Time outside US at the time of N-400 interview

[hkl 9]

How is the time outside US calculated at the time of interview? For example, if filed based on 3-year residency, interview happens 1 year later, will 3 or 4 years preceding the interview be considered. In case it is 4 years are 24 months of physical presence out of 48 months required?

In my case, I remember the IO simply adding my days outside US from the year preceding the interview to the total number of days outside on the paper form which was still less than a half of the days in a 5 year period (in my case), but I think this was incorrect as he was balancing days outside from a 6-year period against 5 years allowance.

Does anyone have any official documentation about that?

[charmander 692]

Between the application and the interview you are still required to maintain continuous residency in the US. At the time of application, you would only list the trips for the last 3 years. At the interview, they would ask if you have additional trips you took between the application and interview.

 

Here's the official website link on this https://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/citizenship-through-naturalization/continuous-residence-and-physical-presence-requirements-naturalization

[hkl 9]

12 hours ago, charmander said:

Between the application and the interview you are still required to maintain continuous residency in the US. At the time of application, you would only list the trips for the last 3 years. At the interview, they would ask if you have additional trips you took between the application and interview.

 

Here's the official website link on this https://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/citizenship-through-naturalization/continuous-residence-and-physical-presence-requirements-naturalization

 

Does that mean that although between applying and interview you still have to maintain continuous residency, there is no strict formula for physical presence in that timeframe anymore?