Legal Question in Immigration Law in Iowa

Hello,

I have a question regarding US Citizenship N-400 application filing. I filed N-400 in Jan 2015 from Iowa under the eligibility of being a permanent resident for 5yrs and an Iowa resident for more than 3months. The application progressed normally but after my interview in Aug 2015, my N-400 application was denied because I had not establish a continuous residency in year 2010 & 2011 as I was out of the US for more than 6months but less than 1yr in those 2years. I had shown tax returns for those years but was unable to convince the reviewing officer to give me credit for those 2years in my N-400. Hence my application got rejected.

Now on Feb 4th, I was eligible to file N-400 again under the 4yr 1day rule. I have filed a new N-400 application again on Feb 4th from Iowa and have received the receipt notice for it. Now as I am waiting on Fingerprint notice, I found out that I'll have to relocate to the state of New York due to my job. The move is scheduled for 1st week of March.

My concern:

1) How is moving to a different state handled in a N-400 application process when it has already been initiated?

2) I understand that ill have to inform USCIS about my new address but my questions is what will happen to the residency status requirement in my new state? Do i need to wait 3months in New York before I hear back anything from USCIS? Or Do I need NOT to worry about it since when I filed my application from Iowa, I had met that state residency requirement there and moving to New York in the middle does not matter?

3) If USCIS office in Iowa transfers my file to New York office and it progresses normally and lets say I do not have 3months of stay in New York when i get to my interview, is there a chance that my application can get rejected because of this?

4) Is there going to be unnecessary delay in the processing of my N-400 because of this move?

5) Should I just keep my application in Iowa and fly out here for fingerprints and interview? If NOT, then how soon or how late should I inform USCIS of my address change which can help me getting my N-400 processed on a normal timeline?

6) Any other suggestions?

Thanks

Tj

1 Answer from Attorneys

Related Questions & Answers

More Immigration Law questions and answers in Iowa

Looking for something else?