laci1806

So should we not explain anything that's not required? He was planning to write an explanation of our 4 month trip to Mexico but technically that's not required either because it was under 6 months. Also he was going to explain his address/our separation. But that's also not required on the online application. I'm so used to providing a ton of evidence for immigration it feels strange not to do it for such an important application. Should he send in copies of IRS transcripts or is that more for the interview if they request it? The only thing they asked for is a copy of his greencard and our marriage certificate.

Should I explain why he didn't update his address within 10 days in the written statement? Or just wait for the interview for that part?

thank you for replying! We didn't realize he should've changed his address with USCIS since it seemed like an unofficial move! He still spent weekends and time on weekdays at our home and didn't move most of his belongings. Will definitely list it on the application and add a statement.

He isn't able to establish paternity because they live in Ukraine and he can't enter Ukraine with the war going on. She looks exactly like him so its a bit more than speculation, but yeah there's just no way to establish paternity right now. That's why I'm wondering if he should at least include a statement so later on it's clear he wasn't trying to lie. On his prior forms, at that point he hadn't seen his daughter since she was a baby and there was some doubt if she was his child. But now seeing pictures of her its very clear she's his.

Its not that we wanted to lie. We aren't worried about the separation disqualifying him at all. I was actually more concerned that if we list the house he rented a room at but he didn't legally change his address to that home, it would look like a discrepancy.

Many years ago in Ukraine, my husband had a girlfriend who became pregnant. Paternity wasn't established and when the baby was about 6 months old the girlfriend left my husband and took the baby with her. shortly after that she ended up in jail and the baby was put in an orphanage and adopted. Since my husband wasn't the legal father, he had no idea what was happening. He'd tried to find his daughter but couldn't get any information since he wasn't the legal father. When he came to the US on a K1, he put that he had no children because he took the question to mean legal children and at the time had not had contact or any info regarding his daughter for many years. Well, this year, after hiring a private detective, he's found his daughter and the adoptive mom allows them to talk on the phone. Now we're filing the N400 and are wondering what to put when it asks about children. Obviously she's not his legal child but she is his bio child and if anything happened to her adoptive mom who's quite older and also lives in a city in Ukraine that is being bombed, he would definitely want to get custody of his daughter somehow, either through paternity being established or adoption. Or even when she's over 18 if possible it would be nice to have an opportunity to bring her to the states. any suggestions on how to handle this on the N400? Should he still mark that he has no children but write a statement just in case later on it comes up and he doesn't want to look like he was being dishonest on his N400 application?

My husband came on a K1 and we've been married 9 years but were separated for 1 1/2 years in 2021-2022. We weren't legally separated and he never changed his mailing address or car registrations. We are finally doing the N400 and when it asks to list where he lived the last 5 years I'm not sure if I should only list our home since that's been his legal address or also add the home he rented a room at while we were separated. He is filing under the general eligibility. Also we were in Mexico from April until August 2 of this year doing a family Christian program at YWAM. One of the requirements of eligibility is proving continuous residency in the same state for the 3 months prior to applying for naturalization. We kept the house we own and still live in, and have returned to working (although he has a new job than the one he had before we went to Mexico). I know legally he maintained his WA state residency but will it be a problem for USCIS? Should I make a statement explaining the purpose of going to Mexico? And show proof of continuing to pay our mortgage and proof of working upon arriving home? Or is that unnecessary? What other supporting evidence for general eligibility should be sent in? Passport pages? IRS transcripts? Proof of tradeschool attendance? Should I be proving he's been in the US all this time or is that not necessary unless they ask for more evidence? Also he didn't registered for selective service when he came to the US. He was 25. He's now 34 and according to the online application doesn't need to submit the letter from selective service or a written statement regarding why he didn't register. I'm still nervous though! We don't even remember why he didn't register other than we didn't realize he needed to since he wasn't a citizen. Anyone have experience with this? Thank you!