Past 5 years addresses under 90 day early file rule

[Finalstretch 0]

Hey y'all,

 

We're trying to fill the N-400 application for naturalization under the 90 day early filing rule, but we're unsure about what to do with a couple of things:

 

- addresses during the past 5 years: obviously, we were still residing in my birth country 5 years ago, since our Permanent Resident cards were issued on July 17th 2018. So, we don't have U.S. addresses to list for the full 5 years yet! If we only list the addresses starting from the issuance date of our PR cards we get an alert that there's a gap in the address history. If we list our old home address in my birth country for the first 3 months, then it gives another alert saying we may have broken the continuous residency requirement, since we actually flew back to my birth country for 3 months after the first month in the U.S. The initial one month stay in the U.S. was an "activation trip" to get our PR cards issued, then we went back to my birth country to run errands and get ready to move and settle permanently in the U.S. This leads to my second question:

 

- we used our family friends' address as our first address in the U.S. and had our PR cards sent to that address while we were running errands overseas. So, officially we held that address as our U.S. address for a little over 4 months, before we settled in at our first home in the U.S.. Now, should we list that address as our address for that entire time and omit the old home address overseas, or should we list our friends' address only for the first month, then our overseas address for the following three months until we settled in our first home in the U.S.? We will anyway list all trips outside the U.S. during our permanent residency, so that will show a trip to my birth country for that three months, but I just wonder should it be considered as just a trip like the other trips we've done during our U.S. residency, or should it be considered as a temporary move there?

 

I remember updating our addresses at the USCIS website back in 2019, but now when I sign into my USCIS account I can't find any address history there. And if my memory serves me well, I'm pretty sure I listed our friends' address as our first U.S. address for the entire 4 months, but I just can't verify that since I can't pull any address history that I used to update back then. 

 

Also, I can't find any USCIS account number, like the N-400 forms instructs: if I go to my profile I can only edit my password and such, but there's no account number to be found anywhere. So, should I just answer that I don't have an USCIS account number? I find that weird, since I'm anyway able to log into my USCIS account, so I would think my account should have an account number.

 

 We want our naturalization to go as smoothly as possible and, obviously, we want to do everything by the book, so this community's help and/or input would be greatly appreciated!

 

And, one last thing: if anyone knows how to get to talk to a live person at USCIS customer service, I would appreciate it! I found a thread here where some advised that by saying "technical support" or "lost receipt" would get me through, but since I don't have anything filed yet I can't provide any receipt number. Saying "technical support" didn't get me through either...

Any other tricks, anybody?

 

Thanks in advance for y'all's help! Have a wonderful week!

[Allaboutwaiting 2,500]

30 minutes ago, Finalstretch said:

And, one last thing: if anyone knows how to get to talk to a live person at USCIS customer service, I would appreciate it! I found a thread here where some advised that by saying "technical support" or "lost receipt" would get me through, but since I don't have anything filed yet I can't provide any receipt number. Saying "technical support" didn't get me through either...

Any other tricks, anybody?

 

Thanks in advance for y'all's help! Have a wonderful week!

Say "Infopass".

[OldUser 4,886]

The safest bet would be to file on anniversary of you coming to the US for good in 2018. That's not based on Resident Since date on GC, but one can argue that's when you started actually residing in the US.

[Mike E 11,723]

3 hours ago, Finalstretch said:

addresses during the past 5 years: obviously, we were still residing in my birth country 5 years ago, since our Permanent Resident cards were issued on July 17th 2018

The 5 years does not go further than the “resident since” date on your gc.

 

My wife applied under the 3 year rule, and nothing (including addresses and trips abroad) was mentioned that was prior to the “resident since” . 
 

During the interview, the ISO attempted to go to prior to “resident since” and the lawyer we hired, shut that down. So put down what your lawyer says, and bring your lawyer to the interview. 

[jackiegringa 354]

11 hours ago, Mike E said:

During the interview, the ISO attempted to go to prior to “resident since” and the lawyer we hired, shut that down. So put down what your lawyer says, and bring your lawyer to the interview. 

This is great knowledge to have, so I'm making a note here. Thanks MikeE!