When can my wife apply for US Citizenship?

[bhartiya_12]

My wife got her US green card (through marriage) in Sept 2009. She also got the conditional GC status removed in Mar this year.

I was told by a friend that you can apply for citizenship after 3 years of getting GC(as opposed to 4 yrs 9 months for work related GC) if you got GC based on marriage. If that is correct can she apply for her citizenship in Sept 2012?

I am already a US citizen.

Thanks

 

[madh4]

My wife got her US green card (through marriage) in Sept 2009. She also got the conditional GC status removed in Mar this year.

I was told by a friend that you can apply for citizenship after 3 years of getting GC(as opposed to 4 yrs 9 months for work related GC) if you got GC based on marriage. If that is correct can she apply for her citizenship in Sept 2012?

I am already a US citizen.

Thanks

Yes she can apply after 2years and 9 month. She can apply today, if otherwise qualified on total presence in US and had not been abroad for more than six months in one go, she qualifies. Please read manual M-476.

 

[baikal3]

My wife got her US green card (through marriage) in Sept 2009. She also got the conditional GC status removed in Mar this year.

I was told by a friend that you can apply for citizenship after 3 years of getting GC(as opposed to 4 yrs 9 months for work related GC) if you got GC based on marriage. If that is correct can she apply for her citizenship in Sept 2012?

I am already a US citizen.

Thanks

She can apply for naturalization 3 years minus 90 days from the date of receiving the conditional GC status, provided at the time she submits N-400 she has been married to you for at least 3 full years and provided you have been a U.S. citizen for at least 3 full years.

 

[Jackolantern]

My wife got her US green card (through marriage) in Sept 2009. She also got the conditional GC status removed in Mar this year.

I was told by a friend that you can apply for citizenship after 3 years of getting GC(as opposed to 4 yrs 9 months for work related GC) if you got GC based on marriage. If that is correct can she apply for her citizenship in Sept 2012?

Eligibility for the 3 year rule is not based on how the GC was obtained, it's based on being married to a US citizen for 3 years. So people who obtained their GC via employment or asylum or non-marriage family sponsorship can be eligible if they're been married to a US citizen for 3 years (and meet the other conditions such as good moral character, physical presence etc.).