N400 tax return/transcript and legal name change

[Steven and Alice 30]

We are eligible to file our N400 right now <90 days to 3 year anniversary (3 year rule with same US spouse)

 

1. We don't have the 2017 tax transcript on hand right now since we filed mid April. We know tax transcript is preferred so we hope to have it by June the latest and bring it to the interview. Will we get RFE if we do not submit all 3 tax transcripts online? We believe TurboTax pdf tax return has a time stamp when the return was submitted online. Is that sufficient? And if God forbid we don't have it by the interview (like being audited .. highly unlikely ours was straight forward) and we provide only the tax returns at the interview. Will it be a problem at the interview then? Delay citizenship? 

 

2. We also want to put in a legal name and family name change. Like the name be changed from "Jane Mary Smith" to "Mary Jane Doe" (husband's name). Is it better to include new family name in the N400 or just use marriage certificate after the legal name change? So the application ask to legally change from "Jane Mary Smith" to "Mary Jane Smith"? Which one is prefer but ultimately end with Mary Jane Doe.

 

We would like to file asap since the process takes 6+ months these days. Thank you in advance!

 

 

 

 

  

[Loren Y 2,755]

If you filed electronically you can download your transcripts a week after your return is accepted from the IRS. If you filed via the Mail it takes 3 weeks from when you filed for them to be downloadable. Just search for tax transcript download from the IRS website, and it is really easy to do, then you can print it out right now, and file right away for your N400. If you filed mid April, your transcripts are available now for sure. Below is the link....

 

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

Edited May 15, 2018 by Loren Y

[Steven and Alice 30]

30 minutes ago, Loren Y said:

If you filed electronically you can download your transcripts a week after your return is accepted from the IRS. If you filed via the Mail it takes 3 weeks from when you filed for them to be downloadable. Just search for tax transcript download from the IRS website, and it is really easy to do, then you can print it out right now, and file right away for your N400. If you filed mid April, your transcripts are available now for sure. Below is the link....

 

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

Thank you for your reply. Our return was accepted on Apr 17 but the transcript is not ready yet.

[Loren Y 2,755]

4 hours ago, Steven and Alice said:

Thank you for your reply. Our return was accepted on Apr 17 but the transcript is not ready yet.

Wow, that's weird, I had mine within a week actually 5 days after I filed. Had my transcript before my refund was even in the bank. Hopefully it becomes available soon. I was filing single, and was getting some money back, so maybe it is different if married or if you owed taxes. Hope it becomes available for you soon.