candy wy.

No Rete you dont need them at all.......
only if applying based on marriage to a US citizen or if you were out of the country for more than 6 months..

Rete

Also need to include your selective service registration and/or the letter from them stating you are not required to register (if you are a male that is between the ages of 18 and 26)

Zonie

OK I'll call your bluff. Which checklist and where in it, does it state you need tax returns/transcripts for a 5 year Naturalization application.

Rete

M-477 at the www.uscis.gov site

It tells you to bring a letter from the IRS if you have ever failed to file taxes while you were a LPR and if you filed and owe taxes you must send a copy of the repayment plan/agreement with the IRS.

By being a logical person you can see that these tax returns/transcripts are required to prove that you have complied with the above.

Also the checklist you get in the mail also tells you to bring these to the interview.

S Folinsky

Comment: I see nothing in the N-400 instructions nor document checklist that REQUIRES submission of tax returns.

candy wy.

Thank you..

Zonie

So with that logic I also have to bring proof that I was never in the US military, I have never been arrested, I have never been detained, I don't have a dependant spouse or child, I have never been placed on a rehabilitive program etc... How do I do that?

S Folinsky

Comment: by way of logic and past experience, the statement on the N-400 and the sworn confirmation in the interview will meet the requirement. That said, the documents can be corroboration of the sworn statements.

S Folinsky

Be nice. Immigration Examiners are known to forget the little principle that the actual returns are but corroboration. A useful exercise might be to compare the instructions of the I-864 and the N-400.

Comment: The instructions have the force of law. The Guide does not.

Poppy girl

I have all my tax documents from 5 yrs and as far as I can see by reading it all over again it is not required, but as I have them so they will go with me regardless, along with the optional 2 other passport size photos.

S Folinsky

General Pointer: The CIS examiner will have their own internal check list form. Most often, they give the file a cursory glance before they call an applicant in. The interviewer will then go down the form marking it up with a red pen, often asking for relevant documents at the appropriate time. The interview goes a lot smoother when one hands over the documents to the Examiner rather than making her thumb through the file, and move contents.

Zonie

I try. As a peon I appreciate your inputs to the forum.

scotta

Having just been to a naturalization interview on Tuesday and reading everything I could beforehand I can confirm that based on 5 year green card tax returns are not asked for.(In the guide or the instructions for filling out the N-400.)

The doc's I sent were the N-400, 2 photo's, copy of green card and a check. I received a yellow notice asking me to bring additional documents to the interview: State Drivers license or Identification card.
The interview notice requested that I bring my passport.

I took them, tax transcripts, with and broke the cardinal rule and offered them to the interviewer without being asked. She politely said "No thanks".

As far a selective service I got my Green Card at 28 so I simply left that section blank and it did not come up.

The only additional documents the interviewer looked at, other than those I sent in were my passport. I brought both an expired and current one and she thumbed through both looking at stamps.

Scott