Wildstar

Hi, My wife (permanent resident for over 10 years) is currently applying for citizenship, and I am concerned if an accidental past voter registration will be a major obstacle to approval. A few years ago she finally got around to getting her driver's license, and while at the department of motor vehicles office, she apparently had to answer a few questions on the computer. One of these questions was about voter registration, and as she was nervous during this entire process she apparently got confused and clicked "yes" she wanted to be registered, although she had no interest in doing so. Her English is good but certainly not perfect. I wasn't there so I don't know exactly how this question was phrased, but according to an example from the state that I found online, the question may have looked like this: "(1) “Voter Registration Not Found” - screen. • Select “Yes, I am a U.S. citizen. Register me to vote.” • Select “No, do not use my information to register me to vote.” • Select “I Am Already Registered to Vote." If that is correct, she must have mistakenly clicked on the first option, which unfortunately includes claiming to be a U.S. citizen. Anyway, the voter registration was cancelled by the state board of elections a year or so later when they discovered my wife is not a citizen, but she is still in their database as having once been registered. She never voted during that time, and never had any intention of doing so. Unfortunately the N-400 application requires the following two questions to be answered, and I fear we have to answer "Yes." Have you EVER claimed to be a U.S. citizen (in writing or any other way)? Have you EVER registered to vote in any federal, state, or local election in the United States? Is this going to be huge problem for her application? Is there anything we can do to try to mitigate any damage? Submit some additional evidence or something? Thanks!

I am in a very similar situation. I am a U.S.-born citizen, my wife is Thai and has a 10 year green card through February 2025. We have been living together in the U.S. since 2011. She really wants to apply for citizenship within a year, however: 1) She out of the U.S. for either 179 or 180 days (depending if a partial day would be counted) in 2019-2020 due to the need to take care of her very sick parents in Thailand, who both passed away during this period. 2) We are having a second child late this year, and thinking about doing so in Thailand. Due to some complicated family issues (land ownership dispute requiring lengthy legal proceedings), we expect that we would probably need to remain in Thailand for 6-9 months (but definitely less than a year). I understand, as posted above, that technically being out of the country more than 6 months would reset the clock on citizenship. However, I also see it says that it is possible to avoid this reset by presenting "documentation which may establish that the applicant did not disrupt the continuity of his or her residence in the United States during an extended absence." My question is what kinds of/amount of documentation would be sufficient to successfully establish that the continuity of residence was not disrupted? Looking at the short list of recommended evidence: (A) The applicant did not terminate his or her employment in the United States; (Can't do this, as my wife hasn't worked in several years) (B) The applicant's immediate family remained in the United States; (Probably can't do this, as my other child and I would go with her to Thailand. (although I might return to U.S. alone in less than 6 months)) (C) The applicant retained full access to his or her United States abode; or (We can do this. Her name is on the mortgage.) (D) The applicant did not obtain employment while abroad. (She definitely won't work in Thailand, but how does one prove a negative?) Her name has also been on our joint tax returns every year since 2012 if that helps. And she's on my health and car insurance policies in the U.S. Not sure what else we could provide as evidence. If anyone has any thoughts about this it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!