Hello,
I know there has been a lot of discussion about the 90 days/3 months rule. It seems that it has boiled down to the rule being 90 days before fulfilling the continuous residence requirement, as mentioned in the "A guide to Naturalization" document. However, I am curious about what people have done or plan to do with this rule. I mean, if I enter a permanent resident since date, let's say 12/24/2006 on a spreadsheet and subtract 90 from that date I get 9/25/2006. Now, what do we do with this "magic date"? Does it mean that the application has to be postmarked by this date, signed by this date, received by this date, priority dated by this date? My guess would be that the date means the priority date. In this case one could send the application one or several days earlier, as far as it isn't received and processed before that 9/25/2006.
Other thought on this matter is that, should the "magic date" be 9/26/2006 on my example? My answer to this question is no, because the instructions say "up to" 90 days, which I interpret that it includes the day 90 days earlier before fulfilling the continuous residence requirement. Any thoughts about this?
Now, how comfortable is people here about nailing it on a particular date? Do people regularly leave a week's buffer to be sure of complying? Has anyone tried to send earlier and time how long it takes for the mail to arrive and be processed in order to take advantage of the full 90 days?
Just a last comment, the guide for naturalization uses the word "file" 90 days before. My understanding is that this would mean the date when they receive the application. I mention receive in the bureaucratic sense of acknowledging receipt, not just getting the bag of mail.
My 2 cents.
I know there has been a lot of discussion about the 90 days/3 months rule. It seems that it has boiled down to the rule being 90 days before fulfilling the continuous residence requirement, as mentioned in the "A guide to Naturalization" document. However, I am curious about what people have done or plan to do with this rule. I mean, if I enter a permanent resident since date, let's say 12/24/2006 on a spreadsheet and subtract 90 from that date I get 9/25/2006. Now, what do we do with this "magic date"? Does it mean that the application has to be postmarked by this date, signed by this date, received by this date, priority dated by this date? My guess would be that the date means the priority date. In this case one could send the application one or several days earlier, as far as it isn't received and processed before that 9/25/2006.
Other thought on this matter is that, should the "magic date" be 9/26/2006 on my example? My answer to this question is no, because the instructions say "up to" 90 days, which I interpret that it includes the day 90 days earlier before fulfilling the continuous residence requirement. Any thoughts about this?
Now, how comfortable is people here about nailing it on a particular date? Do people regularly leave a week's buffer to be sure of complying? Has anyone tried to send earlier and time how long it takes for the mail to arrive and be processed in order to take advantage of the full 90 days?
Just a last comment, the guide for naturalization uses the word "file" 90 days before. My understanding is that this would mean the date when they receive the application. I mention receive in the bureaucratic sense of acknowledging receipt, not just getting the bag of mail.
My 2 cents.
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