Citizenship denied - miscalculated presence in US - can apply again?

tochinski

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Hello,

My mother-in-law has Permanent Resident status.
When my wife was preparing application for naturalization (N-400) for her mother in September 2013, she miscalculated presence/continuous presence periods for 20 days at the date of submission, and her mother's application was denied. Reason was insufficient presence in US.
She was given an option to submit appeal, which we didn't see reason to submit.

Now my mother-in-law is going to submit another N-400. Is it possible that previous denial might affect new application processing and might be reason for another denial?

Thank you.

Leonid Tochinski
 
No, the previous denial won't be an issue as long as enough physical presence has been reached. However, does she have enough? It'd be better to wait until she has much more than the requisite 913 days in the previous 5 years.
 
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