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They want the applicant's date of divorce. If applicant is a widow, then date of death of applicant's spouse is what goes in the field. I misread it and thought they wanted date of spouse of applicant's divorce, which is not what they are asking for.

Thanks and Yes. I messed up my reading of the form. There is no issue with the Form DS-11. My apologies. I was posting before thinking.

I APOLOGIZE. I misinterpeted the lanaguage. There is nothing confusing about Question #11 on the DS-11 Form and I will seek to withdraw original post.

Trying to get Passport for my wife who naturalized last year. On the Official U.S. State Department Passport application there are little question mark popups (?) which explain what information the State Department is asking for. Question 11 asks for information about current or most recent spouse. There is then a box asking "Have you ever been married" within Question #11. There is a box next to that asking for "Widow or Divorce date". While it would seem logical that this is asking for my wife's date of divorce from her ex-husband in Japan (My wife is the Applicant), when you hit the little question mark for the date box it instructs: "Enter the most recent date of divorce or death of the applicant's spouse, as applicable". So, by this language it is clearly not asking for the date of the applicant's divorce, despite the fact the box before that asks if "you" have ever been divorced. (How can "you" NOT be the applicant?) Since the penalties for providing wrong information on this application are years in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, we quite reasonably want to get this right. I have included a screenshot of the Popup Box Instructions which are so confusing. So, do we put in my (the applicant's husband's) date of divorce as instructed BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT, or the date of the Japan divorce for my wife who is the applicant for the passport. If the latter, how can that be squared with the instructions on the official State Department website? Thank you for any guidance you can provide.

Thanks very much Mike. We are not looking forward to this process because it took so many years to get her here with RFE delays, etc. But she's here now so that's the most important thing. We'll send in the Naturalization Application!!! Thanks again

Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks so much for clearing that up.

So, I went exploring on the USCIS website and it said their Naturalization Requirements Information is out of date. I did the tool again and it said she "may be eligible". I must have messed up an answer. Thanks very much for your help. We've decided to send in the Application. We assume if she's not approved it won't cause a cancellation of her Green Card. Is that even possible? She's done nothing wrong, of course. She wants to be a Citizen so she can vote...a reasonable ask. So, we're going to send it in and if they deny her I assume we'll find out why. Thanks so much to those who answered for helping us. Eric & Gae Ryean

Good question. I will try again. Thanks. Eric

It's her first Green Card. The date says she was a resident since 2/16/17. The card says it expires 2/27/30. That makes sense because I think they said the card is good for 10 years and she because a Green Card Holder in February of 2020. Thanks. Eric

Hello: My wife's Green Card said she's been a resident since Feb 16, 2017. But she didn't get her Green Card until 2/27/20. I know this because I remember we got the Green Card in the mail at that time. She came here on a K1 Visa on May 26, 2016. We got married on June 1, 2016. We were through the Adjustment of Conditions stuff and then the Removal of Conditions, the latter of which is the only thing that shows on the USCIS website. I did the USCIS online eligibility tool for Naturalizing and it said my wife is not eligible. Obviously, I'm totally confused. We don't want to pay the $1,750.00 fee for Naturalization if she's not eligible to become a citizen. We're still married of course. She bought the house we live in for cash she brought from Japan and she self-sponsored because she had a lot of resources. She's on many Utilities and she's filed taxes jointly with me for 5 years. She doesn't work but has interest income from bank deposits so we report her interest income. She is retired after selling her school and real estate in Tokyo in 2016. So, even though she doesn't work, her cash position is such that there is no possible way she could be a public charge. She has health insurance which we pay cash for every month for the last 6 years. It's not a junk plan. She's in her mid-50's. What's the problem? What am I missing? Why does USCIS think she's not eligible. Obviously, I'm lost. Thanks Eric