Swaroopa Iyengar

My situation is:

I was in a good faith marriage for 2.5 years with a US Citizen. We had
applied for my GC and got an unconditional GC, as at the time the
processing was completed we had passed the two year mark. Our marriage
failed - we had been trying to work it out but could not - and at the
2.5 year mark we filed for divorce that came through six months later.
We lived in a no-fault state and had no property or child issues to
sort out.

I am now at the five year mark and want to apply for citizenship (my
2nd husband and child are both citizens and feel safer if I am one
too). My questions are:

What could I potentially face in the interview process re: first
marriage? I have some documents (tax, marriage certificate, some
videos) but not a lot as during the course of time I purged stuff to
get a sense of moving on in life. So no combined bills, no combined
bank accounts to show...I moved out of the state and pretty much threw
everything out.
Can my naturalization be denied? What impact will this have on my green
card? I do not want to apply through my husband as I rather keep these
issues seperate - the first time around left me feeling rotten already.
Would I have to provide proof of my second marriage as well? Since I am
going into the process independently I don't think I would need to but
the ways of the immigration services are mysterious.

Any advice would be of great assistance.

Noorah101

> My situation is:
>
> I was in a good faith marriage for 2.5 years with a US Citizen. We had
> applied for my GC and got an unconditional GC, as at the time the
> processing was completed we had passed the two year mark. Our marriage
> failed - we had been trying to work it out but could not - and at the
> 2.5 year mark we filed for divorce that came through six months later.
> We lived in a no-fault state and had no property or child issues to
> sort out.
>
> I am now at the five year mark and want to apply for citizenship (my
> 2nd husband and child are both citizens and feel safer if I am one
> too). My questions are:
>
> What could I potentially face in the interview process re: first
> marriage? I have some documents (tax, marriage certificate, some
> videos) but not a lot as during the course of time I purged stuff to
> get a sense of moving on in life. So no combined bills, no combined
> bank accounts to show...I moved out of the state and pretty much threw
> everything out.
> Can my naturalization be denied? What impact will this have on my
> green
> card? I do not want to apply through my husband as I rather keep these
> issues seperate - the first time around left me feeling rotten
> already.
> Would I have to provide proof of my second marriage as well? Since I
> am
> going into the process independently I don't think I would need to but
> the ways of the immigration services are mysterious.
>
> Any advice would be of great assistance.

Since you're not applying for naturalization based on marriage, you
probably don't have anything to worry about regarding your previous or
current marriage. You are basing your naturalization on 5 years of
being a PR, so if you meet all the qualifications for such, you
shouldn't have any problems.

Rene

Ian-Mstm

> My situation is:
>
> I was in a good faith marriage for 2.5 years with a US Citizen. We had
> applied for my GC and got an unconditional GC, as at the time the
> processing was completed we had passed the two year mark. Our marriage
> failed - we had been trying to work it out but could not - and at the
> 2.5 year mark we filed for divorce that came through six months later.
> We lived in a no-fault state and had no property or child issues to
> sort out.
>
> I am now at the five year mark and want to apply for citizenship (my
> 2nd husband and child are both citizens and feel safer if I am one
> too). My questions are:
>
> What could I potentially face in the interview process re: first
> marriage? I have some documents (tax, marriage certificate, some
> videos) but not a lot as during the course of time I purged stuff to
> get a sense of moving on in life. So no combined bills, no combined
> bank accounts to show...I moved out of the state and pretty much threw
> everything out.
> Can my naturalization be denied? What impact will this have on my
> green
> card? I do not want to apply through my husband as I rather keep these
> issues seperate - the first time around left me feeling rotten
> already.
> Would I have to provide proof of my second marriage as well? Since I
> am
> going into the process independently I don't think I would need to but
> the ways of the immigration services are mysterious.
>
> Any advice would be of great assistance.

If you are applying for citizenship based on being a PR for 5 years, you
do not have to provide anything related to your previous marriage.



You can not apply based on your current marriage. You must wait until
you've been a PR for 5 years.

Ian