Brother Hesekiel

12 hours ago, methold said:

 

So far what I read from the forum and with all the research I've done I will be back before my travel document expires, before November 23, 2018, By doing so I will have only spent 9 months abroad. I'm confident I can get my transfer back to the U.S. by keeping my corporate position and salary. This move is very important to me since I'm transitioning from Apple Retail to Apple Corporate. 

Then you do not even need a travel document. Nor would you have a problem.

Potential problems arise at day 365.

I'm 60 years old now, and I still appreciate the opportunity to learn something, so maybe you can help me out.

Name ONE, just one, any one reason, why you would NOT want to become a US citizen.

I'll tell you one reason:

You are worth $500,000,000, make about $5,000,000 per year without lifting a finger, and don't want to live in the United States of America anymore. You live on your private island in the BVI, like that Virgin dude Branson. Or your net worth is $350,000,000, like Tina Turner's, and you live with your husband in the most expensive part of Switzerland. And, again, you don't mind never setting foot on US soil again. To avoid double taxation in such a case, you should not become a US citizen. Short of that, there is NO reason whatsover I can think of.

You will die as a British citizen, no matter what you do, even if you were to kill off the entire Royal family.

The travel permit only prevents you from AUTOMATICALLY losing your residency and thus your Green Card when staying abroad for over 1 year. When you return, with or without travel permit, even after just a few months absense, you'll have to show that you did not establish residency abroad and thus voluntarily abandoned your US residency.

I don't see any problems by working for Apple in Ireland, but if you stay out of the US for 366 days or longer, the 2 year + 1 day rule will kick in. That means they count one year minus one day of residency. To avoid that, you should spend your vacation with your wife in your country of residency, which you should do anyway.

Great question. A really great one, which is a rare occurrence.

It's great because I don't know the answer to it, which is also a rare occurrence.

Prima facie the conviction would point to a crime of moral turpitude. Upon closer inspection, however, my educated guess is that most I.O.s would not feel that your hubby shouldn't become a US citizen because of it. But there's no guarantee that the I.O. adjudicating your husband's N-400 doesn't have a bad day and sees this differently. Too bad it's a "fresh" incident.

He'll have to disclose it, wear a clean shirt, and explain that it was an honest mistake on his part. Most likely he'll be fine.

Sweet baby Jesus!

You're not the first human being who found out that the USCIS forms are made by retards for retards. People with a brain that works well, like yours, can only shake their head in disbelief.

The requirement is within the past 5 years or since you became a resident. Clearly, if you lived on the North Pole next to Santa Claus, you don't have to list all the trips you made on December 24th to deliver presents to the American children. I know they didn't state that, but it's a great preparation for the questions of the N-400 which are even more retarded!

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/hey_wait_a_minute/2011/02/the_problem_with_question_36.html

Answer those questions with 0.

Do NOT alter the form from 5 to 3 years!

After reading your post, I started to experience a bit of brain bleeding. Then I realized that it's April 1st, so either you tried to punk us or the I.O. tried to punk you. Or . . . it was a drunken sailor that just dressed up as an Immigration Officer!

A decision can NEVER been made after the interview. As in at no time. Never. That's because every N-400 has to be reviewed by a supervising I.O. to make sure that nobody can buy or blackmail their way into US citizenship. The brain bleeding started when I read the CR-1 comment. It's the class of admission, and you were admitted to the United States of America as a CR-1, hence your Green Card has CR-1 listed on it. That can be changed as easily as your time of birth: not.

Purely from a financial point of view, that was a mistake. You'll have to submit an I-90, complete with a check for $540, to the USCIS, resulting in a new Green Card.

Or, if you don't drown in money, you wait with this 'til the Removal of Condition stage.

Right now, submit an AR-11 with the address change to the USCIS.

When you'll apply for RoC some time this summer, fill out the form in her current legal name, resulting in her unconditional Green Card to be issued in that name accordingly.

The one and only thing that *could* become an issue at the interview is the fact that you filed for RoC jointly, stating that you are being happily married, living under one roof, whereas your marriage was already falling apart. As you probably know, there's only 2 ways to file for RoC:

1) jointly, if happily married, living under one roof, or

2) alone, with a waiver, after divorce.

Based on your statement, you didn't really meet # 1. But, perhaps you just stated it a bit vague. Perhaps you didn't have marital issues 'til RoC had been adjudicated, yes?

That being said, the I.O. will most likely just look at your divorce decree, note that you divorced in February of 2017, so way after you received your unconditional, 10-year Green Card. It's really best if you don't get into details of this. Keep your answers short and to the point. Don't poke the sleeping lion with a stick and you should be fine.

Sometimes, less is more. Looks to me like your case qualifies for this.

You'll correct this at the interview. That's what the interview is for. The majority of the time is spent checking that no mistakes have been made.

It's a non-issue.

There is NO extra stuff to send in when naturalizing early. NONE.

You can object, make this as lengthy and painful as you want. Object, write to the President, protest in the streets. I personally would just zip it and go with the flow.
I have one question for you though: if you are with your husband at home, and an intruder puts a gun at your husband's head and is ready to blow his brains all over your dinner table, would you beat him with a vase over the head or would you rather move out of the room to avoid the messyness of it?

Same thing.

A decision can NEVER be made at the interview. EVERY single N-400 application has to be reviewed and signed off by a supervising I.O.
All the interviewing I.O. can do is "recommend" for approval. Time frame for that is about 2 to5 days.

I VERY much doubt that you'll be able to naturalize without having a receipt for an I-90 in hand.

I had two Green Cards. They lived their entire lives in a locked fire safe box inside a locked Steelcase steel cabinet inside a locked room of my locked home, simply to avoid having to spend $450 for nothing. My "twins" would have needed superpowers to get to them.

Nothing complicated about it.
Let's say your real name is Jörg (which was my late brother's name). You could write it correctly as Joerg, but that would complicate things way to much, so you'd write Jorg, the same way you'd write Goteborg instead of Goeteborg for Göteborg.

Your current legal name in the name of the USCIS is the name on your Green Card, unless you've changed it since the card was issued.

Now . . . since a name change is built into the N-400, you'll choose your new name, the name you'll be "reborn" with as an American on that form.  A name change can be a change of just one letter, a change of your first name, your last name, all the way to a complete change to a Rothschild or Kennedy. You can't become the Artist formally known as Prince, but short of that, you can pretty much choose whatever rocks your boat. When I naturalized, I chose a name that sounded more Americanized, so that nobody could identify me as an immigrant based on my name alone.

None  of that has any impact on your Danish name, so you'll be have two passports with two different names (identities), perfectly legal.

I have three, which is a lot of fun!

Currently, it takes on average over 6 months to get a new Green Card, so your processing time is within the normal range.

She would have to assassinate the Queen herself for that to become even a possibility.

You can do whatever rocks your boat, but you'll have to disclose that ticket on the I-445 when lining up at the Oath Ceremony. An I.O. will have a look at the ticket, most likely make a smart a** comment, then sign off on it. That's it.

The standard that applies to pretty much EVERYONE is at least 5 years as a resident before naturalizing. There are exceptions, of course, like the "marriage" deal, and military, and the super fast path where a soldier gets killed in action and becomes a US citizen post mortum. So there's nothing to be upset about. Your 19-year-old can do anything a US citizen can do except vote in a federal election and serve as a juror, the last one being more a chore than a blessing.

If she doesn't pull any stunts, she'll still be able to vote in the next federal elections.

You can at any time change your family name to that of your husband, even years after you got married.

The document needed for it is the "Certificate of Marriage." You may need a notarized translation of it though.

The only issue would be if you had filed your I-751 while living separately from your ex, pretending to be happily married whereas you already separated. The I.O. doesn't have a problem with a Green Card holder getting married again. It didn't give you any boost, immigration-wise, so it's a NON issue.

A decision can NEVER be made after the N-400 interview.

EVERY file has to be reviewed by a Tier 2 immigration officer before a decision can be made. All the interviewing I.O. can do is "recommend for approval."

In your case, they will probably have a closer look at your travel dates and absences from the U.S. Few people can afford vacations taking 5 months or longer. If you don't have to work for a living, you'll be fine. If you do, you may receive a RFE to explain how you could stay so long in your home country without working there.

On 1/24/2018 at 7:51 PM, sndj1974 said:

Not sure how my Green card would be invalid. Considering that I came here on a green card and renewed that green card twice in the last 20 years.  Wasn't really about procrastination.  I had no idea that my mother had naturalized before my 18th birthday until recently.  I don't have the necessary documents to file an N600. So proving my citizenship will be harder than it seems.  Hence my post here for some type of guidance. Hoping someone has had experience with similar situation.

That changes things.

Normally, it is not  possible for a US citizen (you) to obtain a Green Card, except through means of fraud. Clearly, somebody at the USCIS f*cked up.

If I were in your shoes, I'd try these two approaches first:

1) Make an Infopass Appointment with the USCIS and discuss with the I.O. Most likely, he or she will suggest to file an N-600

2) Get a USCIS printout of your mom's file based on the Freedom of Information Act. It should show when your mom naturalized, and that would open the door straight to a passport.

I lived in 6 European countries (Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, Switzerland, and Italy) and have visited a total of 37 (or 38?) countries so far. Adding it all up, the United States is the best country on Earth. One of the few areas where we are near the bottom of all industrial nations is health care. It's just the way it is, and it's the way it is because we have a very powerful health care lobby that controls US politics to a large extent.

"Normally," having a payment plan with the IRS in place and paying on time is perfectly acceptable for N-400 purposes. But once in a blue moon, an I.O. sees this differently as a lack of good moral character. More likely than not, you'll be fine.

If I need to find copies of my tax returns, I go to my Steelcase steel cabinet which contains all important documents. I pull up the upper drawer, then look for the years I need. Pretty easy, huh?

Clearly, the request for tax returns has nothing to do with your taxes per se. My educated guess is that they want to see HOW you filed your taxes, i.e., married, filed jointly.