Help with N-400 form....

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staish

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Hi,

I am filing forcitizenship. Although I think I get it, I want to be doubly sure. I wold appreciate any replies in confirming the following sections in the N-400. Thanks a lot in advance.
-Staish

Part 8
A. How many times have you been married - 1
Is this correct if I have been married for the first time to my current wife?

G: How many times have your spouce been married - 1
My spouse has been married to me in her first marraige


Part 10:
33. Are you a make who lived in the US at any time between your 18th and 26th birthdays in any status except as a lawful nonimmigrant?

- No.

I have been on F1 and the H1-B when I was between 18th and 26th birthdays. While I was on H-1B, I started GC processing, but did not get 485 approval before

my 26th birthday.
In this scenario, would a "NO" be correct for the above question?
My understanding is that I was still a lawful non-immigrant until my 485 was approved. Is this correct?
 
staish said:
Hi,

I am filing forcitizenship. Although I think I get it, I want to be doubly sure. I wold appreciate any replies in confirming the following sections in the N-400. Thanks a lot in advance.
-Staish

Part 8
A. How many times have you been married - 1
Is this correct if I have been married for the first time to my current wife?

G: How many times have your spouce been married - 1
My spouse has been married to me in her first marraige


Part 10:
33. Are you a make who lived in the US at any time between your 18th and 26th birthdays in any status except as a lawful nonimmigrant?

- No.

I have been on F1 and the H1-B when I was between 18th and 26th birthdays. While I was on H-1B, I started GC processing, but did not get 485 approval before

my 26th birthday.
In this scenario, would a "NO" be correct for the above question?
My understanding is that I was still a lawful non-immigrant until my 485 was approved. Is this correct?
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So long as you did not go out-of-status on your H1-B before you reached 26 then a "No" would be the accurate answer.
 
cafeconleche said:
You need help with the number of times you have been married? Really?
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It is some kind of lost in translation thing. Some people think "been married" is referring to only prior marriages, because they don't consider their current marriage as included in the "been married", due to the past tense nature of the phrase.

Often their first language is not English, so they don't realize that "have been" indicates past-running-into-present, not strictly past tense (e.g. "I have been living in the US for 5 years" would include the current time, whereas "I had been living in the US for 5 years" indicates one is no longer living in the US).
 
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