PLease help!!!

[cali_girl 0]

I am applying my citizenship based on 5 year residency.

I traveled twice outside the US that lasted 4 months (first trip) and 5 months and 26 days (2nd trip)

Should I need to submit my tax transcript for 2005-2008?

Edited October 13, 2009 by cali_girl

[Kathryn41 3,205]

You will find this document very useful as it answers all of your questions. At the end there is a list of all of the documents you need to provide and under what circumstances they are required: http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf (A Guide to Naturalization).

Since you did not travel for more than 6 months - although you were close with the 2nd trip, you did not break the continuous residency requirement (more than 6 months) so do not need to prove you maintained ties to the US by submitting income tax transcripts. If you had been out of the US for 6 months or more then yes, you would need to provide the tax transcripts.

You will find all of the information you need in the booklet at the above link - it is the one referred to in the N-400 instructions. Good luck.

[::: kanaiyo::: 0]

you are fine cali girl...no need to worry...and yeah tax info might be handy but not necessary...where in the cali r u from...

[AusCal 3]

I traveled twice outside the US that lasted 4 months (first trip) and 5 months and 26 days (2nd trip)

Should I need to submit my tax transcript for 2005-2008?

If your trips are close together, the IO may question your residency, (despite each trip being under 6 months) in which case tax transcripts would be good to have, along with other documents to show you maintained residency during the period.

If these two trips are a minimum of a few months apart, tax transcripts should not be needed.

I had two lengthy trips on my application, 176 days and 137 days, and about 6 shortish trips. this did not cause me any problems.