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Thank you, that was helpful.

Is it correct that the 5 years means "immediately before" filing N400? so it is a sliding 5 year, not since GC date?

The reason she travels so much is for medical reason (insurance in US is too expensive for non-citizen), but you are also correct that she didn't stay longer outside because of the requirement, we didn't want her to have trouble reenter so each time she only left for less than 6 months.

It looks like we will need to wait much longer than expected because she was in US more at the beginning, so each day she stays now, if 5 years ago same day she was already in US, then it doesn't really count (or i should say it does not decrease a days she is out).

The other thing i noticed is that if she had not left on Sep24th and apply then, everything would have been ok. This last trip is a big problem.

I am starting to think i did this wrong.

I understand the requirement is physically in US for 30 months, so i was calculating that she has 960days in country as of july 31st 2012 which is 5 years since she got GC. I interpreted this as more than 930days requirement (30 months x 31 days). Is this correct or incorrect?

Maybe if I list out the days below, someone can help me. I must be looking at this wrong somehow.

7/31/2007 - GC active day

10/8/2007 - entered US with GC 3/16/2008 - left US

5/7/2008 - returned to US 7/13/2008 - left US

1/11/2009 - returned to US 5/20/2009 - left US

10/4/2009 - returned to US 4/11/2010 - left US

6/25/2010 - returned to US 4/28/2011 - left US

10/13/2011 - returned to US 12/7/2011 - left US

5/14/2012 - returned to US 7/4/2012 - left US

9/4/2012 - returned to US 9/24/2012 - left US

2/11/2013 - returned to US

Total days outside US 967 (i think)

Part7-A is asking total days she spent outside US, this number will not change, but the days she is in US will increase after she come back Feb11. Therefore, if she doesn't qualify by Feb 11, then how long should we wait?

I sincerely hope someone can tell me what I am doing wrong with this calculation.

My mom got her greencard on July, 31 2007, so she fulfills the 5 year requirement. But for the physical presence in the US 30 months requirement, i am not so sure since she took several trips (but no trip was longer than 6 months).

My question is, for N400 part 7 section A "how many total days did you spend outside the US during past five years", she has 967 days, is this too much? How does USCIS interpret one month? is it 30 days or 31 days?

And has continued to meet the requirements since July, right?

I am not exactly sure what the requirements are, do you mean the continue residency requirement? She left the country on Sep 26, will be back mid Feb, less than 6 months. Can you be more specific, thank you.

I also just realize Part 7, section C - she will have a most recent trip left date, but no return date yet. Will this cause a red flag?

You don't have to be physically in the country but you must have met the continuous residence requirements. So... as long as she has maintained residence while being away on vacation, then that's fine. Just make sure to read everything .... twice. No one part of the application or instructions should be taken in isolation.

awesome, thank you, this is great news, even though it is only a few weeks earlier. she already met the requirements back in July.

Thank you Moz. that was great info, do you know if I can mail N400 while she is away, she is coming in a month, I am just trying to speed up as much as I am allowed by mailing it now. But if this is not ok (means you have to be physically in the country when you mail N400), then I will wait. If this speed things up by a month, it is totally worth it.

the citizenship n-400 should take about 5 to 6 months, filing and oath ceremony,

That's what we are hoping for her, so if we file now, it would be about July when she gets oath ceremony. She won't be back in the country until February 10th, I am thinking about mailing out her N400 right now so when she is back, it would be just in time for her fingerprint appointment. Is this allowed? She will be here for her appointments, just want to find out if the application can be mailed when she is not here.

My mom is currently abroad for medical reasons (she doesn't have insurance here), she will be back in a couple of months. She qualifies for naturalization and we have filled out N400 (signed). My question is, can I mail N400 out a couple weeks before she returns. I think it takes about a month between application submission to biometrics appointment. The hope is to kind of speed things up cause New York is very slow. She is hoping to have citizenship before summer/fall for a family reunion trip or as soon as possible. Please don't say a couple of weeks doesn't matter, I am just trying to see if it is allowed or not. Thank you.