N-400 dilemma

[comfycozy 0]

Hi all,

I've been a PR since December 2010. Right after receiving my green card I had to return to my home country to finish school. I returned to the US in October after 10 months.
I vaguely remember talking to someone, perhaps a customs officer at an airport explaining my situation and there was no problem whatsoever.
I have since made short trips back home for summer and winter breaks.

Anyway, right now I'm filling out the N-400, and after listing all my trips outside the US over the past 5 years I am unsure what to do about those first 10 months that I wasn't living in the US.
I'm worried that I might have spent too much time overseas, although that would still be less than 2.5 years.

Should I put my foreign address at which I stayed in Part 4?
Should this time be put in Part 8?
Should I write a note explaining why I didn't move to the US right away?

Thanks!

[thespoons 33]

I remember reading somewhere that you cant stay out of the us for more than 6 months to qualify for naturalization. If you did stay out of the country, the time/year resets or something. But i may be wrong...

EDIT: Yup, i was wrong. Here's the link of the guide here on vj. Hope it helps. goodluck!

http://www.visajourney.com/content/naturalization_requirements

Edited October 14, 2015 by thespoons

[comfycozy 0]

I remember reading somewhere that you cant stay out of the us for more than 6 months to qualify for naturalization. If you did stay out of the country, the time/year resets or something. But i may be wrong...

Thanks for the reply!

According to this you're not eligible if you took a trip that lasted a year or more, or if you've been outside of the US for 30 months or more total.

So I think I should be good, but wanted to make sure.

Edited October 14, 2015 by comfycozy

[comfycozy 0]

Also, from the link posted:

"has been physically present in the United States for at least 30 months out of the previous five years (absences of more than six months but less than one year shall disrupt the applicant's continuity of residence unless the applicant can establish that he or she did not abandon his or her residence during such period) and has resided within a state or district for at least three months."

How do I know if my continuity had been disrupted? No one ever said anything to me and I never had any problems going back and forth with my card.

Thanks!