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tnwalker

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Anyone know the 3 month resident is valid for district or state? I moved just 80 mi away in my state-CA. I now find I am under another district's jurisdiction. I was wondering -I have two months-should I wait or apply. CA has I think six field offices.

Any info would be immensely helpful. Everything else is fine-I would like to apply right away, but didn't want to risk the two month's thing with my citizenship. I didn't even realize I was under a different district. Thanks..
 
Since you moved to the new district within the same state then it doesn’t matter

3 Months residency requirement is that you have to reside within a state or district for at least three months
 
Thanks. It just looked a bit confusing and wanted to make sure-didn't want to go through and have problems because of this minor thing..
 
Here is the description from the USCIS website.
"Time as a Resident in a
USCIS District or State
Most people must live in the USCIS
district or State in which they are
applying for at least 3 months before
applying. A district is a geographical area
defined by USCIS and served by one of
the USCIS “District Offices.”



I guess that is why it was confusing. Because it does say district or state. Now state, I have lived in the same one for 10yrs. I was all set to apply and this confused me. It is a minor thing-but just not clear. Technically it does say district or state. So it should be ok-but CA has so many field offices-you move to another county and you could be moving to another district-until I looked it up, id didn't realize that..On the other hand, some districts, seem to cover more than one state..
 
Since it's only 1 month more, just wait it out and avoid the risk and confusion. Otherwise, even the IO may be confused and delay your case to defer it for supervisory review.
 
tnwalker said:
A district is a geographical area
defined by USCIS and served by one of
the USCIS “District Offices.”
Click to expand...

A district is determined by zip code. Therefore you are expected to have resided in the zip code area that is serviced by your DO for at least 3 months. The fact that there may be many DOs in one's state doesn't override this requirement.

The alternative argument can be used to clarify the point: Some cities in bordering states share the same district office, yet you aren't expected to wait out another 3 months if you move across state lines if you are still serviced by the same DO. Example: St Louis MO, and St-Louis IL. A city divided across state lines that are serviced by same DO. If you move from IL to MO side of city , you're not requried to restart 3 months of residency since you are still serviced by same DO.
 
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