that you're applying under the 5-year rule.

Examples follow (just made up; YMMV). Just be honest in describing the location, the approximate time, and the context.
 
If you met in-person:
If online:
If "arrangee":
 

Examples follow (just made up; YMMV). Just be honest in describing the location, the approximate time, and the context.
 
If you met in-person:
If online:
If "arrangee":
 

Be sure you meet all the physical presence/conditional residence requirements before you travel.
Use this link to check processing times: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/#mainContent
Follow this link to hear from your peers in Chicago: 
 

It's best if you can provide multiple, triangulating/corroborating evidence of the meeting. If you want to be thorough and fool-proof, provide:
Emails/chat logs discussing your intention/pre-planning to meet Travel documentation (boarding passes, hotel bookings, entry immigration stamps) that show action to meet Pictures of both of you (preferably at a recognizable local landmark) that show you actually met This is how you should try to back up other major claims in your immigration journey.