I am born U.S. citizen about to enlist in the U.S. Air Force or Navy. I want to know about how long the process of getting my husband American citizenship would take. (He's Italian and we were married in Italy 9 years ago). Both my children already have U.S. citizenship. Thank you!
2007-08-10 04:12:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
His marriage to you does not shorten the normal time to acquire naturalization as a U.S. citizen. I had ma ny shipmates who married foreign nationals and that fact did not move up their spouses place in line.
The only compression in time occurs for the foreign national who joins the military. That person can achieve naturalization much faster than normal.
2007-08-10 07:01:22 · answer #1 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My fiance is Italian and we are going through the same thing and I am in the Air Force. My friends just went through the whole process of getting him in country and it will take 2 years to get the citizenship. Just understand that if he gets American citizenship he will have to give up his Italian... Good luck
2007-08-10 11:19:26 · answer #2 · answered by lucky day 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to contact the US Citizenship and Immigration Services to start the naturalization process.
2007-08-10 11:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The military has nothing to do with gaining citizenship, you need to contact Immigration. It is not a quick process either.
2007-08-10 11:15:54 · answer #4 · answered by erehwon 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
have you all been living in the U.S. ? why the sudden urgency of getting his citizenship?
I guess he still has his alllegiance to the old country,huh?
The process takes about 5 years!
2007-08-10 12:02:00 · answer #5 · answered by R.M. 61 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Competent? So you come to yahoo questions and answers? How funny.
I am so sure that there are many competent citizenship lawyers on here just waiting to answer questions for free.
2007-08-10 11:19:26 · answer #6 · answered by Oldvet 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Famility members have to go through the same process as everyone else, but i know they can excellerate the process for those who are married to military personel. check with you local immigration officials.
2007-08-10 12:42:32 · answer #7 · answered by BRYAN L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may help to expedite the process in that your Security Clearance may count on it!
2007-08-10 11:16:38 · answer #8 · answered by Guessses, A.R.T. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋