When to file?

[greenrose 0]

Hey guys I'm a newbie here and I'm hoping to get some insight about my citizenship. Here's my simple but need to be right question. I went to calculate my early filing for my citizenship papers and it said that March 15 is my early filing date. Does it mean that my papers needs to be at the office by the 15 or I need to send my papers on the 15? Thank you!

[Lansbury 19]

Hey guys I'm a newbie here and I'm hoping to get some insight about my citizenship. Here's my simple but need to be right question. I went to calculate my early filing for my citizenship papers and it said that March 15 is my early filing date. Does it mean that my papers needs to be at the office by the 15 or I need to send my papers on the 15? Thank you!

Do not post it before the 15th, if that date is 90 days before the three or five years, whichever way you qualify. If it is post marked before the 90th day I have known them to be sent back, as the person applied to early.

[aleful 1,905]

Hey guys I'm a newbie here and I'm hoping to get some insight about my citizenship. Here's my simple but need to be right question. I went to calculate my early filing for my citizenship papers and it said that March 15 is my early filing date. Does it mean that my papers needs to be at the office by the 15 or I need to send my papers on the 15? Thank you!

ditto, it is 90 days before the exact date of the 3 or 5 year rule. if you file too early, you will be denied.

[Penguin_ie 5,992]

You don't HAVE TO send it on that day, or any day. A lot of people recommend waiting a week or so after you can file, just to make sure you don't get the interview too early. You can keep your greencard and file months or years later, or never.

[nwctzn 55]

Hey guys I'm a newbie here and I'm hoping to get some insight about my citizenship. Here's my simple but need to be right question. I went to calculate my early filing for my citizenship papers and it said that March 15 is my early filing date. Does it mean that my papers needs to be at the office by the 15 or I need to send my papers on the 15? Thank you!

I would suggest to leave a week of grace period. So if you calculated March 15, send the documents on March 22. You do not want them to send you the application back because of too early filing.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

Let me combine what the previous two posters wanted to indicate. It's not only "too early" filing, it's even too early if you file within the allowed 90-day time frame, but your petition is adjudicated so quickly that your interview is before the 90-day period is over. In that case the I.O. will not schedule an Oath for you, like for anybody else, but put your file on the bottom of a big stack with the label "HOLD" and that will cost you more time, weeks, perhaps months, then waiting a few days longer before you mail it in. Therefore our advice to you is to mail it on the 22nd or 23rd, to make sure by the time your interview comes up, you are eligible to become a U.S citizen.

[Bluehorse 0]

I was thinking to file 3 weeks after the start of the 90 day window, so to minimize the risk of interview scheduled within the 90-day period. I am wander if the wait for 1 week suggested above really is enough?

[Jessica24 3]

Hey guys I'm a newbie here and I'm hoping to get some insight about my citizenship. Here's my simple but need to be right question. I went to calculate my early filing for my citizenship papers and it said that March 15 is my early filing date. Does it mean that my papers needs to be at the office by the 15 or I need to send my papers on the 15? Thank you!

Do not send in your citizenship application exactly on the same day i.e on March 15. Allow a week or two and then file. This is because USCIS will reject applications that come in earlier than the stipulated time. The 90-days window is to facilitate all the pre processing procedures so that the processing can be done faster without any delay.