Hi, i me and my wife live in Taxes and both of us have New York state ID (Driving Livence), now i wana apply for citizenship. can i apply from Taxes or i do i have to go to NY for applying my citizenship because i have NY ID, and what should be the first step i take while applying for citizenship.
Thank you so much.
Khan
The state the OP applies from does matter since he must apply from the state he currently resides, and has resided for the last 3 months.Whatever state ID does not matter, all the USCIS needs to see at the biometrics and any other time is your green card..
You must apply from the state you have resided during the last 3 months.Also, if you currently reside in Texas you must obtain a Texas DL. Driving with an out of state license (from a state you are no longer a resident from) is illegal.Hi, i me and my wife live in Taxes and both of us have New York state ID (Driving Livence), now i wana apply for citizenship. can i apply from Taxes or i do i have to go to NY for applying my citizenship because i have NY ID, and what should be the first step i take while applying for citizenship.
Thank you so much.
Khan
You must apply from the state you have resided during the last 3 months.Also, if you currently reside in Texas you must obtain a Texas DL. Driving with an out of state license (from a state you are no longer a resident from) is illegal.
Refer to the naturalization guide. It outlines the 3 month service area residency requirement.It does not matter what state he applies from or what state ID he has as long as that is where he lives as he has made that clear in his explanation. Whether he has changed his NY state ID to Texas state ID is none of USCIS' business. All they care to see is the green card. And all he needs to enter in the current address is the Texas address which is "the state he currently resides". Otherwise please provide where you got this three month residency requirement because there's no such thing in the instructions (scroll down to the bottom and click on Download N400 Instructions and read Part 6A (on page 3); http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/us...nnel=40a9b2149e7df110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD
Refer to the naturalization guide. It outlines the 3 month service area residency requirement.
http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf
Also, USCIS can ask for DL (among other documents) at interview to verify current address.
Finally, an applicant can mail the application from any state as long as long he/she uses the correct USCIS mailing address for the state he/she resides in.
If that's the case, then USCIS is the one confusing people because if that is relevant information it should be on the instruction since the instruction and forms are what most people have access to and go by and they are updated often (you will notice an expiry date at the very top right of the application after which it will be updated again). The way Part 6A on the application and instruction is worded is that they don't care about anything else, they need you to just list every address you've lived for the past 5 years even if its outside the US and the duration at each address. That is what I will advise here without any three month clause. The guide is not something many people see neither is it given out as they do with the civics handbook. IN any case, the handbook on that link is old anyway because it still says applicants should provide passport photographs amongst other things when they've stopped requesting such by taking your picture during the biometrics process.
The N-400 instructions clearly state to refer to the Naturalization Guide as does the USCIS website instructions:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/us...toid=480ccac09aa5d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD
You need to read up on more information before dishing out incomplete advice.
The guide's basic eligibility requirements are not outdated. Also, not all ACS currently take photos during the biometrics process, hence the guide instructions are still valid.But the instructions are newer than the handbook that still tells people to provide passport pictures at their interview when the new thing is that they take your picture during the biometrics process. So a much newer N400 application and accompanying instruction is referring applicants to a much older handbook with out of date details? That handbook has not been updated since forever, sorry but I won't advise anyone to follow it, at least I won't.
The guide's basic eligibility requirements are not outdated. Also, not all ACS currently take photos during the biometrics process, hence the guide instructions are still valid.
You've already lost credibility with the past advice you have given on this form.
The handbook is not outdated and is very relevant. In fact, the current revision is 02/10. Are you really trying to argue it's outdated based on the fact that some ASCs now take your picture during naturalization biometric process? Also, were do you get that attorneys don't care what the handbook says? It's clear you're providing inaccurate information and making general statements based on your own interpretations.You may have lost credibility by having people look through an outdated handbook that has not changed since before I applied for my green card ages ago and having people guess what applies or not when even attorneys don't care what the old handbook says but simply stick to the most current N400 application, its instructions, and the Form M477 checklist.
The handbook is not outdated and is very relevant. In fact, the current revision is 02/10. Are you really trying to argue it's outdated based on the fact that some ASCs now take your picture during naturalization biometric process? Also, were do you get that attorneys don't care what the handbook says? It's clear you're providing inaccurate information and making general statements based on your own interpretations.You may have lost credibility by having people look through an outdated handbook that has not changed since before I applied for my green card ages ago and having people guess what applies or not when even attorneys don't care what the old handbook says but simply stick to the most current N400 application, its instructions, and the Form M477 checklist.
But the instructions are newer than the handbook that still tells people to provide passport pictures at their interview when the new thing is that they take your picture during the biometrics process. So a much newer N400 application and accompanying instruction is referring applicants to a much older handbook with out of date details? That handbook has not been updated since forever, sorry but I won't advise anyone to follow it, at least I won't.
Yet again another generalization. Geez, some people really don't know when to stop.I know enough to speak what I know because I worked with my attorney to file both my green card and now my N400; nobody cares about the handbook because N400,
The guide clearly states that van accommodations may be made for remote residents of Alaska and Hawaii. Also, not all ASC currently take photos for biometrics process. From your previous posts and advice, it's obvious you're unable/unwilling to follow instructions.Even the handbook says if you reside far out of the reach of an ASC they will come to you with a biometrics van to get your fingerprints and picture but he says some places require applicants to bring pictures, I wonder which separate set of instructions are prepared for such people. Obviously he is just making stuff up and getting "points".
I suggest you invest some time on researching and reading immigration matters instead of belching out your inaccurate information and generalizations.Because someone has a million posts mean nothing, anyone can post crap all day and get more than that, none of us is an attorney and should not throw a feat because someone seems to challenge whatever authority he/she feels they have.