N400 90-day early filing and moving to another State

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Hello everyone! Hope you are doing well. It's almost time for me to file my N400 as I am close to my 5th year as LPR, however there is something not clear to me and I was hoping to find someone with a similar experience.

I'm about to move to another State and I know that USCIS requires you to live in the State or Service district for 3 months before applying (see below)

 

A. Three-Month Residency Requirement (in State or Service District)

In general, an applicant for naturalization must file his or her application for naturalization with the state or service district that has jurisdiction over his or her place of residence. The applicant must have resided in that location for at least three months prior to filing. 

 

However, section D also states the following:

 

D. 90-Day Early Filing Provision (INA 334)

In cases where an applicant has filed early and the required three month period of residence in a state or service district falls within the required five-year period of continuous residence, jurisdiction for filing will be based on the three-month period immediately preceding the examination on the application.

 

Here is the link for your reference:

https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-6

 

So if I read this correctly, it's my understanding that if someone moves to another State let's say 100 days before the 5th anniversary as LPR and then files the N400 in the new place of residence using the 90-day early filing provision, the applicant's jurisdiction would be the new place of residence, even if they lived there only 10 days at the moment of filing. So as long as when USCIS examines the application (interview) you spent at least three months in that jurisdiction, you should be fine. 

 

Hope to get more clarifications from you all in case I'm missing anything here. 

 

Thanks!

 

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