GC holder for 3 years then married a US citizen, when can I apply for citizenship?


dagnytaggart

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hi,

 

i'm not sure if this was asked already, if it was, my apologies and please just forward me to that thread...if not yet, here's my story..

 

I read somewhere that if you're GC is employer-based you have to wait for 5 years until you're eligible to apply for citizenship.....but if you got married to a U.S. citizen the wait is only 3 years, but I wasn't sure which one is applicable to me....

 

 

1. i got my GC thru employer (Category: E26, EB2 processing) on May 2010

 

2. Then I got married to a U.S. citizen on May 2012

 

 

When can I apply for citizenship?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

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just an update to this post..

 

i got my greencard may 2010

i got married to an american citizen (born in the US) on may 2012

 

i am eligible to apply for citizenship on may 2015 using the "5-year green card holder rule"

i am eligible to apply for citizenship on may 2015 thru marriage (3 years)

 

i'm now leaning towards applying citizenship thru marriage as me and my husband thought that would be easier and might give me more edge (i know a few acquaintances who got denied citizenship using the "5-year green card holder" rule for no obvious reasons).this is just our theory though, so we'll see next year.

 

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