Can I become USC ? With this travel history

pabloTX

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Dear members of this forum,

I am long term permanent resident, I want to become US citizen.

I have held green card for the last 9 years, but two years ago I got back from long emergency trip which lasted almost 23 months, I applied for reentry permit beforehand.

I arrived back to the U.S. in April 1st, 2012 and started settling down again. Here is my timeline of time inside/outside the U.S.:

2012 - 250 days inside , 115 outside
2013 - 270 days inside, 95 outside
2014 - planned 240 days inside, and 125 outside
2015 - expected to be in the U.S. between 200-240 days
2016 - 90 days in the U.S. before I file N-400

No trip was longer than 5 months. With this calculation I should get total of 1050 - 1100 days of physical presence by the April 2016.

Can I apply for citizenship under 4 year and 1 day rule on April 2nd, 2016 ? Should I expect any hassles? The reason for all the travel is personal, visiting relatives, helping parents with house reconstruction, leisure traveling, shopping trips to Mexico and Canada.
 
I don't see any issue with this as long as you can satisfy other requirements such as banks, taxes, home and other links to US.

I had over 700 days outside and IO didn't even go thought that.
 
Thank you. I will have maybe over 800 days outside the U.S. Anyone else who had so many days absence and got approved?
 
Lots of people are approved with 800 days. Make sure you can prove that you work and pay taxes in case they hassle you. If possible, bring proof of why you're out so much (it's really not a problem, but again, just in case). Also, if you're not really in a hurry, wait for 5 years before applying instead of using the 4y1d rule. Less trouble.
 
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