New US Citizen

Not sure if i am in the right section or not but here it goes. My Canadian Passport is for Renewl in Feb and my lovely fiance tells me that i should get an American Passport instead. Besides saying No i am not letting my Canadian Passport Expire i don't think i can get an American one just yet. Am I wrong in thinking this. I am arriving in the US in July and we will be married shortly after that. Is that all it takes to get a passport to the US I don't think so but i could be mistaken like i say.

You are right. Does not work that way. If you want to have US passport, you will be eligable in around 3.5-4 years.

I think it is enough (I am expecting my IL anyday). I will not take so many copies, since they can make copies if they want something. I plan to take a passport, green card, marriage certificate, wife's passport, children's birth certificates, NOA's and tax forms to my interview. I do not have any tickets, but I would bring what I have about that.

Hi

I may be a little behind on the answering of this but we just applied for my husband's citizenship.

As I understand it, the rule is 90 days before you have completed your residency requirement. (3 years in my husband's case)

As I also understand it, you may receive your instructions for biometrics (fingerprints) before the actual date you have completed residency but you will not be scheduled for an interview until the actual date the residency time is up.

Someone please correct me if this information is wrong.

Wrong. You can have FP taken and have interview. You cannot take the oath before GC date + 3 years.

How did you (who filed after 3 years) answer this question:

Part 7 - A: How many total days did you spend outside of the United States during the past five years?

Did you count days before you became permanent resident?

I am afraid I made a mistake - I just counted days after becoming PR.

Has anyone received FP notice from NSC recently?

Thanks a million.

I am ready to send my N-400. I got 2 passport style photos and tried to write my name and A number on the back with pencil. It was not easy. I had to press a little. Now, you can see both my name and my name embedded on the picture from the front side. I saw instructions and it says "write light in pencil". I got another set of photos and it was the same. Has anyone had the same problem? Can they return my application because it is not really "written light"?

Thanks for your comments.