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    If one lives in the US for over 20 years and were married to US citizen but didn’t apply for GC; recently diagnosed with serious illness. Is illness considered as an Extraordinary circumstance that could lead to citizenship?

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    Are you still married to the US Citizen? (I hope so.....you used the past tense).
    I am not an expert but I think the steps you would need to go through are.

    1) Apply for a green card based on marriage to a US citizen
    2) Get the green card
    3) Wait three years
    4) Apply for citizenship with N400

    I don't know of any compassion-based rules that make special cases for people with serious illnesses.
    In fact, I'm sorry to say, the recent moves by the current administration may actually treat serious illness as a negative factor because it increases the risk of becoming a "public charge".

    This is only my best guess and I could be totally off the mark. You probably need to ask an attorney on this one.

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