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Hi, I am eligible to file for citizenship under the 3 year rule with a pending 1-751 (since August 2022) and I wanted to check with others if my evidence list would be sufficient or if there would be anything else I should include in N400 application. I have recently filed 1040X with IRS to amend my status on the past 2 tax returns and I scanned a copy of the signed 1040X’s so I can include that in the evidence also. I was advised it could potentially take up to 20 weeks for IRS to complete amendments, so I was hoping I can send the proof of amendment in my application. Current list of evidence: -Marriage certificate -Copy of front and back of green card -Husband’s birth certificate -2022 tax transcript -Tax returns and 1040X amended forms for both 2021 and 2020 -Lease agreements for past 3 years -Renters insurance -Health insurance (for me and my husband through employer) -PDF document comprised of photos of us over the past 3 years, including with friends and family (with dates and locations) I have bank statements, internet bills, phone bills and utility statements that I can send if extra evidence is recommended, although I have them printed so I can bring them to the interview. Lastly, I worked remotely for most of the past 3 years and I was confused on the application question that requires the location we worked at for each employer. From my understanding, would it be best to include the employer address listed on my W2’s and specify in my job role that I was a remote worker?

Hey guys! Did anybody experience an IO cancelling the N400 interview and only did the i751 interview? We came to the uscis office for a combo interview altho the notice I received was only for the N400 interview (never received notice for i751 interview). The IO separated my husband and I for interviews individually then at the end decided she will review all the details and that she will not do the n400 interview. Then the status for my n400 online shows interview cancelled and no change on i751 still shows fingerprints taken. The next day the i751 status updated to Case approved. Then I heard of of another filer that I know that she got approved of the i751 the next day after mine- no interview and she also didnt file for n400. Is it possible that another IO just adjudicated my case while the IO who interviewed me is pending action? And how soon does the uscis reschedule interviews for n400? Thank you for your insights!

Hello, Hoping for guidance. I submitted my n400 application in March 2021. I was invited to show up for my interview scheduled for Feb 2022. When I showed up, the officer mentioned my a-file was not at field office so a reschedule letter will be sent to me once a-file shows up. I have called USCIS customer service line and they show a-file has been at office since Aug 2022. My case is now outside processing time and I have filed online request but it's not been successful. I contacted my senator Aug 2022 and they told my senator that my interview is in queue to be scheduled. It has been over two years since I submitted my n400 application, over one year since I was told my interview could not proceed because a-file was not at the office at the time, over 9 months since they told my senator the interview was in queue. What do I do next to get my n400 interview scheduled? I have filed multiple online request since my case is now outside processing time but nothing has been helpful. I feel stuck

Hello All, I applied N400 in July 2022 and still waiting for an interview. I'm seeing people filed in March/April this year have interviews scheduled already and I'm here still waiting. I know every case is different but with the current speed cases are handled and with my Field Office, Providence with 9.5 months, I'm concerned there is something wrong with my case. A friend of me suggested to file FOIA or to contact Congressman for help, how effective are these? FYI, I have I-751 pending from July 2021 but I have seen thousands of applicants, filed after me with pending 751 got approved and already citizens. Thanks in Advance.

Hi everyone,thanks for reading. Hope I can explain my question right- What is the time frame of the 5yr good moral character period that's taken into consideration when applying for naturalization for someone with a previous dismissed criminal charge? Ex-arrested/charged on May 10th 2018 Dismissed court case on September 18th 2018. Does my 5yr period start on May 11th or September 19th? Or does it really matter much at all? I hope this wasn't confusing. **I realize this will all be included in my application, just wondering which way I stand a better chance of aproval.

My friend got a green card in 2015 through the EB2-NIW (E26) category. His wife also got a green card (E27) in 2015 as his spouse. Both became eligible for citizenship in 2020. His wife applied for citizenship and got citizenship in 2021. However, the friend was arrested in 2020 for DUI and convicted in 2021, and finished probation in 2022. Can my friend apply for citizenship in 2025 as a spouse of a US citizen and show 3 years of good moral character? Or he has to wait until 2027 to show five years of good moral character?.

Hi - Wondered if anyone on the forum had a view on how to report a general violation on an n400 citizenship application. Animal control issued me with a summons/complaint for my dog biting another dog, which was later dismissed as I paid restitution (vet fees) and there were no further issues in the subsequent six months (which was a supervision period). Case status/disposition was resolved as 'dismissed' after the supervision period expired. The questions I need to answer in regard to this incident (with what I think are the appropriate answers) are: Have you EVER been arrested, cited, or detained by any law enforcement officer (including any immigration official or any official of the U.S. armed forces) for any reason? Yes as I think the summons/complaint represents a citation Have you EVER been placed in an alternative sentencing or a rehabilitative program (for example, diversion, deferred prosecution, withheld adjudication, deferred adjudication)? Yes, due to the supervision period, but I am not sure about this. Thanks for your help!

Hey y'all, We're trying to fill the N-400 application for naturalization under the 90 day early filing rule, but we're unsure about what to do with a couple of things: - addresses during the past 5 years: obviously, we were still residing in my birth country 5 years ago, since our Permanent Resident cards were issued on July 17th 2018. So, we don't have U.S. addresses to list for the full 5 years yet! If we only list the addresses starting from the issuance date of our PR cards we get an alert that there's a gap in the address history. If we list our old home address in my birth country for the first 3 months, then it gives another alert saying we may have broken the continuous residency requirement, since we actually flew back to my birth country for 3 months after the first month in the U.S. The initial one month stay in the U.S. was an "activation trip" to get our PR cards issued, then we went back to my birth country to run errands and get ready to move and settle permanently in the U.S. This leads to my second question: - we used our family friends' address as our first address in the U.S. and had our PR cards sent to that address while we were running errands overseas. So, officially we held that address as our U.S. address for a little over 4 months, before we settled in at our first home in the U.S.. Now, should we list that address as our address for that entire time and omit the old home address overseas, or should we list our friends' address only for the first month, then our overseas address for the following three months until we settled in our first home in the U.S.? We will anyway list all trips outside the U.S. during our permanent residency, so that will show a trip to my birth country for that three months, but I just wonder should it be considered as just a trip like the other trips we've done during our U.S. residency, or should it be considered as a temporary move there? I remember updating our addresses at the USCIS website back in 2019, but now when I sign into my USCIS account I can't find any address history there. And if my memory serves me well, I'm pretty sure I listed our friends' address as our first U.S. address for the entire 4 months, but I just can't verify that since I can't pull any address history that I used to update back then. Also, I can't find any USCIS account number, like the N-400 forms instructs: if I go to my profile I can only edit my password and such, but there's no account number to be found anywhere. So, should I just answer that I don't have an USCIS account number? I find that weird, since I'm anyway able to log into my USCIS account, so I would think my account should have an account number. We want our naturalization to go as smoothly as possible and, obviously, we want to do everything by the book, so this community's help and/or input would be greatly appreciated! And, one last thing: if anyone knows how to get to talk to a live person at USCIS customer service, I would appreciate it! I found a thread here where some advised that by saying "technical support" or "lost receipt" would get me through, but since I don't have anything filed yet I can't provide any receipt number. Saying "technical support" didn't get me through either... Any other tricks, anybody? Thanks in advance for y'all's help! Have a wonderful week!

Thought this would be an interesting datapoint. I was just listening to Jim Hacking's Immigration Show on YouTube. Somebody reported getting a 10 year GC AFTER naturalizing and having naturalization certificate in hand. Episode 357. All because of pending I-751 at the moment of N-400 interview. Lawyer suggested keeping the card in safe place just in case. What would you do in this case?

Hi, everyone. I am going to apply for "Removal of Conditions" (I-751) and then apply for N-400 early next year. I am almost 3 years living here in the USA and will file under 3 year rule. I started working last year and when I applied for my IRS Tax Return I applied as "jointly" together with my Spouse. In my case, I am the only one who is Officially working and my spouse can't provide a 3 year tax returns. I can send a 1 year tax return from last year I worked but I (we) couldn't provide the 2 year tax returns. We do have bank statements, phone bills, marriage certificate etc. Is it okay or acceptable that I could only provide a 1 year IRS Tax Return? Thank you!

Hello everyone had my interview February 14th at the Tampa USCIS office which I was passed my US citizenship interview. I did change my last name. Anyone out there had any experience on the wait for your oath ceremony with a name change. Have a cruise booked in July and just want to make sure I have enough time between my oath ceremony and cruise to get my passport.

Thanks this is what I was looking into. I have four children who got their GCs when I did. Three will be over 18 by the time we can apply. They will have to submit their own applications yes? My younger daughter doesn't live with me ( she is in a facility) but I support her financially and have legal custody etc. Will she be covered under mine? Your advice appreciated Helen

My Indian Passport and GC have my First and Middle name both under "Given Name" . i.e Given Name: Pavan Manan. Middle Name is fully spelt out and not just Initial While filling out N-400, question is to provide name exactly as it is on my GC with sections to fill Given Name (First), Middle Name, Family Name (Last name). I am confused as to whether I write my Middle Name under Middle Name or along with my first name in Given Name as it is in my Indian Passport and GC? Option 1 : Given Name (First): Pavan Manan, Middle Name: Blank, Family Name (Last name): XYZ ; Option 2 : Given Name (First): Pavan, Middle Name: Manan, Family Name (Last name): XYZ. Ideally, I would prefer option 2 as it exactly differentiates my first and middle names.

Hello All, Thanks for your time for reading and answer this question. I came across many applicants whose I-751 got transferred to their local FO after filing N400, I have few questions regarding this: 1. Is it mandatory to add/upload ROC related documents or a letter asking USCIS to adjudicate both the cases? 2. Is there anyone here whose 751 got transferred to their Local FO without asking them to adjudicate or without adding any ROC related docs? 3. Doesn't USCIS know about our pending cases? TIA.

This thread is for those filing the N-400 in February 2023. My window to file opened up in November 2022 (three-year rule), but I filed it online on February 8, 2023. Received the NOA immediately on the website. Three days later, got the biometric appointment (on March 1) letter posted online (now waiting for it to arrive in mail). Also, the processing time dropped from 16 months to 8 months after they scheduled the biometrics. (My ROC is still pending and was filed in November 2021.) Good luck to all of us.

Had my joint i751 + N400 interview back on Dec 5th. I was told I passed n400 and would receive an oath ceremony pending i751(divorce waiver) on January 3rd n400 status changed to recommended for naturalization submitted for quality review. And then changed same day to the oath ceremony will be scheduled. Jan 4th i751 changed to case was approved. Now I've been waiting for an oath ceremony for over a month with no details from USCIS on when that'll be. Detroit FO. My ADIT stamp expires in April and I'm planning to leave the country in April for about two months, so I fear not getting a passport in time if I have to wait much longer. My questions are is it still too early to involve a congressman to get my oath ceremony scheduled? Is this much of a wait time normal? Is there any other option to get scheduled? Edit: Ive come across a few people that interviewed a month after me this February in the same situation, that already have their oath ceremony dates for this month. And i find it odd that i have not yet gotten mine.

Hi, looking to see if anyone has found a way to get directly in-touch with the USCIS officer that interviewed them post naturalization interview. How do you submit evidence if they ask for more? I was not asked for more but my interview occured 12/13/2022, with a pending i-751. This is all marriage based. I passed, and the officer didnt realize my i-751 was pending until we got to that question. And no, he didnt need to request/wait for my file. It was in front of him on his desk. He asked if i wanted to give additional evidence so i gave him recent mortgae statements, health insurance, other insurance stuff since everything in the i-751 was from summer of 2020. It's february, and no movement. Yes, my spouse was outside but was never asked to come in. I honestly feel like he put my file on the back of his desk and forgot about it. I've put in a message through the USCIS portal and got a general response back saying the last status is that i attended the interview. Has anyone had this happen, and been waiting this long? Any way to get through to this guy? I legit feel like i was just forgotten and not this is just pending because no one is thinking/looking at it...out of sight out of mind. I wonder if now with things being more elctronic if officers get promts when something is approaching the 120 days... but i doubt it, and it's probably just wishful thinking. At this point it has been 38 business days post interview that was passed and he even made the comment that 1) he would look at my case next week (i.e. Week of December 20th), and when i gave him the additional evidence he said he doesn't forsee there being problems with i-751 approval with this type of evidence and us having as child together since getting married etc. How can i just get someone to remind this guy to look at my stuff --- we really are an easy case!

Hello All, I would like to know the status of my case(I know I can see that in case status page, which has been showing as REVIEWING for more than 6 months). I tried like to ASK EMMA and typed "info pass", it showed me this "Please select the link below to schedule or manage an InfoPass appointment with a USCIS Immigration Officer.". My question is, if I schedule an appointment, would that effect my case anyway? Without going through EMMA, if I call USCIS and say "INFOPASS" and ask about my case status, would that have negative effect on my case? Thanks in Advance for your responses.

My, my wife and my daughter (10 yrs old) all got our GC in Jan 2018. I just finished applying for N400 for me and my wife. Do I need to file a separate application for my daughter to become a US Citizen or is there a different process for her?

Hi All! I'm currently preparing to file N400 form, do I need to provide evidences like joint bank account, etc... I've been waiting for our tax transcript and that's the only thing that holding me up to file for this. Is Form 1040 good enough?

Hello All, Thanks to all who are here in answering the questions. Back in 2015 when I was in college in Louisiana, a cop pulled me over because ONE of my car's headlight is out, he asked me if I lived in the same address as on my Drivers License, I said no (I was very new to US and didn't know that I'm supposed to change the address on DL). He gave me 2 tickets One for not changing the address and other for one of my headlight, a total of $300 approx for both tickets (Long time ago I don't remember exactly but it is less than $300). I went to the court and the person in the court understood that the cop should have let me go with a warning but gave me 2 tickets, so, he CANCELED the Headlights ticket saying that it counts as MOVING violation and asked me to just pay for the ticket for not changing the address in DL(NON-MOVING VIOLATION). Now my question is : 1. I already filed my N-400 online and in the citation section I answered NO for any citations, as one of my ticket is canceled and other is non moving violation. Do I have to mention about this to IO? 2. This was back in 2015, I have no paperwork/info regarding the tickets and I don't live in the state where I got this tickets. How can I get any info that this ticket is paid off? Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance.

I have a 2.5 years old school bus crossing traffic citation of over 500 USD. The ticket was controvarsial so I hired a traffic lawyer who is representing me for this case. We are still waiting for a court date on this ticket while I have N400 interview in two weeks. My traffic lawyer's office is saying that as I am not convicted yet so it should not be a problem. On the other hand many people and lawyer online say its best to not keep any citation pending during interview.Even if I try to pay this ticket I have the option to go on deffered probation for 6 months to make off record, if I do this my ticket will be eventually dismissed after 6 months but the immigration officer might hold off my decision until I send them proof of ticket getting dismissed through probation. Or I can pay off the ticket without probation option that way this ticket will be in my driving record, charge points but might not delay my interview decision. I am not sure what to do at this point. Can anyone help me find some answers to my questions?

Hello, I'm eligible to apply for my N400 and I qualify for the 5 year Green card category. I understand that I need to have last 5 years worth of Tax return transcripts. I recently got married and my wife is Non resident alien i.e she lives outside the united stated and she is going through immigration process. Last year I.e 2021, I filed a the return return through paper filing instead of e-filing and the tax return was accepted by IRS. I have a copy of the paper returns from turbo tax which I used to prepare. Unfortunately, When I try to access the transcript for 2021 on IRS.gov, It says it does not have any record for 2021. But when I checked the IRS's "where is my refund?" tool, I can see that the "return was received" by IRS. My question is if I cannot get the tax return in time, Can I take the returns from turbo tax instead and my W2s? I can also show that I send in the check that I owed extra which IRS cashed in. is there anything I can request from IRS that helps? also do I need to submit the tax return when I submit the N400 application or can I just carry it for the interview. Thanks for your answers.

Hello All, I applied my N400 online in July 2022 with pending 751 and been waiting for interview since then, I've seen many people who applied after me became citizens or got interviews long ago. I know scheduling of the interview depends on Field Office workload, mine is Rhode Island and I seen here in VJ timelines that people got scheduled for interview in 3-4 months in my FO but I'm still waiting from almost 6 months. My Questions: 1. Does uploading more documents trigger or will it delay more (I did not upload documents of my 751 and a letter to request to adjudicate both the cases)? 2. When you add your case here, does it update your case automatically when there is an event like interview scheduled/oath/biometric or you have to update it manually? Thanks in Advance for your time for answering this question and also helping all others.

I recall there was a document in past which listed all the oath ceremony dates in Houston. I can't find it online anymore. My mother is approved for naturalization after the interview. She has to travel overseas to attend a wedding. Thus we want to plan accordingly so that we do not miss the oath ceremony.