help with part 7 on form N-400

[oabailey]

help with part 6 on form N-400

Hi everyone,

I am busy filling out N-400 but am wondering about my employment. I am currently employed but on a leave of absence due to a work related injury. Should I say I am currently on leave of absence or not? I am still on the books of my employer and hope to return to work next year but I do not wish to misrepresent anything on the N-400 application. Also will the background check show that I am on a leave of absence as my tax records for last year will show a dip in income. Will this matter or am I making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Thank you in advance for any advice you may have to offer.

 

[baikal3]

Hi everyone,

I am busy filling out N-400 but am wondering about my employment. I am currently employed but on a leave of absence due to a work related injury. Should I say I am currently on leave of absence or not? I am still on the books of my employer and hope to return to work next year but I do not wish to misrepresent anything on the N-400 application.

It does not matter one way or the other. If you want to be extra careful, report the leave of absence on a separate line in part 6B of N-400. But really, they won't care.

Also will the background check show that I am on a leave of absence as my tax records for last year will show a dip in income.

The N-400 background checks do not include verification of income. The USCIS does not request your tax records from IRS. (The only way the USCIS would get your tax records is if you provide those records yourself, which is sometimes required, e.g. for people with extensive foreign travel, where continuous residency may be an issue, or for marriage-based N-400 applicants.)
In any case, being employed is not a requirement for naturalization and even having no income at all does not prevent one from being naturalized.

Will this matter or am I making a mountain out of a mole hill.

It is the latter.