Any residency requirements AFTER filing N-400?

[Bbdong n Bbday 0]

All I can find is that you have to be a resident 3 months PRIOR to filing, nothing about afterwards except for change of address. Can anyone show me where it says there are any residency requirement while waiting for interview? Did the biometrics too. Anyone ever have this type of experience, please comment! Thanks!

[Helpme123 9]

After you've filed your N-400 no other information is required unless formally requested in the interview or RFE. Just take all your originals and info with you to your interview such as:

Documents referring to you and your spouse:

Tax returns, bank accounts, leases, mortgages, or birth certificates of children, or

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-certified copies of the income tax forms that you both filed for the past three years, or

An IRS tax return transcript for the last three years.

[Bbdong n Bbday 0]

That's good to know. I'm sure they will ask if the address given is the current and correct address, but it is only a mailing address as we are not about to rely on a foreign address to receive communication from them. So when they ask, the truth will come out that we currently do not reside in the US, but are still in the local area. We just don't want/need any surprises, like somewhere deep in the fine print, where it says you must be residing physically in the US after filing. We saw nothing in the checklist, nor nothing here in VJ that says you MUST be waiting for your interview on US soil. We've already been told by people that you MUST be residing in the US while waiting but am waiting for someone to show us where it says that.

It would be nice if someone has been in this position could weigh in too. VJ is great for these kinds of things but I take it there aren't many who have been in our position before...

Thanks for the reminder to bring documents! Was thinking they had what they need but they are just copies, so will bring the originals and more.

Thanks for commenting!

[Safety Chick 5]

My question is do you have a physical address in the US that will receive all the notices(biometrics, interview letter etc.) for you? how are you going to deal with coming back for biometrics/interview/oath?

sorry for not answering your question but my guess will be that the above might be the reason to be on US soil

[Bbdong n Bbday 0]

Yes, got all that covered. We have a US mailing address where we can receive our important mail, and we check it personally at least once a week. Just need some comfort that there isn't some obscure ruling or the like that isn't published anywhere, or at least not on their website. We've scoured both VJ and the USCIS website. This checklist shows only the 3 month prior residence requirement. http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Citizenship%20&%20Naturalization%20Based%20Resources/A%20Guide%20to%20Naturalization/PDFs/M-480.pdf

[Bbdong n Bbday 0]

Yes, got all that covered. We have a US mailing address where we can receive our important mail, and we check it personally at least once a week. Just need some comfort that there isn't some obscure ruling or the like that isn't published anywhere, or at least not on their website. We've scoured both VJ and the USCIS website. This checklist shows only the 3 month prior residence requirement. http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Citizenship%20&%20Naturalization%20Based%20Resources/A%20Guide%20to%20Naturalization/PDFs/M-480.pdf

Update: When we went to the interview, everything was in place, she passed and then they asked our address. That disqualified her because we weren't in the US. They ADMITTED that they don't publicize it, but the requirement is that you must remain here until AFTER the oath taking ceremony. Had to reapply and this time we waited for the ceremony.

She was sworn in yesterday and so it's now hasta la vista BABY!

Edited October 20, 2016 by Bbdong n Bbday