Driving license from state other than where applying for citizenship.

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chang1428

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I have a situation where I have driving license from NY state, whereas I am living in neighboring state NJ. I did not change my NY license because I have job in NY where it is required to have NY commercial license.
I have the residency documents of NJ state like utility bills/lease dead etc.

Do I need to file my N-400 in NJ office since I live there over 3 years or file in NY office where I have the driving license from.

Any help or guidance will be appreciated.
 
chang1428 said:
I have a situation where I have driving license from NY state, whereas I am living in neighboring state NJ. I did not change my NY license because I have job in NY where it is required to have NY commercial license.
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Is the New York DMV aware that you really live in NJ? Does the license show your NJ address, or your NY address?
 
Then unless you are also maintaining a residence in NY, or otherwise have properly informed the NY DMV that you are living in NJ and their rules allow it, what you're doing has legally detrimental implications in addition to causing a problem with naturalization.
 
Do I need to file my N-400 in NJ office since I live there over 3 years or file in NY office where I have the driving license from.
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Neither. You don't file N-400 with a local USCIS office at all. N-400 is filed with one of several national lockbox facilities and from there it eventually is transferred by the USCIS to the local office responsible for your place of residence. For both NY and NJ N-400 applications are filed at the Dallas lockbox.

When you file N-400, you must specify your actual primary residence address there (which in your case appears to be in NJ).

chang1428 said:
It has my NY address. NY commercial license can not show address in any other state.
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It looks like you are violating the New York law.

NY CDL manual says on p. 3, section 1.3.1:
"You must be a resident of New York State to be issued a NYS CDL"
http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/broch/cdl/cdl10sec01.pdf
Since you are not in fact a New York State resident, it would appear that you are breaking this law.

IMO, you need to take care of this issue before filing N-400.
 
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