N-400 Warning message - 5 year residence info under 3 year rule

[jingle123 1]

Hi fellow Visajurney friends! 

 

I'm filling out the 5 year residence info in the online N-400 form.  I'm applying under the 3 year rule as a spouse of US citizen. I got a warning saying I do not meet the residence requirement (I guess because my address for the first 2 years out of the 5 year period was outside US). Well, I only moved to the US 3 years ago and an applying under the 3 year rule, so the first 2 years are irrelevant. 

 

In an attempt to get rid of the warning, I then listed only the relevant 3 year residence in the US,. This time the above warning dissapeared, but I got another warning saying I'm missing information for 2018 and 2019 ( before I immigrated to the US).

Looks like either way my N-400 will be submitted with a warning message on the 5 year residence section.  Will the warning negtively impact my application? Will my form be rejected? Will I still get an interivew? 

Thanks in advance! 

[Dashinka 24,480]

It shouldn't impact the application.  I found these threads, and they imply it is better to put the 5 year history on it even if the oldest 2 years were outside the US.

 

Good Luck!

 

 

 

[jingle123 1]

Thank you so much for the reply + links! 

[Chancy 6,241]

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[Rocio0010 5,579]

Hi there! Slightly different scenarios, but same issues with warnings that do not pertain to you... I have a stepson, and I listed him under "children" as per USCIS guidelines. Well, it gave me a warning sign that I had to upload his BC, which I learned I could safely ignore based on the advise of more seasoned VJ members. So you might just  as well be on the same boat!

[jingle123 1]

Thank you Rocio! Actually I was just getting to that part of the N-400 with a similar situation. I have one adult child and two adult step children. They have anything to do with my application. Your answer is really helpful! I was just really worried they'd deny my application because of those warning signs! 🙂 

[Rocio0010 5,579]

20 minutes ago, jingle123 said:

Thank you Rocio! Actually I was just getting to that part of the N-400 with a similar situation. I have one adult child and two adult step children. They have anything to do with my application. Your answer is really helpful! I was just really worried they'd deny my application because of those warning signs! 🙂 

So just a heads up, you do need to mention all three "kids" in the application, but you'd only need the BC for your bio child.

[jingle123 1]

39 minutes ago, Rocio0010 said:

So just a heads up, you do need to mention all three "kids" in the application, but you'd only need the BC for your bio child.

Thank you so much for the heads up!

[iwannaplay54 985]

17 hours ago, jingle123 said:

Hi fellow Visajurney friends! 

 

I'm filling out the 5 year residence info in the online N-400 form.  I'm applying under the 3 year rule as a spouse of US citizen. I got a warning saying I do not meet the residence requirement (I guess because my address for the first 2 years out of the 5 year period was outside US). Well, I only moved to the US 3 years ago and an applying under the 3 year rule, so the first 2 years are irrelevant. 

 

In an attempt to get rid of the warning, I then listed only the relevant 3 year residence in the US,. This time the above warning dissapeared, but I got another warning saying I'm missing information for 2018 and 2019 ( before I immigrated to the US).

Looks like either way my N-400 will be submitted with a warning message on the 5 year residence section.  Will the warning negtively impact my application? Will my form be rejected? Will I still get an interivew? 

Thanks in advance! 

Go back into your application and re-check three year spouse of USC category.  Our application defaulted back to 5-yr in the middle of filling it out and it took forever to find the problem.

If your category is correct put all 5 years history (we did with two years out), complete it, and submit it.

Edited February 2, 2023 by iwannaplay54

[jingle123 1]

2 minutes ago, iwannaplay54 said:

Go back into your application and re-check three year spouse of USC category.  Our application defaulted back to 5-yr in the middle of filling it out and it took forever to find the problem.

If your category is correct put all 5 years history (we did with two years out), complete it, and submit it.

Thanks. Have already re-checked the 3 year category at the very beginning of the form but it still asks me for 5 years. Will try again tomorrow! If that doesn't work I guess I just have to put in my 5 year residence, and ignore the warning saying I have be aborad for more than one year and broke my continous residence! 

 

[iwannaplay54 985]

2 hours ago, jingle123 said:

Thanks. Have already re-checked the 3 year category at the very beginning of the form but it still asks me for 5 years. Will try again tomorrow! If that doesn't work I guess I just have to put in my 5 year residence, and ignore the warning saying I have be aborad for more than one year and broke my continous residence! 

 

It will ask for five but wont ding you for only three

Edited February 2, 2023 by iwannaplay54