continuous residence requirement question

[maverick_s]

I'm applying for citizenship through naturalization.
in past 5 years, I have lived in overseas for a little over 1.5 years, with coming back to the states for a short 1 to 2 week stay for every 5 months or so.
when I put in my address history at uscis online, do I need to verbosely input the month and date from and to which i stayed overseas and the address I stayed for the 1 week during i come back in between the 6 months?

thanks

 

[Jbuff]

I'm applying for citizenship through naturalization.
in past 5 years, I have lived in overseas for a little over 1.5 years, with coming back to the states for a short 1 to 2 week stay for every 5 months or so.
when I put in my address history at uscis online, do I need to verbosely input the month and date from and to which i stayed overseas and the address I stayed for the 1 week during i come back in between the 6 months?

thanks

Yes , you have to list all addresses you resided/ trips/Duration of said trips .

 

[maverick_s]

Yes , you have to list all addresses you resided/ trips/Duration of said trips .

thanks Jbuff.
will USCIS ask why you just come back for a week immediately before 6 months? is this an obvious sign of avoid the discontinuity of the residency?

 

[SusieQQQ]

thanks Jbuff.
will USCIS ask why you just come back for a week immediately before 6 months? is this an obvious sign of avoid the discontinuity of the residency?

Yes, it’s pretty obvious, and you can expect questions. I did that once only and got asked about it in quite some detail. So for you doing that a few times, i would be surprised if they did not mention it.

 

[maverick_s]

Yes, it’s pretty obvious, and you can expect questions. I did that once only and got asked about it in quite some detail. So for you doing that a few times, i would be surprised if they did not mention it.

I see.
so it's preferred to start application a few years later when I have continuous 5 years of stay throughout then i guess.

 

[SusieQQQ]

I see.
so it's preferred to start application a few years later when I have continuous 5 years of stay throughout then i guess.

I guess it depends on how easy you think it would be to justify it. I had decent reasons but was asked in detail about what ties I had maintained to the US during that time. The problem is, you won’t know for sure until the interview with $$$ and probably a good number of months/maybe a year or more waiting to find out.

 

[maverick_s]

I guess it depends on how easy you think it would be to justify it. I had decent reasons but was asked in detail about what ties I had maintained to the US during that time. The problem is, you won’t know for sure until the interview with $$$ and probably a good number of months/maybe a year or more waiting to find out.

i guess a few years later, then from that point of time, i will have continuous 5 years of stay in US, then those overseas stay won't even come into picture. right?

 

[cafeconleche]

If you don't need citizenship immediately, and don't want to deal with the question of your continuous residency, you should wait.