US address proof during long trips

[sam1356]

Hi All,

My wife will be filing for her citizenship in Dec under the "married to US citizen" path. She got her green card in 2019, and I got my citizenship in Dec 2020. We were in our home country during the pandemic to help with our parents from Oct 2021 to March 2022 (167 days), in the US for one week, and again out from March 2022 to June 2022 (104 days). From Sept 1st 2021 to July 28th 2022 we were saying at our brothers house (but we didn't have a lease or any agreement). This address is on our licenses, tax returns, my pay checks (I continued to work for my US company uninterrupted during this entire time). My wife was unemployed.

I will be using my brothers address in the form for the physical address. I am trying to make sure that I have all the evidence to show that this was actually my residence given I don't have a lease agreement. Should I get a letter from my brother? anything else that will help. Does the documents I mentioned above help?

Thanks

[okccanary]

a notarized letter from your brother certainly would not hurt!! But from the looks of it you have a lot of great evidence with DL, tax returns etc

Just a heads up your wife might have a hard time to prove that she did not break continuous residence requirement due to the 271 days out of the country during a year period, especially with more than 183 days from 2022 (I work it out to be 187 days). Personally, I believe that her clock would have been reset, with the new date being June 2022 on the day you arrived back.

Obviously just want to say I am not a lawyer but it might be work speaking to one just to make sure she is eligible and you don't waste your money by filing if you are wanting to do it asap.

All the best