3 months residency condition

[sbali]

There is a 3 month residency condition for applying from one state. How do you prove that. Can you live at two places and give address from other state ?

How do they verify that. If I am able to get a driving license, does that mean my residency starts in that state ?
Seems like a loophole people can exploit ? Is there a way to catch this ?

[immihelp]

In order to prove the residency, you need things like driver's license, utility bills etc.

[sbali]

Thanks for answering. But my question is if one can get driver's license and utility bills, is that it ?
1 .Have somebody experience if they ask about driver's license or residency proof in interview ? and what proof will satisfy them? One can easily rent a house in faster processing date and get driving license . Will it be questionable ? Why u rented house in this state?

2. If one transfers out of state during process does his case also tranfers to new local office and if the priority dates of new offices apply?

[immihelp]

1. Can't comment on such things.
2. Yes.

[sbali]

Thanks.

But as everybody is aware , the responses are not legal opinion. This is a discussion forum. I am trying to get what was the people's experiences in interview etc. as per residency question.

I am sure there are lot of people (consultants etc.) in here who can not really stay at one place for process to complete (which can take anywhere from 6 months to more than 2 1/2 years) as is the norm in consultancy. So if someone gives address of a place where he has driving license and utility bills etc. Can it be case of fraud or questionable ?

With all due respect, you are moderator. If you want you can delete the post too. But this is a genuine question faced by people like me and my friends and sure by many others who are on move not for frauding somebody but only for work realted purposes.

[immihelp]

If you are a consultant, do you have any fixed place that you call home? Do you own any house or condominium? If yes, you may want to apply from there.

[sbali]

No, actually I do not have any fixed place. And I am not alone. I have so many other friends in my industry who have the same scenario. They are working on projects which may last about a year after that they will have to move and we rent apartment at a new place .So if we go that route, we will never be able to get citizenship

So one solution we came up is to have a address of a friend's house. I can get utility trasferred to my name and get a license and tranfer all my mails there and possibly pay taxes there too. This is a little cheating. But if it works nothing like it. Well legally seems OK to me. I wanted opinion of other friends like you on board.

[sony]

did you hear after nov 7, 2002 every move needs A-11 FILLING

DEAR
CAN ANY ONE HELP ME, WHAT TO DO?
some how,I have made it possible continous 5 yr stay to enable me to fill N-400 citizenship form. I have 2 yr continuous physical stay at latest adress with proper proofs of college attendence and jobs nearby that house.I even own that house. BUT during 3 years before that I been hopping state to state, city to city. I had no idea that every move is to be filled in A-11 change of adress forms within 10 days otherwise face fines/ imprisonment/loose green card/get deported. This rule is from sep.11 2001 effective for all green card holders and non green card holders. I have now night mares as i have not reported and i have TAX return proofs+w2 from all those different adresses.I can not even say, i was not there at all those places because of those proofs. IF i fill in n-400 , i will need to disclose all those addresses as there are w2's+tax returns. but as soon as they see the form and see no record in ins of all those adresses, it will be just blow me.
1.Does any one has answer please?
2. before nov7, 2002 , which adress A-11 should have been sentto as after that date they have changed the address?

please rescue me from these deadly hidden laws of a free country.general public, no one in neighrhood knows such law exists to report every move.what is the definition of freedom with that law?