? re residency

[Popple77 1]

Hi there,

I have been in the US 11 years and am finally getting round to applying for citizenship based on 5 year LPR (LPR through marriage). Not sure why it took so long, just life got in the way :-) Anyway, my family and I moved to a new state last August (specifically 28th; VA from CO). I didn't get my state drivers license as soon as I should have. I am petrified of driving so close to DC so never use it, and frankly I completely forgot about it's very existence until I started to apply for my naturalization. So, registration of driver's license can not really be used as evidence of 90 days residency. I have a lease signed by my husband and myself from mid August (15th I think) but I didn't move hear with my kids until our house sold on August 28th. So the lease date does not align with the moving date on my application. Just lining my info up here for you to see, so you can see why I am concerned.

As my husband was actually living in the apartment before me, the two bills we actually receive (most are included in with the rent) are in his name, and even if I changed them now, 2 days after filing, they are not going to support my being here for the 90 days required. Since I have 0 utility bills in my name at this address, the only evidence I have of 90 days (and again, these do not go back to when I first moved here) is bank statements with both of our names at our current address, dating back to November or December, and an Amex bill in my name dating back about the same time. So, as you can see, they both show I was at this address for at least 90 days prior to applying, but do not align with the date of our moving out here (until that point the post office was still forwarding our mail). None of this is helped by the fact my husband moved here for work before my kids and I managed to sel our house and join him.

We filed this years tax returns from this address, but this was not 90 days prior to my applying.

So, does any one know if a lease dated 15th August, along with a house sale dated 28th August, a series of bank statements, and a series of Amex Bills will suffice as evidence for my 90 day residency? I know one can truly know, but someone here must have experience.

Thanks

[Popple77 1]

I just realized all this might be irrelevant anyway! I applied under the 5 year rule but apparently I was still supposed to include a copy of my marriage certificate. I got really confused by these instructions because I swear a few days before I only needed to include that if applying under 3 year rule. Apparently a new form and new rules came into effect in between the time it took for me to download the form and the time I printed it off and sealed it all. Ugh. It's out of my hands now! I mailed it 2 days ago.

[EM_Vandaveer 2,370]

You need the marriage certificate. You don't need "ROC-type evidence" (financial co-mingling, etc) if you are filing on the "LPR for 5 years" basis.

Don't worry about the old version of the N-400. It's still accepted until 8/9/2016.

Edited April 22, 2016 by EM_Vandaveer

[Popple77 1]

I see. Therein lies the problem. I sent off my application on Wednesday unaware of the new rules until today, and thus did not include a copy of my marriage certificate. I'm really really really hoping that since the rule change is new there is a grace period and they will allow me to provide the marriage certificate at the interview rather than an putright denial of citizenship.