N-400 Evidence, 5 Year Rule

[CdnRN 40]

Hi Folks

 

I'm moving forward with my Naturalization under the 5 year rule (nothing like avoidance to seemingly go in my favor!). 

 

I have been searching and found other threads about the evidence needed to support the N-400 and, lucky me, my procrastination makes it slightly less unwieldy than my initial AOS back in 2014. 

 

I've got a draft of my online application done and would love to verify my plan for the "Evidence section" before I submit. 

 

I have no citations etc to worry about.

I have already loaded:

• front and back of my green card
• marriage certificate as evidence of my name change that happened when I got my green card.
• my kids birth certificates

 

I reviewed other threads, could include if it helps for a smooth process:

• Canadian passport bio page 
• My birth Certificate? is that helpful?
• Washington state drivers license
• To help me remember my travel history (i have only gone back to Canada to visit family - land crossing by car - so no passport stamps), I requested my records from the Canadian border agency as well as the US site that lets me download my US crossings, so I have that available and could load those PDFs. 

 

My read is that, It seems not helpful to load evidence of my ongoing marriage as I've held my green card for longer than 5 years so tax transcripts, my USC husband's birth certificate etc.

 

Thanks for your feedback (and patience around this type of question).

[vinceoc 0]

I became a US citizen in Feb. 2020 (5 year naturalization).   I am also a Canadian citizen.   

 

I only submitted the birth certificate of my children, greencard photocopy (front and back) and marriage certificate.   For the travel history, just fill out the dates on N400 form, unless you have so many days (like close to 1/2 a year), I wouldn't worry about this.

 

The rest of the stuff you mentioned like drivers license, passport (and expired passport), your birth certificate, photocopy of husbands birth certificate, more travel evidence, tax transcripts, W2s, evidence of on-going marriage, any tickets you paid, you should just bring to the N400 interview in a folder and pull it out if they ask for it.   They asked for my last 2 years of W2s in my interview, my Canadian passport, greencard and drivers license.   

[CdnRN 40]

9 hours ago, vinceoc said:

I became a US citizen in Feb. 2020 (5 year naturalization).   I am also a Canadian citizen.   

 

I only submitted the birth certificate of my children, greencard photocopy (front and back) and marriage certificate.   For the travel history, just fill out the dates on N400 form, unless you have so many days (like close to 1/2 a year), I wouldn't worry about this.

 

The rest of the stuff you mentioned like drivers license, passport (and expired passport), your birth certificate, photocopy of husbands birth certificate, more travel evidence, tax transcripts, W2s, evidence of on-going marriage, any tickets you paid, you should just bring to the N400 interview in a folder and pull it out if they ask for it.   They asked for my last 2 years of W2s in my interview, my Canadian passport, greencard and drivers license.   

Oh Thanks! I was so used to the volume of documents to submit on previous steps, I've been nervous to submit without verification from someone who's been through it. Lol my dates crossing the border total 15 in the last 5 years -- I live close to the border so 99% of my trips are daytrips or overnight. I''ll not worry about the travel evidence in the initial application or documentation or tax information etc. That makes the paperwork simpler. 

[Fr8dog 312]

I submitted the absolute bare minimum required and that was for a "3-year" application. No additional info was requested at the interview.