dagnytaggart Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 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. Link to comment
JoeF Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 You would have to be married to the US citizen for 3 years to qualify for the 3-year naturalization rule. In your case, using the 5-year rule is better. Link to comment
dagnytaggart Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Thank you JoeF Link to comment
dagnytaggart Posted June 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 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. Link to comment
JoeF Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Actually, using the "5-year rule" is easier, since there is no need to provide additional documents wrt the marriage. People who got denied usually filed too early. Link to comment
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