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I activated in Hawaii then stayed for about 2 weeks. Yes you must always file taxes in the USA. Just use Turbo tax and put in a zero.

Hello, I was out for 177 days, back in the USA for 3 days and out for 100+ again. 180 is the limit. Australia By the way - I'm a Citizen now

Hello, I did my tax for all years since I gained PR using Turbo Tax, but she never wanted to see the IRS statements. 4 Years 9 Months (+ a couple of days) My first year was risky, because I strategically took a 3 day trip to the USA in 2016 just to keep my residency from being broken. 177...

Passed my interview! IO asked about the large number of days I was outside the country. 550+! I explained I'm a lottery winner and needed to shut my house, sell my car etc and the bulk of the 500 days absence, 300+, were in the first year . After that I settled down in the USA. I followed all...

My interview was more than a year after N400 submission. Are you going to be outside the USA for a full year before your interview? How will you explain it to the IO? What will you use for your address?

I just left the warning there, since it's not necessarily a deal breaker. I'm just going to explain the situation to the officer - I had a messy first year trying to find a job and finish up in my home country. Maybe I can ask him to change my permanent address to my friend's house I was using...

Here's the official page. https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3 Btw 6 months is 180 days so your residency was broken.

183 days exactly? Day of departure and landing count as a full day, are you sure it isn't 182? Now I think you need to wait a year. Yes I think the 4 years and a day rule applies but do some research since I don't know it well.

No.. it's got to be continuous absence of 6 months. Not cumulative. So you should be ok.

Mine said 9 months, then Interview Scheduled within a week..

I got the same message and it was because of the addresses I used. I bet you entered a foreign address for the first year. I was thinking of putting my hotel as the address for my mid-year trip, just for a few days, but thought it might be considered a lie. Better to be honest. I'm going to...

IMHO you can apply now since you never broke residence.

IMHO the risk of losing your greencard and being deported isn't worth the benefits of citizenship. I'd just stay as a permanent resident forever.

Mine says 11 Months. It also said 11 months when I logged in a few months ago. So who knows how long it'll take.

Just a warning that the online application loses files, and be careful and check the Review before you do your final submission. Today I decided I was ready to submit my application, and I was going through it page by page, and noticed my baby (US citizen) Birth Certificate, which I'd already...

Yes about a week after the 90 day window. I put my residences as Australia for the first year, even though my travel is within the legal limits.

Thanks Susie - you're still the queen of these forums!

Hello, The web application has a section "Additional evidence you want to provide" And it brings you back to that section when you click "Next" "You can provide additional documents that support your application and help explain any of your responses on the application. If you want to provide...

I get the below yellow warning in the online USCIS N-400 "Where you have lived" section "You may not meet the continuous residence requirement If you left the United States for more than a year during the last 5 years, you may have broken your continuous residence. You can continue filling...

Thanks Susie!