AMarina

If you read the instructions for the N-400 it tells you that you are filing based on 3 years as a LPR and married to a USC for 3 years and been in the US for 3 years.

So all question that as about 5 years on the form you answer for the last 3 years as this is what you application is based on. If you were to include the days outside the US from before you became a LPR you would be denied Citizenship because you would not have been in the US long enough.

Everyone filing the N-400 who is applying based on a marriage to a USC answered that question using the last 3 years.

Thank you! Just needed some confirmation that somebody did it and didn't get any problems because of this...

Hi there!

Don't mean to sound paranoid, but how are people who grew up in the countries of the former Soviet Union supposed to answer the question about any association with the Communist Part on N-400 form? I have never been a party memeber (luckily, it collapsed by the time I was a teenager), but just like everybody else, I was a member of the pioneer organization. If anybody else had to deal with a similar issue, please share your experience! I mean, it's easy to check the "no" box, but since the question reads "Have you ever been a member of or in any way associated (either directly or indirectly) with....", do we have to answer "yes"? (I'm concerned this in itself will bring up some extra background checks and who knows what other problems...)

What you say makes sense, but I'm concerned that they actually request to state all out of US presence for the past 5 years, and don't want to have my application returned because it's incomplete or not truthful or something. Has somebody who naturalized through marriage to a US citizen actually filled this part as pertaining only to the last 3 years, although the question is about 5 years? Is there any official way to confirm this?

Thank you, everybody for congrats, and special thanks to YamSam and Aussiewench for being so helpful with answering tons of questions

Good luck to us all!

Hi everyone,

Wanted to share my joy with you -- it took NVC only one day to review our Affidavit and DS-230 and complete the case! That's trully unbelievable. I called in to see if there was an RFE sent our way or smth, and couldn't believe my ears today when I heard the recorded message. Good luck to everyone and speedy completions!

Thank you for answers. The only problem is that I didn't notice that I need to sign that before, and as a result waisted time because will now have to be sending it the original to him...

Dear VisaJourney members,

does anybody know whether the sponsored immigrant is also supposed to sign the Authorization for Release of Taxes form if joint taxes were filed for several years, but the immigrant's income is not used in the Affidavit? My husband believes unless I sign as well, the form would be invalid because our taxes are joint, and IRS won't release information because both need to sign.

And a probably silly question about DS-230 - should there be a picture attached to the form? There is a space there that looks exactly like a picture space, yet nowhere did we read that the picture is needed...

Thank you as always!

AMarina