Citizenship and IRS problems

[Ana Rabelo]

I had my citizenship interview today and I could not take the oath because my ex-husband owes money to the IRS. I applied for the n400 in March, weeks later I received a letter from the IRS saying that I owed 2500. My current husband said that he wasn?t going to pay and my ex should be the one paying for that because in 2015 I didn?t work and all expenses were to be paid by him .
So we decided to apply for the innocent spouse relief in August. my accountant said that would take 4-6 months to get a response. I didn?t expect my interview was going to be scheduled before we had an outcome from the IRS . when I was asked if I owed money to the IRS I had to say yes and I explained that this debt only came to my attention after I applied for citizenship and I didn?t get an answer from them yet . The officer took my fingerprints, updated my travels, changed my name, but in the end she said that She needed to submit my innocent spouse relief to her supervisor and should expected a letter from her in thirty days . my question is. Is this a difficult problem to solve? What should I expect in this letter? Are they going to deny my citizenship ? If not how long do I to wait to finally have my oath ceremony ? Thanks in advance

[vinniemak]

I had my citizenship interview today and I could not take the oath because my ex-husband owes money to the IRS. I applied for the n400 in March, weeks later I received a letter from the IRS saying that I owed 2500. My current husband said that he wasn?t going to pay and my ex should be the one paying for that because in 2015 I didn?t work and all expenses were to be paid by him .
So we decided to apply for the innocent spouse relief in August. my accountant said that would take 4-6 months to get a response. I didn?t expect my interview was going to be scheduled before we had an outcome from the IRS . when I was asked if I owed money to the IRS I had to say yes and I explained that this debt only came to my attention after I applied for citizenship and I didn?t get an answer from them yet . The officer took my fingerprints, updated my travels, changed my name, but in the end she said that She needed to submit my innocent spouse relief to her supervisor and should expected a letter from her in thirty days . my question is. Is this a difficult problem to solve? What should I expect in this letter? Are they going to deny my citizenship ? If not how long do I to wait to finally have my oath ceremony ? Thanks in advance

Hello, Ana:
I don't think they would deny your application because your Ex husband failed to pay his taxes. As long as you were eloquent in explaining your case, hopefully you will be okay ; however, I am not a lawyer..
I am thinking in the very worst case, you would be asked to pay the money owed but your oath ceremony date will be provided later. Based on the above you seemed to have explained your position well in your interview. Also, you said you couldn't take the oath "on the same day" of the interview. In my case many years ago, the interview was one day and oath ceremony was 3 weeks later...i.e they send you a date for the Oath ceremony later via a "letter"....I am in the Boston area ; I don't know where you are and I can't confirm nor deny that the oath ceremony would be on the same day of the interview.
Good luck and I wish you the very best.