Hey, JustBob!!!

[NickD 202]

have to show five years of Federal IRS tax returns????

[Tero 105]

have to show five years of Federal IRS tax returns????

Only 3 years is all that's required.

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

have to show five years of Federal IRS tax returns????

For Citizenship.... One is required submit proof of this tax thing..? I did not see that as a requirement for the 5 year requirement but for the 3 year rule showing proof of relationship.

[nigel 7]

have to show five years of Federal IRS tax returns????

It do say here that to bring your tax returns to interveiw ...but not sure if they ask for all 5 yrs tho when you get there.

if you got them take them just in case..

http://www.uscis.gov/USCIS/Office%20of%20Citizenship/Citizenship%20Resource%20Center%20Site/Publications/PDFs/G-1151.pdf

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=480ccac09aa5d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

[v333k 59]

Interested when he will realize this thread was meant for him.......

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

All tax returns (use transcripts for N-400 purposes instead!) since becoming a resident, but only up to 5 years, meaning if somebody had a Green Card for 20 years, she still only would have to submit the past 5.

I enclosed my original transcripts with the N-400 application and brought copies of them with me to the interview, but I'm not even sure that the I.O. even looked at them. Keep in mind, by the time the I.O. opens the file, the applicant had already sworn that everything she stated in the N-400 form is the truth, which includes "never having failed to file a tax return since becoming a resident."

[almostthere2010 0]

Hi Nick,

I applied based on being a resident for 5 years, not thru marriage and I did not include any tax returns on the application. During my interview I brought the tax returns with me but I was not asked for them.

I hope this helps

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

Hi Nick,

I applied based on being a resident for 5 years, not thru marriage and I did not include any tax returns on the application. During my interview I brought the tax returns with me but I was not asked for them.

I hope this helps

:thumbs: that's what i thought..!

[v333k 59]

I think tax returns are required regardless of applying based on 3 years or 5 years. Without being a "good" tax paying resident and the IRS has no beef with you, then you are clear.

Checkout the Naturalization guide http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf or better yet, checkout document M-477 which is a Document Checklist for N-400 applicants...

Transcripts are indeed required...

[NickD 202]

Hi Nick,

I applied based on being a resident for 5 years, not thru marriage and I did not include any tax returns on the application. During my interview I brought the tax returns with me but I was not asked for them.

I hope this helps

Thought that was the case, we never submitted her tax transcripts with her application. But she did get a yellow letter telling her to bring her drivers' license or a state photo ID with her. She will bring her only four years of tax transcripts, not that she paid taxes, but got full refunds. But did have to pay full FICA taxes. Can't have any more than that, illegal for her to work under the age of 16.

Pleased she is not going today, 8 more inches of snow, what happened to global warming?

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

I think tax returns are required regardless of applying based on 3 years or 5 years. Without being a "good" tax paying resident and the IRS has no beef with you, then you are clear.

Checkout the Naturalization guide http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf or better yet, checkout document M-477 which is a Document Checklist for N-400 applicants...

Transcripts are indeed required...

Ok so I reviewed the document. Page 3 of the document checklist or slide #52 of the guide... Says the tax document only applies to those who are seeking a status change based on marriage (3yr) or thouse who have been outside the usa 6 plus months and should prove they maintained their status/residency and can show evidence by including a tax return.

[countmein 0]

My interview letter (5 yr rule even though my green card was through USC marriage) only stated the following:

- NOA

- Green card

- Any evidence of Selective Service Registration

- Passport and any other documents used in connection with any entries into the USA

I do have a letter from Selective Service Registration stating that I did not need to register.

I was not asked for tax returns but to be in the safe side, I will request tax transcripts from the IRS for the last 5 years.

[Szilvia74 3]

As far as I know the IRS only supplies transcripts for the past 3 years. I asked for more than 3 years and they sent back blank pages for those years saying they can only do 3 years.

[NickD 202]

As far as I know the IRS only supplies transcripts for the past 3 years. I asked for more than 3 years and they sent back blank pages for those years saying they can only do 3 years.

I used that 1-800 something 1040 number, keyed in my stepdaughters SS#, verified the address, and requested her returns for 2006, 7, 8, and 9, one at a time, that was as far back as I could go for her as any longer, she was under 16. About a week letter four letters came in from the IRS with those four returns.

[NickD 202]

I used that 1-800 something 1040 number, keyed in my stepdaughters SS#, verified the address, and requested her returns for 2006, 7, 8, and 9, one at a time, that was as far back as I could go for her as any longer, she was under 16. About a week letter four letters came in from the IRS with those four returns.

Whoops that number is 1-800-908-9946.