3 month requirement: At date of filing or interview?

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NJN400

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Hello,

Is the 3 month residence requirement to apply for naturalization based on the

1. The Date you file the application

or

2. The Date of the interview


I am confused about when you have to meet this requirement.
 
The requirement must be met at the time of filing, unless you file within the 90-day early period before your 5-year or 3-year GC anniversary, in which case you are allowed to meet the requirement as of your GC anniversary date.
 
Jackolantern said:
The requirement must be met at the time of filing, unless you file within the 90-day early period before your 5-year or 3-year GC anniversary, in which case you are allowed to meet the requirement as of your GC anniversary date.
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Thank you. But could you please explain in a simpler way?

Let's assume my 5 year date is 7/1/2014 and I filed my application on 5/14/2014 - at what date would I need to meet the 3 month residency requirement?
 
If you WILL meet the 3-month residence requirement on your 5 year anniversary (or 3 years, if applying with the 3 year rule), you don't have to meet the requirement at the time of filing.
 
Again, that exception applies only if you file within the 90-day period before the 5-year/3-year GC anniversary date.
 
NJN400 said:
Thank you. That's not what I was asking about though. I was asking about the 3 month residency requirement in the filing district.
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I see. So you just moved to a new state.
Yes you need to live there and wait for 3 month before you FILE the application.
 
XtremeCold said:
I see. So you just moved to a new state.
Yes you need to live there and wait for 3 month before you FILE the application.
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No I have not.

I graduated from college in mid-May and moved to an apartment in in June the SAME USCIS district. I did file an AR-11 for this move. And after moving to my new apartment, I filed the N-400. (This is within the 90 day period)

Trouble is, being a poor/in debt college graduate - I got an "unofficial" apartment. I'm staying in the living room and paying cash. No lease agreements and no utility bills. So that's why I am concerned.
 
http://www.uscis.gov/iframe/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-9898.html
From the link above: a naturalization applicant, immediately preceding the date of filing the application, must have resided within the state or district in which he filed the application for at least 3 months.

So you are fine, as long as you are living in the same district. They don't care about where you live within the same district and what your living situation is.
 
I just ran into this and was (I assume, but haven't got the letter yet) denied yesterday. Having moved state, and despite 8+ years of appropriate residence, I applied 8 days to soon to meet the district criterion.

My application actually got an approved stamp on it, before the officer who was interviewing my daughter came in and highlighted the issue. The approved stamp was then crossed out.

The officers were most apologetic, but said there was no latitude. My whole family was denied for the same reason. I assume we have to got back to square one and re-pay all the fees :-(
 
dhs2014 said:
I just ran into this and was (I assume, but haven't got the letter yet) denied yesterday. Having moved state, and despite 8+ years of appropriate residence, I applied 8 days to soon to meet the district criterion.

My application actually got an approved stamp on it, before the officer who was interviewing my daughter came in and highlighted the issue. The approved stamp was then crossed out.

The officers were most apologetic, but said there was no latitude. My whole family was denied for the same reason. I assume we have to got back to square one and re-pay all the fees :-(
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Wow that's tough.

So, I am going to ask you this based on your experience, please try to answer accurately.

When do you need to meet the 3 month district residence requirement?

A. At the date of filing
B. At the 5 year date
C. At the date of the interview

Thanks.
 
The annoying thing is that this criterion doesn't seem to be on the application form at all.

I'd completed the paperwork before the move (we'd been in the old house for 12 years), but held off filing until we'd settled down a bit in the new house.
 
Are you guys sure?

Can someone explain this paragraph?

"
In cases where an applicant has filed early and the required three month period of residence in a State or Service District falls within the required five-year period of continuous residence, jurisdiction for filing will be based on the three-month period immediately preceding the examination on the application"

What does "the examination on the application" mean?


Source: http://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartD-Chapter6.html
 
Not sure how to interpret the paragraph, but our online status was updated today.

I expected it to move to decision, but it's been set to interview again. Perhaps they'll find a solution.

I'll keep you informed.
 
They have access to background check services which can reveal your addresses for the past several years. And for your current address, if you don't live at or have access to the given address you won't get the notices they send during the naturalization process. They may also ask to see a driver's license or state ID.
 
The address is listed of the application form, including the move date. As Jack mentioned, I'm sure there are multiple databases that they use to see where you've really been.

My daughter had a slight hiccup when she produced her drivers license from the old state. This may have been what triggered her officer to check the move date. She's been at college in Boston and only came home for the summer recently. She now has an in state license!
 
Hi Jackolantern,

It seems like im screwed then. When will i know if i will be denied based on my residence?

My case got a little complicated. I moved to a different state from California last year. I spent 2 months there and only changed address on usps.com (never changed state id or did ar 11). After 2 months, i had to go abroad for a few months so 2 weeks prior to that, i did a change of address back to my old state on usps.com but apparently, i made a spelling mistake..

I flew back in february, then drove back to California all confident that my address had changed back to the old one. But it wasnt till the end of march that it occurred to me that perhaps i had made a mistake. I looked at the email confirmation last year and yes, i had made a mistake in my name while changing address. So on march 28, i did another change of address on usps.com and if dhs went by that, i havent lived in CA for 3 months while in reality (and on the form) i have been living here since march 10!!!

I feel like ive just wasted money and time. When will i get denied? Can i explain/clarify myself to anyone??
 
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