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?
If you are currently both in the US, it makes a ton of sense to stay a bit longer and get her citizenship then relocate. If you’re in her home country and this requires you both uprooting your lives and moving to the US for 3-5 years just to get her a passport, I feel like that’s a bit much. Everyone seems to be assuming you’re still in the US and can just stay because otherwise it would not be a clear cut “yes do it” to literally move countries knowing in 3-5 years you’d move back JUST for a passport. But you use here/there in different sentences so I’m not entirely sure which country you’re currently in and that could make a difference.