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@Mike E Elsewhere mentioned to me a similar case where the person successfully naturalized - my worry is whether writing in that foreign address on the N400 makes a difference at all, or if it still doesn't matter because the absence is less than 180 days.

(Sorry, I'm high-anxiety in general)

15 hours ago, OldUser said:

If you apply in 2024 you wouldn't have to list the address in your 5 year history. Would that work?

Well, I suppose... in case they reject my current application. I already applied - what I'm asking about is if my writing in that address will cause issues

One further question - I've filed my N400.

I was not sure whether to put my parents' foreign address where I stayed during that 5 months absence - in the section where it asks for my past 5 years' address history. Or, alternatively, whether I should've left a gap in my address history, writing in nothing for those 5 months.

On someone else's advice, I put down my parents' address eventually. However, and I may be overthinking it here, I'm now worrying this may end up being considered as me considering myself to have resided abroad, and therefore a break in continuity of residence (or something like that).

Am I overthinking? Will it be fine?

I've been LPR for a little over 5 years (DV category, if it matters). I'd like to file for naturalization.

In 2018, after residing in the US for several months, I took a trip back to my country of origin for 166 days. This is under 180, but I did not maintain an US address during that time - this is visible from the address history section, where there's a gap between two different addresses that coincide with the leaving and return dates of that trip. 

Since then, I've spent the majority of my time in the US. I've visited my family abroad once or twice a year, with trips of either 1 or 2 months each. In total, over 5 years, I'll have spent 401 days out of the US, with no trips longer than 180 days. I have never had trouble being admitted into the US.
(I did have another long trip shortly after obtaining my GC, also of just under 180 days and without US address, which I am currently waiting out - that one'll fall off the 5 years period this April).

Given these circumstances, is it a risky move to apply for naturalization? Or do I stand a good chance of approval, at least based on the absence?

(I also have yet to file taxes, since I've been a student and never owed anything. However I've read that it is always strongly recommended to file anyway.)

I can get that letter, but I've read that it's not considered proof because it only shows that I have never filed a tax return, not that I did not have to file one (so, basically equivalent to my own declaration). Right?

I was under the impression that a sponsor was not required. I do get money from my foreign family, but without a formal arrangement.

N400 (after 5 years on a DV gc). Sorry, thought it'd be implicit from this forum subsection.

I've been a little worried about the tax question. I've never been required to file taxes, as my income has never been more than the filing thresholds.

I've never worked and I've been either unemployed or a student in the last 5 years and so I have no tax documents (other than 1098s), but I did have some income - nearly all from school grants. Never been more than the minimum required for filing.

I'm concerned, however, that it might raise some issue at the interview, even if I attach an explanation around the lines of "I never made enough to file".

Will I have problems?