Richard Ferguson
New Member
Hello, my wife received her GC in June of 2009. She had to return to the P.I. in Sept. 2010 for health reasons, she needed an emergency operation. She did not have a re-entry permit as time was of the essence.
She had 2 major operations while abroad and gave birth to our son in February 2011, he is a US citizen. My wife and have filed all of our taxes married filing jointly, we also have our bank accounts together to show continuous residency status. These were circumstances beyond our control. I also had an operation in the US and was out of work for 2 months we had no insurance, finances played an important in role in why she could not return sooner. We applied for an SB-1 Visa which took approximately 4 months. My wife was approved and then we applied for the immigrant visa which she received in February 2012 and she returned to the US in May of 2012. She was given her original GC which does not expire until 2019, at Customs. We recently discovered there was another A- number given to her when she applied for the Immigrant Visa. We went to Homeland Security and they finally determined that her original A-number was still good and she could use it, and now she has 2 numbers on file with Homeland Security for her GC. The person at Homeland Security said that as far as Naturalization was concerned she now had to wait the full 3 years from the date of entry in May of 2012. Can anyone tell us when she will be able to file the N-400 application. Thanks in advance for any help.
She had 2 major operations while abroad and gave birth to our son in February 2011, he is a US citizen. My wife and have filed all of our taxes married filing jointly, we also have our bank accounts together to show continuous residency status. These were circumstances beyond our control. I also had an operation in the US and was out of work for 2 months we had no insurance, finances played an important in role in why she could not return sooner. We applied for an SB-1 Visa which took approximately 4 months. My wife was approved and then we applied for the immigrant visa which she received in February 2012 and she returned to the US in May of 2012. She was given her original GC which does not expire until 2019, at Customs. We recently discovered there was another A- number given to her when she applied for the Immigrant Visa. We went to Homeland Security and they finally determined that her original A-number was still good and she could use it, and now she has 2 numbers on file with Homeland Security for her GC. The person at Homeland Security said that as far as Naturalization was concerned she now had to wait the full 3 years from the date of entry in May of 2012. Can anyone tell us when she will be able to file the N-400 application. Thanks in advance for any help.