ukquestion

The N400 naturalization application mentions you have to have been a permanent resident for 5 years using your date of admission off of your green card as the date your 5 years starts from. No problem there.

However - does anyone know when you have to list your absences from the country and places you have lived in the past 5 years, if it is the past 5 calendar years, or the 5 years from your date of admission?

Thanks.

Joachim Feise

ukquestion wrote:
    > The N400 naturalization application mentions you have to have been a
    > permanent resident for 5 years using your date of admission off of your
    > green card as the date your 5 years starts from. No problem there.
    > However - does anyone know when you have to list your absences from the
    > country and places you have lived in the past 5 years, if it is the past
    > 5 calendar years, or the 5 years from your date of admission?

The past 5 calendar years. The point here is that besides being a PR for
at least 5 years, you also have to show your continous residence in the
US for the 5 years immediately preceeding the N400 application filing.
See the INS Guide to Naturalization, available on the INS website.

-Joe