Need some advice regarding citizenship eligibility

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shopping_queen

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I wonder if someone can guide me in this matter:

1. Received GC as a "dependent" to my husband's employment based application, in 2002

2. Went back home shortly after that, and that was the final straw w.r.t. the marriage - we divorced 3 months after I had received the GC. Divorce was uncontested and amicable (well, as much as can be... filed under the "irreconciliable differences" criteria).

3. My country of residence has always been the US, with a few business and leisure trips every year, not totalling more than 2-3 months a year.

4. This is what I read recently: "If you got your PR based on a spouse petition, and you divorced or separated from your spouse shortly after you got PR, the INS may question [at the time of naturalization application, I suppose] whether yours was a "real" or "bonafide" marriage.

How does this impact me? Does this mean I will never be able to become a citizen simply because of an ill-timed divorce???

Thanks, in advance, for your help.
 
So what does this rule mean, then?

So this quote (from Murthy.com) does not apply to derivative applicants of empolyment-based applications?

"It is also important to understand that the green card approval will be reviewed at the time of the naturalization interview. For employment-based cases, this means inquiries into how long the individual worked for the employer after obtaining the green card. If the period is extremely short, there may be questions about the bona fide nature of the green card process. The same is true of marriage-based green cards. If the couple is no longer married, there will be questions about the duration of the marriage and the reason for the break-up. "

What category would mine come under, then?

Thanks for your help!
 
I may be misreading your message. But if US has always been your country of residence, why did you only get your card in 2002, as a dependednt, no less?
 
"...US has always been my country of residence..."

Yes, that is right... that's what I meant - country of residence since GC approval.
Thanks a lot for your advice, JoeF!
I feel like a paranoid wuss, but I really needed to be reassured that the USCIS wasn't going to see this as an attempt to work around the system, using this supposed "loophole". :(
 
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