Should me and my wife file N-400 in same envelope?

[d4pk]

I have to file my N-400 tomorrow. Should me and my wife file the application in same envelope, or should we use separate envelopes? Also, shall i use USPS (priority/certified .. ?) or Fedex?

Thanks in advance

 

[nkm-oct23]

Same Envelope with Priority mail should do it.

 

[sanjit66]

I sent both apps in the same envelope, but separately clipped. Each had its own check as well. I sent by USPS regular mail. It worked fine.
My Timeline:
N-400 Mailed (regular mail): May 21, 2009
05/21/2009: N-400 mailed to PHX PO Box (by regular mail, not certified mail)
06/16/2009: Checks Cashed
05/26/2009: Priority Date
06/11/2009: Notice Date
06/23/2009 : FP Notice Recd (Me)
06/25/2009 : FP Notice Recd (My wife)
07/09/2009 : FP Appointment

 

[WhichWay2Go]

shall i use USPS (priority/certified .. ?) or Fedex?

It might depend which lock box you are sending it to. It appears at Phoenix the PO Box address (USPS) is faster than the Courier address.

Important: Make sure you send it certified and with a green return receipt card.

Couple of horror stories on this group from gone astray applications and no way to trace them.

 

[baikal3]

I have to file my N-400 tomorrow. Should me and my wife file the application in same envelope, or should we use separate envelopes? Also, shall i use USPS (priority/certified .. ?) or Fedex?

Thanks in advance

I would think that using separate envelopes is better. The N-400 applications are always individual, never joint, so yours and your wife's cases will have to be assigned separate receipt numbers and be handled separately anyway. If you send them together in a single envelope, you increase the risk of USCIS making a mistake: e.g. they might not notice that there are two separate applications there and only issue a receipt notice for one: or they might mishandle/misplace the supporting docs that you will send with the N-400 applications and put some of them in the wrong file(s) etc. In my opinion there is no reason to give USCIS an extra opportunity to screw up.

 

[WhichWay2Go]

you increase the risk of USCIS making a mistake:

Good point baikal, when dealing with large corporations and Government departments, make things as simple as possible. I would have to go along with the idea of two envelopes.

USCIS gets more than a million N-400 applications a year and since humans are only human, unintentional mistakes will happen. It's a Fibonacci thing.