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?
YES. You should do it. She will be only a permanement resident and not a citizen and if she moves back and spends too much time out of US she can lose her residency. Encourage her to become a citizen as soon as she is able so she can have ease of travel and stay out of the country as long as she needs. Also, you don’t know when you’d need to be back in the US and you’d want her to be able to come back and forth as she needs. You also want her to have ease when managing your affairs if something happens to you. Or if something happens in the country you are living in, you want her to be able to take refuge with you in th3 US.