Recieved permanent residence through parents but now married to US citizen

[DreamBig13]

My brother received his permanent residence when he was 18 through parents but now is married to a US citizen. Does the 5 year rule apply or does the three year rule apply since he is now married? Or does the 3 year rule to become a citizen apply if the permanent residency was through marriage?

[Paulthesheik]

The 3 year rule does not apply to him because he did not receive the green card through marriage.

[newacct]

My brother received his permanent residence when he was 18 through parents but now is married to a US citizen. Does the 5 year rule apply or does the three year rule apply since he is now married? Or does the 3 year rule to become a citizen apply if the permanent residency was through marriage?

Both rules can apply if the conditions are met. One can naturalize under the 5-year rule if one has been a permanent resident for 5 years. One can naturalize under the 3-year rule if one has been a permanent resident for 3 years, and one has been married to a US citizen for 3 years (i.e. married to the same person for the last 3 years, and that person has been a US citizen for at least 3 years). You have not provided enough information to tell which rule(s) he may be eligible to naturalize under now. If he just married a US citizen, who was a US citizen when they married, then he needs to wait until he has been married for 3 years before he is eligible to naturalize under the 3-year rule. If he gets to his 5 years of permanent residency before that, then he will be eligible under the 5-year rule faster, so he would apply to naturalize under the 5-year rule. Only if he married the US citizen before he has been a permanent resident for 2 years would he possibly qualify under the 3-year rule faster.

The 3 year rule does not apply to him because he did not receive the green card through marriage.

Not true. Eligibility for the 3-year rule does not depend on what category one immigrated through.