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If you've been a permanent resident for 5 years or more go with A, there's less paperwork to send in or take to your interview.

Oh crapola!!! My wife's date is 12/29/2010 so she can apply 10/1/2013. I was thinking it was three years which would have giving us three more months. Well, there goes our nice, relaxing weekend....oh, well. If this goes as smoothly as the last process it should not be so bad since she is so detailed and organized.

She doesn't have to file 3 months before, she can file any time after that. Or not at all.

Nope, having a job is not required for naturalization.

I don't have kids, but there were a few at my ceremony. None of your children will be able to be with you...they'll have to stay with your wife or whoever else comes to watch.

People with children were told that if their child cries they must leave the room immediately and come back once the child has calmed down.

I only heard one child cry and the mother refused to leave the room because she wanted to see her husband naturalize...but the security guard gave her no choice! I didn't see her come back in so I'm guessing the child wouldn't stop crying.

Given that they don't always stamp Canadian passports, how do they know you've not crossed the border? The wife hasn't went back in the the last 11 years (money, dead CA passport, and generally not wanting to roll the dice on not getting back into the US) and we're trying to figure out how to prove a zero.

They ask you if you've been. You'll tell them you haven't.

It's impossible to prove a negative and they won't expect you to.

My interview letter included a list of things I needed to bring...all passports was on that list. The IO asked for them and looked at them.

All passports (current and expired) are required for the interview. You don't need to spend $2000 to travel to your home country to get it...just get someone to mail it to you.

Is he not prepared to risk it for 14 days?

I'm not sure I'd bother for that short a time.

I prefer xe.com. They don't charge anything and at their current exchange rate you would get $774.80 for your 500.

I was interviewed by a male officer and he was wearing a suit and tie (the jacket was on the back of his chair).

I went during work hours and wore business casual and everyone else waiting seemed to be dressed the same. It was a very hot day here in NC and I didn't see any of the men being interviewed wearing jackets, but lots were wearing pants, shirts, and ties.

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Mine says 'Divorced'.

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At my oath ceremony we were given instructions on how to petition for family members...lots of people do it immediately.

The person conducting our ceremony even said something about it being a major reason that people naturalize.

The IO won't ask you any questions about your motives for naturalizing at your interview. As long as you're eligible, your reasons for doing it are irrelevent.

Don't include it on the N-400. You will need to tell them about any overseas trips taken between filing and interview at the interview.

If you're filing based on five years of being a PR you don't need any marriage evidence whatsoever...filing or interview. Your marital status has nothing to do with it.

I just naturalized myself based on five years and can confirm that.

I'd do 3 years. It's not "much easier" to do the 5 years at all :S I don't understand why people say it is.

Read the instructions and decide, based on the military exceptions, which one is better for you.

It's easier to file based on five years because you don't have to send any evidence of marriage, or take any marriage evidence to your interview.

VanessaTony just recently posted what a good feeling it was to destroy all the evidence of marriage she'd saved all this time...you can get rid of that ####### right now, you don't need to wait until naturalization to do that.

Do it based on 5 years...it's much easier.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextoid=198e27964cebc110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD

This is an easy fix in my opinion.

If you just sent off your N-400 then you can mail a letter to the USCIS Office listed on your NOA with the additional information and make sure to reference your Application Number.

Call the USCIS Customer Service Centre to be safe though.

No need to go through all this, you can just correct it at your interview.

Why are you even worrying about something that might never happen?

No, I feel done now (immigration wise).

I know that I still have to register to vote, go to the SSA, and apply for a passport...but I feel like a 100% US citizen. And it's a great feeling!!

I don't see passports as immigration issues...only US citizens can get those.

Congrats!! It's only all over once you have the passport

Although I am applying for a passport soon, not having one doesn't make me any less of a US Citizen.

That's it...it's all done!

I had my oath ceremony this afternoon and I no longer have to deal with Immigration again.