Should i file N-400 while waiting for i-1751

[New Yorker 82 8]

Dear members needs your suggestion. I filed i-1751 with Vermont in June 2018 currently I am eligible to apply for N-400.

I have submitted all the evidence along with my Child birth certificate.  

My concern is during the conditional green card I had many international trips as I was working as a consultant overseas. My wife also traveling with me on the most trips. I quit the consultancy last March so didn’t travel anywhere till now.

My trips were in the range of 4 to 5 month each but no trips for 6 months or more.

If I apply for N-400 while pending i-1751my understanding after reading the VJ group is that there will be a combo interview. Please advise would it be problem in the interview. In i-1751 form they don’t ask traveling but on n-400 whole section for traveling.

Should I wait for i-1751 or you think it’s better to apply for N-400.  

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

Need more info on the number and duration of trips outside the US. Even trips less than 6 months could be seen as breaking physical presence requirements cumulatively for n400 purposes. 

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

9 minutes ago, New Yorker 82 said:

Dear members needs your suggestion. I filed i-1751 with Vermont in June 2018 currently I am eligible to apply for N-400.

I have submitted all the evidence along with my Child birth certificate.  

My concern is during the conditional green card I had many international trips as I was working as a consultant overseas. My wife also traveling with me on the most trips. I quit the consultancy last March so didn’t travel anywhere till now.

My trips were in the range of 4 to 5 month each but no trips for 6 months or more.

If I apply for N-400 while pending i-1751my understanding after reading the VJ group is that there will be a combo interview. Please advise would it be problem in the interview. In i-1751 form they don’t ask traveling but on n-400 whole section for traveling.

Should I wait for i-1751 or you think it’s better to apply for N-400.  

You just have to count the days, they will do the same. It is required to be physically present for at least 18 months for 3 years rule and 30 months for 5 years rule (please double check the number of months). If you meet the requirement, you're good. If you don't, you have to wait until you do. 

[New Yorker 82 8]

48 minutes ago, USS_Voyager said:

You just have to count the days, they will do the same. It is required to be physically present for at least 18 months for 3 years rule and 30 months for 5 years rule (please double check the number of months). If you meet the requirement, you're good. If you don't, you have to wait until you do. 

I meet the requirement but would it be problem with the i-1751. I was traveling  a lot of times. 

 

Do USCIS ask about travels especially during the i-1751 INTERVIEW 

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

2 minutes ago, New Yorker 82 said:

I meet the requirement but would it be problem with the i-1751. I was traveling  a lot of times. 

 

Do USCIS ask about travels especially during the i-1751 INTERVIEW 

I don't see why. The I-751 is about more evidence of bona fide relationship

[New Yorker 82 8]

58 minutes ago, WeGuyGal said:

Need more info on the number and duration of trips outside the US. Even trips less than 6 months could be seen as breaking physical presence requirements cumulatively for n400 purposes. 

3 trips  120 days stayed 1 month  again 150 days  stayed 2 months than 62 days . 

 

in total 300 days 

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

8 minutes ago, New Yorker 82 said:

3 trips  120 days stayed 1 month  again 150 days  stayed 2 months than 62 days . 

 

in total 300 days 

Confusing

 

If you were out a cumulative 330 days in the past year or two, I guess you don't qualify for n400. How could you claim eligibility for US citizenship when you have not lived in the US? Just having a green card and spending 7-8 months in the US to maintain that green card is not enough. 

[New Yorker 82 8]

4 minutes ago, WeGuyGal said:

Confusing

 

If you were out a cumulative 330 days in the past year or two, I guess you don't qualify for n400. How could you claim eligibility for US citizenship when you have not lived in the US? Just having a green card and spending 7-8 months in the US to maintain that green card is not enough. 

300 days in 3 years . Applying as a 3 years rule .Stayed in US for more than 18 months. 

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

If eligible under the 3 tear rule, you could file. The n400 asks to list all overseas trips. 300 days in 3 years out of the US appear significant on surface.

 

The interviewing officer would be the final judge whether you qualify after reviewing the totality of your application. 

[Going through 5,668]

Deciding whether there was a break in continuous residency for the purposes of the N400 is not just centered on travel time, but also how you maintained your US residence/ties to the US.

 

Working abroad can be one of the determining factors if the IO feels you were putting down ties abroad (unless the work was for a US-based company), as well as taking into account whether you continued to maintain your US abode while abroad, if your immediate family (ie. spouse/children) remained in the US, continued to file US taxes, etc.

Edited April 5, 2019 by Going through

[Dashinka 23,241]

As long as you meet all the N400 requirements you can file.  They may ask about the trips during the N400 interview, but I doubt they will ask anything during the I751 interview if you indeed have a combo interview. To me it seems the trips would coincide with your work history on the N400.

 

Good Luck!