If you have a green card but don't have a job, would you have trouble gaining citizenship?

[955]

I heard from a forum that somebody had no job and her parents had to sign something that said that they would take care of her.

And somebody tells me that since I graduated and have no job for 2/3 of a year now they will thiink that I'm a useless person to US and I might be rejected for citizenship because of my lack of job. True?

 

[nwctzn]

False! Getting citizenship is not employment-based. Otherwise stay-at-home dads or stay-at-home moms would not get naturalized. So whoever is telling you this is giving you false information.

 

[955]

What if they say that stay-at-home parents are different because they take care of the family, so that they are productive, while someone who graduated from college some less than a year ago is not doing anything?

Is "What were you doing after graduating from college? What are your plans?" something I have to answer to the people testing whether they will give me citizenship or not?

 

[Jackolantern]

Being jobless is not by itself a reason for denial.

The issue is not about whether you're productive, it's whether you've been doing anything illegal to support yourself financially during your joblessness.

If you say you have been without a job for an extended time, they are likely to ask you how you were supported financially during that time, whether it was savings, pension, spouse, parents, scholarship, or whoever/whatever.

If you don't have a good explanation (with proof, if they ask for it), that raises suspicion that you might have been working for cash without paying taxes, or making money from criminal activity, which could ultimately lead to being denied.

 

[cafeconleche]

You're fine, unless the IO suspects fraudulent activity to sustain yourself. But, if it's clear how you're supporting yourself, or the IO doesn't think to ask, don't worry.