I-751 April 2023 Filers

[OldUser 8,784]

26 minutes ago, ArethisPT said:

And what do you mean "Have you ever..." questions? They only ask about USA culture and it's more political, so I don't understand what you're saying.

 

Questions like:

 

- Have you EVER claimed to be a U.S. citizen (in writing or any other way)? 

- Have you EVER committed, agreed to commit, asked someone else to commit, helped commit, or  tried to commit a crime or offense for which you were NOT arrested? 

- Have you EVER given any U.S. Government officials any information or documentation that was  false, fraudulent, or misleading? 

 

And many more questions like this. These are not simple questions. They're very broad.

 

For example, the latter one 

 

"Have you EVER given any U.S. Government officials any information or documentation that was  false, fraudulent, or misleading? "

 

OK, say you mistyped dates of your employment on DS-160 10 years ago. It was never an issue, never came up in interview. You got visa, eventually got GC, now applying for citizenship.

 

Now, technically you're supposed to say "Yes" to this question. Because you provided false info to government officials.

 

Sometimes there's no black and white answers. 

 

There's tons of questions like this on a form. They're not simple.

 

Civics exam questions are straightforward for sure, and it's not what I mean when I talk about questions for N-400.

 

Also, most of these questions are NOT asked when renewing GC.

Edited April 11 by OldUser

[Edward and Jaycel 1,260]

I'd listen to @OldUser.... just did the N-400 interview a few weeks ago and knows the deal with the process. One of the most detail oriented members giving advice here.

[ArethisPT 31]

37 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Questions like:

 

- Have you EVER claimed to be a U.S. citizen (in writing or any other way)? 

- Have you EVER committed, agreed to commit, asked someone else to commit, helped commit, or  tried to commit a crime or offense for which you were NOT arrested? 

- Have you EVER given any U.S. Government officials any information or documentation that was  false, fraudulent, or misleading? 

 

And many more questions like this. These are not simple questions. They're very broad.

 

For example, the latter one 

 

"Have you EVER given any U.S. Government officials any information or documentation that was  false, fraudulent, or misleading? "

 

OK, say you mistyped dates of your employment on DS-160 10 years ago. It was never an issue, never came up in interview. You got visa, eventually got GC, now applying for citizenship.

 

Now, technically you're supposed to say "Yes" to this question. Because you provided false info to government officials.

 

Sometimes there's no black and white answers. 

 

There's tons of questions like this on a form. They're not simple.

 

Civics exam questions are straightforward for sure, and it's not what I mean when I talk about questions for N-400.

 

Also, most of these questions are NOT asked when renewing GC.

 

Very well, I understand that, but with proof, I believe that they wouldn't stress about it, unless you're giving false information about your name or where you live.

But ok I understand that now, but that is in the forms, people can read the forms and see if they have any issue with any of the questions.

I'm just saying this, because after you become a citizen there's no more fearmongering from the media about you leaving the US and more...

 

28 minutes ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

I'd listen to @OldUser.... just did the N-400 interview a few weeks ago and knows the deal with the process. One of the most detail oriented members giving advice here.

 

I'm not doubting what he's saying, I was just trying to understand his point of view...I'm not the type of person that takes an answer straight up and just says ok, if I have questions or doubts I ask.

[OldUser 8,784]

7 minutes ago, ArethisPT said:

 

 

after you become a citizen there's no more fearmongering from the media about you leaving the US and more...

This was my reason to become a US citizen. I could happily travel all around the world with my European passport. I could live in the US with GC comfortably too.

 

But the idea is that one day an employer or DMV staff marks me as a "US citizen" by their mistake would make me deportable. Or I get in car accident or some other trouble that would jeopardize my status in the US... Or CBP decides that I somehow violated my LPR status and gives me trouble entering the US.

All of this pushed me to file N-400.

 

Yeah, if somebody want to live in the US forever, I'd also recommend applying for citizenship.

Edited April 11 by OldUser

[ArethisPT 31]

5 minutes ago, OldUser said:

This was my reason to become a US citizen. I could happily travel all around the world with my European passport. I could live in the US with GC comfortably too.

 

But the idea is that one day an employer or DMV staff marks me as a "US citizen" by their mistake would make me deportable. Or I get in car accident or some other trouble that would jeopardize my status in the US... Or CBP decides that I somehow violated my LPR status and gives me trouble entering the US.

All of this pushed me to file N-400.

 

Yeah, if somebody want to live in the US forever, I'd also recommend applying for citizenship.

Of course, that's exactly what I'll do in 1 year time, also because if I want to either get a government contract or apply for government work, I have to be a US citizen.

 

That one about anyone making a mistake and mark us as a "US Citizen" is the one that scares me the most.