naturalization

Will absence of 8 months from the US affect when I file for citizenship & naturalization? I am currently in US and in 5 years had 3 short trips less than 6 months to India, just 1 was for 8 months. I have my employment continued in US and also has rented apartment during this 8 months. How...

I filed my N-400 application in January, 2017 after having had a green card for 3 years. Things went fairly smoothly until my interview in July, 2017, when I was told verbally that I would be recommended for approval, but received a notice that a decision couldn't be made. [The reason I was...

I received my Green Card on June 2012 through DV lottery and am in the process of naturalization (N-400). I have traveled different places including couple of Nepal visits since my green card. Now, I cant decide if I need to add each and every address changes that I have made through USPS and I...

Greetings. Those who were subject to the 5-year continuous residence requirement and taken at least one trip abroad which lasted more than 6 months but lass than a year; have you successfully applied the 4 years and 1 day rule in your N400 application? I've been LPR since 7/2011 but taken a...

Hi All My wife is going to become a naturalized US Citizen very soon and by estimation, around the time she swears in as a US Citizen is when she needs to travel aboard. She's traveling to Spain for a few days during that time. She's very likely have already completed her oath and...

Hi, It's been 4 years and a half I'm a permanent resident, and I'm preparing to file the N400 form. In 2015 I forgot to report the benefit I made by selling stocks. I had to pay extra tax, plus a penalty. I'm a little confused with this point of the N400 document checklist: "If you have ever...

Hi all, I am a US Permanent Resident through marriage to a US Citizen. My residence is permanent, not conditional i.e. I751 has been approved. I've been a US Permanent Resident close to 3 years and I'm planning to apply for Naturalization (after I've been Perm for more than 3 years...

Hello, My ex husband had his interview. According to a family member, he passed the test and the officer asked him to come back and bring evidence that he is current with child support. He has a court order where it states that he has to pay $300 a month child support AND pay half for all...

I am looking to apply for Naturalization, but will have to answer question 34 as "YES" for once having received an order of deportation. We were eventually given a 240(A), but I am not clear how to discuss this on the application. Is there any guidance for this anywhere? How to present? Is it...

Hello: Greetings from Venezuela Excuse me if I bother you, but I have a question about a derived citizenship that maybe you could answer me. My grandfather was born in West Indies in 1890 and fought in the WWI. He got the American citizenship on 1921. Actually I´m 48 years old (Venezuelan...

I got my US green card based on asylum due to fear of persecution in my home country 5 years ago. I am soon going to interview for naturalization. USCIS will go through my entire immigration history and see my travel back to country I was born as a red flag. I only went there once in 2014 for...

I've been a permanent resident since April 2007. I studied abroad for grad school from September 2014 to September 2016. I did not obtain the re-entry permit as I thought I would be back every 6 months for holidays (my family still resides in the US.) I stayed abroad for 10-months (delayed...

My family and I were out of the United States for more than six months but less than a year. However, my parents did own a house and did file taxes for that year. 1.) Can documentation of this prove continuous residency for the 6 months we were overseas? 2.) I was a 19 years old at the time...

Hi all, I am a marriage-based 10-year green card holder. I am currently waiting for my N-400 naturalization interview after finishing my fingerprint appointment in mid July. However, after a couple of terrible arguments this summer, my spouse filed a lawsuit against me and claimed that our...

I am just waiting for the naturalization interview but I got arrested for DUI on mid June. My court date is scheduled to be mid August. I have decided to skip the interview process due to the fact that I know that my case will not be dismissed. Are there any consequences on that if I decide...

Hello, My wife and I got married around Nov 2010. She was in F1 status and I was on GC back then. I did apply for GC for my wife and she received the GC around Oct 2013. I became naturalized citizen around Dec 2014. We have been living in US all these days and do meet the continuous residence...