N400 timeline

[mussh 0]

Hello, I'm filing for N400 and have a question on time line.

 

I live in Seattle which has about 20 months of processing time for N400. My Parents live in North Carolina where it's about 6 months. I know the rule is I must have lived in the district where I file 3 months prior to filing. But can I actually file in NC and how would USCIS actually know?  It's family-based, not employment-based application so hopefully I don't need to tell USCIS that my office is in Seattle.

[Undecided 78]

You really do not want to try to game this system. While I think some of the paranoia around crossing your Ts and dotting your Is is unfounded, some of it definitely is not.

 

Assuming you are otherwise eligible for citizenship, the major deal breaker is lack of honesty. You might get citizenship if you are dishonest, but obtaining citizenship is not a “forever” thing if you failed to be truthful, even if the issue about which you were not truthful was relatively minor. Now the courts have actually held that deliberately not disclosing something that should have been disclosed is not necessarily a reason for citizenship to be revoked. But frankly who wants that hanging over their head?