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I had my interview on 12/17/15 and was recommended for approval. The interview itself did not last longer than 15 mins, but it was rocky. From the very beginning the officer kept asking about the timeline between removing my GC conditions and my separation, even went as far as saying that she didn't think my I-751 petition should have been approved. It was my worst fears come to live, but eventually she moved on to the rest of the interview, and to the government and English test. At the end, I was very surprised she marked the congratulations box on my N-652. I checked online today and my oath letter has been mailed! Praying everything goes well. Thank you all, and good luck on your journey.

As far as filing taxes goes I'm pretty sure that if you're legally married you can only file either Married Filing Separately or Married Filing Jointly.

Well, the IRS states that to qualify for head of household you must be either single or considered unmarried. They go on to state that you are considered unmarried if your spouse has not lived with you for 6 or more months of the tax year, and have a qualifying child. So I'm sure I meet the head of household criteria. I just mentioned the head of household taxes because ever since we separated I've been filing that way. So even though our divorce wasn't final until this year, there is no claiming we were still together during this time. I received my 10 yr GC around December of 2012, and we separated in May of 2013. I was just wondering if the timeline would seem short to immigration and warrant scrutiny. Thanks.

Thank you! That makes me feel better:) We'll see how everything goes, thanks!

Good morning, I become eligible to apply for citizenship based on being a permanent resident for 5 years at the end of the July 2015. I wanted to get your input on whether I need to hire an attorney or not. I received my GC based on marriage to a USC. I became a conditional resident on 10/14/10, and two years later we applied to remove the condition on my GC which was approved with no issues. Soon after I found out my husband was having an affair, and we separated on may of 2013. At this point, my husband moved to New Jersey, where he is originally from to be with his mom who was having some problems. We still kept in touch, and originally I thought we would be able to move past it and work it out, I saw it more of a trial separation than heading for divorce. We even purchased a home during this time, which was all done through power of attorney since at the time he was still out of the state. Long story short, he never moved back to Texas, and our marriage ultimately ended in divorce. Even though we separated in 5/2013, our marriage did not become final until 4/29/2015. Ever since our separation in 2013, I've been filing as head of household, since I take care of my nieces, and my ex and I were no longer living in the same residence. I also have about 4 traffic tickets, none in the past 3 years, which were all taken care of by paying fines or dismissed. One did go into an arrest warrant because I forgot about it, but I was never arrested, and I hired an attorney to resolve that matter which ended up in the arrest warrant being dismissed and the original speeding ticket was paid. Based on all these different issues in my case, would you all recommend hiring an attorney? Any advice would be appreciated, after reading some horror stories online I'm a little petrified of the naturalization process. Thanks.