sunnyla

Hi all!

It's been a while since I last had to deal with immigration!! I finally decided to apply for the n400, and I am sort of confused about the process after reading some other threads.

- Documents: do I really just join Copy of marriage, husband's passport (US Citizen), copy of green card, last 3 years tax return, and that's it?? Should I include home deed, bank statements, 401k stating beneficiary, health plan...?

- How long is the process?

Thanks!!

ian-mstm

Start here: http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Natura...ship_Resources.

Ian

Norri

Read the guide as well.
http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

It seems daunting to start with but once you get to grips with things it will be fairly straightforward I'm sure.

Rete

Depends on whether you are filing on the 3 year basis due to marriage to a USC or 5 years.

The N-400 tells you what to include.

sunnyla

hi all,

thanks for the links for further info. I am not confused about how to fill up but just the documents I need to join. When I wanted to remove my conditional status of permanent resident, I remember sending lots of proofs. I just wanted to know how much evidence of relationship I should send? Would 3 years of tax returns and joint accounts statements be enough?

Thanks!

Noorah101

My husband just got his US Citizenship based on 3 years of marriage to a USC. In his application, as proof that he has an ongoing valid marriage to me, he included:

IRS tax transcripts (3 years)
Deed from joint ownership of condo
Recent mortgage statements showing joint account
Recent bank statements showing joint accounts
Printout from my employer showing him as a dependent on my health and dental insurance, a beneficiary of my life insurance, stock ownership, and 401K.

He also included all the other required items such as prior marriage dissolutions, current marriage certifiate, passport photos, my birth certificate, etc.

Rene

sunnyla

hey thanks, I guess I will just add as much as you did then. Can't really hurt... Thanks for confirming.

jeffreyhy

sla,

That's all my wife sent (plus a few divorce decrees since we'd both been married previously).

Regards, JEff

souls canuck

geez, now I am confused too. I was only going to include the fees and copy of my permanent resident card. I didn't see anything about evidence of ongoing relationship. Does it ask for that? Or is that something you take for Biometrics or the interview?

thanks

Noorah101

I don't think the instructions asked for it, but I gleaned from reading on here that others sent proof of current marital bliss, so I figured it couldn't hurt. We also took that information to the interview, but the officer didn't ask to see any of it.

Rene

souls canuck

gotcha. Well easy to enough to print that off, I have it right here. Better to have too much then not enough.

can I tell you how much I am already freaking out about the test? Hah. I have them all printed out here at work and getting one question quiz a day until I go!

Thanking you as always

jeffreyhy

R,

I didn't know that you were a 'kitchen sink'er!

Regards, JEff

Noorah101

Oh, yes, indeed! As a long-time member of high standing in the "AR Club", being a kitchen sink'er is a requirement! LOL

meauxna

Review the Document Checklist in the Guide to Naturalization.

If you are applying for naturalization on the basis of marriage to a U.S. citizen, send the following four items:
1. Evidence that your spouse has been a U.S. citizen for the last three years:
• Birth certificate (if your spouse never lost citizenship since birth), or
• Naturalization certificate, or
• Certificate of Citizenship, or
• The inside of the front cover and signature page of your spouse’s current U.S. passport, or
• Form FS-240, “Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America,” and
2. Your current marriage certificate; and
3. Proof of termination of all prior marriages of your spouse-divorce decree(s), annulment(s), or death certificate(s); and
4. Documents referring to you and your spouse:
• Tax returns, bank accounts, leases, mortgages, or birth certificates of children, or
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-certified copies of the income tax forms that you both filed for the past three years, or
• An IRS tax return transcript for the last three years.

Noorah101

Aha, so I DID read it somewhere! lol

Rene