My wife and I got married a few years back and the plan was always to get her residency in the US and then citizenship and then move back to her home country. The more I think about it though, the more I don’t want to spend 3-5 years back there. For those who have spouses with citizenship, why did you do it? For those with spouses without citizenship, are there any benefits you’re missing out on based on them not having it?
big YES. green card only good for 6 months or 1 year out of the country. if something ever happen in your new country, you want to be sure that your wife and yourself to move back to US promptly. and if you want to go anywhere with your wife, her american passport would give her mobility to go anywhere with you. it’s a pain to get visa, really.
unless your wife is made of gold and earn 7 figures. might be best for her to get US citizenship then US passport.