Apply for n400 after a Trip abroad

[Farah1234 0]

Can I apply for naturalization immediately  after visiting family for 3 months or do i have to wait 3 months after coming back to the US

this is what i found on USCIS website but I didn’t understand it good. 
i am asking for my friend. Thank you
 

 Return to the United States. If, upon returning to the United States, an applicant returns to the State or Service district where the applicant last resided, the applicant will have complied with the continuous residence requirement specified in §316.2(a)(5) when at least three months have elapsed, including any part of the applicant's absence, from the date on which the applicant first established that residence. If the applicant establishes residence in a State or Service district other than the one in which he or she last resided, the applicant must complete three months at that new residence to be eligible for naturalization.

[Timona 3,943]

50 minutes ago, Farah1234 said:

Can I apply for naturalization immediately  after visiting family for 3 months or do i have to wait 3 months after coming back to the US

this is what i found on USCIS website but I didn’t understand it good. 
i am asking for my friend. Thank you
 

 Return to the United States. If, upon returning to the United States, an applicant returns to the State or Service district where the applicant last resided, the applicant will have complied with the continuous residence requirement specified in §316.2(a)(5) when at least three months have elapsed, including any part of the applicant's absence, from the date on which the applicant first established that residence. If the applicant establishes residence in a State or Service district other than the one in which he or she last resided, the applicant must complete three months at that new residence to be eligible for naturalization.

 

 

Go ahead and file your N400. Just make sure you meet the minimum months required to file i.e 18 or 30 months. Filing online will help you determine that at the first page. 

I have attached a simpler version of the bolded, which I presume is what is causing you confusion from how it is worded. No need of me to explain further.

 

Physical Presence

Applicants are required to show that they were:

• Physically present in the U.S. for thirty months within the five year period before applying, or (see legal basis)
• Physically present in the U.S. for eighteen months within the three year period before applying in the case of qualified spouses of U.S. citizens (see legal basis)

In addition, applicants are required to show they have resided for at least three months immediately preceding the filing of Form N-400 in the USCIS district or state where the applicant claims to have residency (See 8 CFR §316.2(a)(5) & §319.1(a)(5)).