Popple77

Hi there, I m actually applying for citizenship now...

For some reason I cannot update my timeline on my profile... tried several times.. so this s for the N400 form I sent back in June...

Apart from updating my address on my online case, do I have to do anything else?

This exact thing happened to me. I did biometrics then moved from VA to CO. I completed the online change of address form and that was all. USCIS took care of the rest. I changed my address on the 29th July and on 8th August they sent me my inetrview letter to my new address for the field office in my new state (like you it was actually my original state too, we moved from CO to VA then back again because I didn't really like VA).

has it been 90 days since you moved? Because there is the 90 days residency in district requirement. I hope you pass the interview and you become American. Let us know how it goes please. Good luck.

I went in for my interview and they only wanted proof of 90 days state residency prior to application, and then proof that I live in Colorado now. There is a check box on the form the officer gave me that said something like: Congratulations: You are being recommended for approval. So I am assuming everything was in order with residency etc.

I don't believe the 90 day residency applies after moving. You need to be resident in the state you initially file for 90 days.

I sent off my N-400 at the end of April this year in Virginia, but then in mid-July I moved to Colorado. I completed my change of address information and then mid-August I received my interview letter. I was expecting the transfer to mess things up and was amazed my interview date came in so fast and so easily. Anyway, tomorrow is the big day. I'm nervous. Not about the civics test, because I know the questions upside down, inside out and backwards, and English is my primary (and only) language so that should be fine too. Just, it's such a big things and I get all tongue tied in interviews of any form.

Many of my friends at the Denver office got same day oaths too, so it's possible that I will too - so in a day and a half I might be American! Or I might not. LOL

I see. Therein lies the problem. I sent off my application on Wednesday unaware of the new rules until today, and thus did not include a copy of my marriage certificate. I'm really really really hoping that since the rule change is new there is a grace period and they will allow me to provide the marriage certificate at the interview rather than an putright denial of citizenship.

I just realized all this might be irrelevant anyway! I applied under the 5 year rule but apparently I was still supposed to include a copy of my marriage certificate. I got really confused by these instructions because I swear a few days before I only needed to include that if applying under 3 year rule. Apparently a new form and new rules came into effect in between the time it took for me to download the form and the time I printed it off and sealed it all. Ugh. It's out of my hands now! I mailed it 2 days ago.

I just submitted my application 2 days ago using the old form (I downloaded it a couple weeks ago but only just mailed it after coming off vacation). These instructions re the marriage certificate confused me and I didn't include it because I was applying under 5 year rule and so I assumed this marriage certificate was for 3 year still and I was miss reading. I hope this wont be a problem for my application! They seriously will only be receiving it today and I don't want to be rejected purely because I got confused by a new set of rules that came into effect between me downloading the original form and printing it out. Aaaaaghh - why do these things have to be so difficult?

Hi there,

I have been in the US 11 years and am finally getting round to applying for citizenship based on 5 year LPR (LPR through marriage). Not sure why it took so long, just life got in the way :-) Anyway, my family and I moved to a new state last August (specifically 28th; VA from CO). I didn't get my state drivers license as soon as I should have. I am petrified of driving so close to DC so never use it, and frankly I completely forgot about it's very existence until I started to apply for my naturalization. So, registration of driver's license can not really be used as evidence of 90 days residency. I have a lease signed by my husband and myself from mid August (15th I think) but I didn't move hear with my kids until our house sold on August 28th. So the lease date does not align with the moving date on my application. Just lining my info up here for you to see, so you can see why I am concerned.

As my husband was actually living in the apartment before me, the two bills we actually receive (most are included in with the rent) are in his name, and even if I changed them now, 2 days after filing, they are not going to support my being here for the 90 days required. Since I have 0 utility bills in my name at this address, the only evidence I have of 90 days (and again, these do not go back to when I first moved here) is bank statements with both of our names at our current address, dating back to November or December, and an Amex bill in my name dating back about the same time. So, as you can see, they both show I was at this address for at least 90 days prior to applying, but do not align with the date of our moving out here (until that point the post office was still forwarding our mail). None of this is helped by the fact my husband moved here for work before my kids and I managed to sel our house and join him.

We filed this years tax returns from this address, but this was not 90 days prior to my applying.

So, does any one know if a lease dated 15th August, along with a house sale dated 28th August, a series of bank statements, and a series of Amex Bills will suffice as evidence for my 90 day residency? I know one can truly know, but someone here must have experience.

Thanks

right, i meant for your emigration back to your home country after a few months.

Ah, yes, of course. I won't be leaving the US for good until I have my US passport in hand :-) (if ever to be honest)

Jimmy Hou - good advice - thank you! I can't imagine them getting on to my biometrics so fast!

aayitrun - I don't plan on moving out before I am naturalized - it's just a preplanned 17 day vacation, and I still have a valid green card so returning shouldn't be a problem. Thank you.

Hi there,

I am about to submit my N-400 visa. I have held a Permanent Residence Card (Green Card) since 2007 and have only spent 16 days outside of the US in that time, although I have another 17 day trip pending. I have been in my current state for 6 months. So, all in all I think I am eligible. I really want to get going on my application submission ASAP as I have to move in 6 months - possibly back to my home country, but I want US citizenship so that if we choose to come back, it will be easier than reapplying for a green card again (My husband is a US-born citizen and my kids hold dual citizenship with the UK). However, I am about to go on vacation. I would like to submit my application the day I leave. I will be gone for three weeks. That three weeks is a huge chunk of time towards an application when you are in a hurry so you can see why I would like to submit before rather than upon our return. So, my questions are:

1. If I mail in on the 28th March, does any one here think it possible, based on previous experience, that my biometric appointment will happen before I return on April 14th. This is exactly 14 working days or 17 actual days. I would be amazed if I was bought in for biometrics before the 15th, but I would like to hear if it is worth postponing application because of this.

2. Should I go ahead and include this trip on my N-400 application form, even though I will only be at the start of the trip when I submit? I know if I wait until I return, it would definitely need to be on, and I would have to update this information with USCIS if I do not include it on the original application, but since the flights are booked etc, would it be ok to include it in the original application, since by the time I turn up for an interview, I will have completed the trip.

Thanks