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They sometimes scrutinize the tax transcripts, resulting in some individuals having their naturalization cases put on hold while sorting out the tax issues. But they are not tax experts, so they generally only look for obvious discrepancies like a married applicant who filed taxes as single, or...

If an error on your tax return results in you having overdue taxes, you'll need to pay the taxes or work out a payment plan with the IRS before naturalization. One of the requirements of naturalization is that you have paid all taxes which are due or at least have a payment plan arranged with...

1. N470 approval often takes several months. If you're going to make a short trip to the US to avoid staying out for a year, you don't have to return to the mainland US. You can go somewhere closer like Guam or Hawaii, which may be much cheaper than flying to the mainland US. 2. Yes, the...

The overseas employment must be expected to continue for at least 1 year after the date of filing the naturalization application. The employer will have to provide a letter or employment contract to substantiate that. Arriving in the US and leaving again on the same day is not a problem by...

Note that her job needs to require her to be stationed abroad for an expected time of at least a year, among the other requirements of 319(b).

The physical presence and continuous residence requirements are waived if you qualify for 319(b).

I hope you also applied for an EAD through your green card process. If not, apply for it ASAP. Once you travel abroad and return with AP, you'll lose your F-1 status and won't be eligible to work with the old EAD, so you'll need the new EAD based on your adjustment of status process.

All LPRs, including new ones entering for the first time, are supposed to use the citizens and residents line.

If your case is still pending for weeks after the interview, you should receive Advance Parole by then. If your GC is officially approved before you travel, you won't need Advance Parole.

Do you qualify for the CSPA? Do you understand what the CSPA is?

If he requested a Social Security number on form DS-230 (or its online equivalent, DS-260), the Social Security card will be mailed to him a few weeks after arrival in the US. If it wasn't requested on that form, he will have to visit a Social Security office to apply for one. Normally the...

It takes 21-30 days in Florida.

It is not required that the applicant is present in the US when the N-400 is filed. Of course, they'll still have to show up in the US for fingerprinting a few weeks after the application is filed.

They are not very concerned about travel that occurred more than 5 years before your application date. Just list those pre-1999 trips on a separate sheet and mention that the dates are approximate. You mentioned having a green card for 20 years. If that included when you were under 18, and...

Every state is different when it comes to issuing licenses. But you specifically mentioned Florida, so I can confirm that they take 21-30 days after issuing the paper permit to issue the driver's license. You'll need to carry other identification when you drive with the permit.

Why? How do you know that her passport is right and the birth certificate is wrong? Sure it's not the other way around?

You being with her at the POE would make it worse. If you're not with her, they might not do enough checking in the system to realize that she is the parent of a US citizen and has an immigrant petition.

Did you obtain your green card based on asylum/refugee status, after fleeing Ukraine? If yes, a trip there could jeopardize your citizenship and also cause problems for your green card.

Because trips of under 12 months do not invalidate status unless challenged at the port of entry, or later proven to be fraudulent (e.g. you told the officer at the POE you were gone for 4 months when it was really 10 months). Once they let you back into the US after a trip of under 12 months...

But those cases where they become permanently ineligible for lack of status are only where the green card was obtained by mistake or fraud (i.e. was not eligible for it when it was approved), or the individual spent 12 consecutive months outside the US without appropriate documentation (reentry...