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Hello Tini27,

I am not in hurry to apply for my wife, and probably won't do that for a couple of years since I will go back to my country in the end of this year. I just want to make sure in case if I am going to apply green card for her, there won't be any problems.

What I think right now is having her applying for B2 visa and come here, and then we will register marriage again in the US. In the future if we apply for any immigration benefits, we may just use the new marriage certificate.

There has the risk that she might not be able to get B2 visa, but she used to study in the US by using F1 visa with good records, and right now she has a stable job in Taiwan. So I think she should be fine to get B2.

I am not sure if this is a good idea, but this is the only idea I can have right now.

Hi NickD,

I mentioned tax return just trying to prove that I didn't lie about the marital status to gain any tax benefits. No big deal.

Hello,

I asked the same questions to the embassy in my original country, and they gave me the following answers:

1. As long as the days you were in the United States were PRIOR TO CHILD’S BIRTH, they all can be included in the FIVES YEARS. No matter what status (B1/B2 visa or Permanent resident) you were at that time.

2. One year equal to 365 days.

3. 1/1/09 to 1/2/09 is one day.

In case if anyone has the same situation as mine, hope these info can help you.

Penguin and Karin und Otto, still appreciate for both of your helps

Yes, I will be the only parent who is the US citizen for my kid.

I just became citizen last week, and I don't think I will wait for five years and then have a kid.

So, in my case, I can only apply green card for my kid, right?

Hello Penguin,

Thanks for the reply.

Are you sure about the first answer?

haha, if it is true, I don't really need to worry about second and third questions since I just became citizen last week.

Hello,

I have some questions regarding "A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent".

It mentions:

"A child born outside of the United States to one U.S. citizen parent and one non-U.S. citizen parent may be entitled to citizenship providing the U.S. citizen parent had been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for five years, at least two years of which were after s/he reached the age of fourteen. This period of physical presence must have taken place prior to the birth of the child."

Here are my questions:

1. Before I became the permanent resident, I used B2 visa to visit the US twice. Can those days be included in five years mentioned above? or can only the days after I became permanent resident be included?

2. Is one year equal to 360 days or 365 days when calculating the time I stayed in the US?

3. For example, if I departed from the US in 1/1/09 and came back in 1/2/09, how many days did I stay in the US? 0 or 1 or 2 days?

Thanks for the help in advance.

Hello, I have a question and need the advise.

I made a stupid mistake during the naturalization interview.

In the begining of this year, I went back to my country and registered for marriage with my girl friend(she is not an US citizen or PR).

When I came back and send the N-400 for USCIS in April, I filled my marital status as single because I thought I did the registration in my country, not in USA.

Today, I found what I thought was wrong because marriage is valid no matter where you registered for it.

Therefore, my certificate of naturalization shows that I am still single in the date I took the oath. However, the date of my Taiwanese marriage certificate is earlier than that date, which means I gave the wrong information during the interview.

I have several questions:

1. If my girl friend and I register for marriage again in the US, and then using this US marriage certificate for immigration purposes. Will this help?

2. Should I go to the immigration office and tell them the truth? Would they cancel or removal my citizenship if they found this? It's obvious just a mistake because no matter I filled my marital status as single or married, it wouldn't affected the decision of my application since my green card is NOT marital based. And since we registered in the beginning of this year, It won't afftect my previous tax return information.

3. If the worst case scenario happens, USCIS want to cancel or removal my citizenship after they find this, can I still hire a lawyer trying to get my citizenship back since I didn't use this incorrect information to gain any immigration benefits?

Thanks for the helps in advance.

Sincerely,

David

Hello,

I just have some questions for the members here who already passed the interview.

Did IO ALWAYS check your yellow letter and ALWAYS ask for the documents on the yellow letter?

Another question is...

When IO checked your passport for your arrival and departure records, did they only check last five years' records or check every record since becoming a permanent resident?

My current passport covers my last five years' record, but all previous records five years ago are in my lost expired passport. Hope it won't be a big deal.

Any advises will be appreciated.

Thanks.

I sent my applicaiton in the end of April and will have my interview in 8/7. FYI

Hi Annie,

Thanks for your reply. Still have a couple of questions for you.

You said IO didn't ask for your old passport, but did IO check your current passport very strictly or just take a glance? Did your current passport cover at least last five years of your records? Thanks.

I am also curious if anybody had a hard time during the interview because of losing expired passport. If so, please share your experience with me. Thanks.

David

Hello,

Got the CFR notice today and it wanted me to bring "all" passports including expired to the interview.

I have been a PR for about 8 years. My current passport covers my last five years' departure and arrival records, and my lost expired passport covers the first three years' records after I became PR.

I originally thought just bringing my current passport to the interview should be okay since it covers my last five years' records. I have been living in the US for more than 58 months in the last 5 years

But right now, since my lost expired passport is listed in the the CFR notice, I am not sure if I will have any troubles during the interview. The first three years I only stay in the US about 1 month per year since I was still a college student in my country. I can only come back to the US during my vacations.

Does IO always strictly check the requirements in the CFR notice? What am I supposed to do?

Any helps will be appreciated. Thanks.