Urgent Help for N400 Interview

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mani11

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dear friends, i need guidance regarding a few matters. I became LPR in 1999. i came to US and applied for a reentry permit and went back to home country for studies. My reentry permit expired in 2001 and i came back and applied for another reentry permit and again went back. my second reentry permit expired in dec 2003. i didnt make any trip more than 6 months outside usa after that and ever since 2005 november i am in USA permanently for almost the last 3 years. So the situation is that i since the expiry of my last re entry permit, i have taken 5 trips outside usa, each less than 6 months all for purpose of study. after passing out in my home country i came here in 2005 and have been living here for last 35 months. technically i havent been out of usa for more than 6 months in any single trip and have been inside of usa for the more than half the time as well. i was told that after reentry permit expiry the naturalization process starts all over again. and that i can apply in 2008 for naturalization , provided i have stayed at least 30 months in the country and have not taken a trip outside usa for more than 6 months.
now i applied for NAT. and got fingerprint and finally IL. now somebody told that i should have waited for 5 years after expiry of reentry permit before applying for naturalization. according to this person my re entry permit expired in dec 2003 , so i should have applied after dec 2008. i applied in august 08 . i was under the impression that i can apply upto 6 months before dec 2008 and i applied 4 months before that.
do you think this might cause a denial?
any help will be appreciated.
thanks
 
Your travel history and physical presence, not reentry permit expiry date determines when you are eligible to apply. What is your travel history during the last 5 years before applying for citizenship?
 
following is the information bobsmyth.

Before Last 5 years:

1999- 2001 1st Re Entry Permit
2001 to dec 2003 2nd Re Entry Permit

Last 5 years:

TRIP 1) Oct 2003 to Jan 2004 out 3 months
TRIP 2)march 2004 to aug 2004 out 5 months
TRIP 3)sept 2004 to oct 2004 out one and a half months
TRIP 4)nov 2004 to may 2005 out 5 months 2 weeks
TRIP 5)may 2005 to nov 2005 out 5 months 2 weeks.

from nov 2005 to present inside usa for almost 3 years or 36 months.

applied in aug 08 for naturalization.
 
following info might also be helpful.
total number of days outside usa last 5 years 759
trips 5
 
Do you have any evidence of US residential ties such as utility bills, rental/mortgage payments, bank accounts, taxes filed for the entire 5 year period?
 
i filed taxes for years 2005 and 2006 and am working currently as well. i didnt file taxes for 02,03,and 04 because i was a student abroad and wasnt earning anything. i did work briefly in usa in 01 and filed tax for that. my mother had a townhome in usa from 2004 to 2005 for 2 years. due to strick loan we had to sell the house in 2004. other than that i came in 2004 to do med clerkships in usa . i have bank acct. for the last 3 yers. taxes for last 2 years but not for five years. do you think this can be a reason for denial even if i can prove with my original degrees and transcripts from school abroad that i was a student there during this whole time. im really worried now. please help me out.
 
I can't predict what will happen at your interview and how the IO will handle your case, but from your travel history you should be prepared to show concrete evidence that you didn't break US residential ties during the statutory period. You might also be asked for copies of the expired reentry permits to determine your US residential ties from the time you obtained your green card.
 
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