N400 Crisis
I want to understand how does citizenship go for lprs with a history of bad travel pattern.
A guy has 6 years of coming in and going out of US every year like from 2019 to 2025 he would come in US for a month and then would go outside for the rest of the year.
He was a minor during all that bad travel like under 18. He turned 18 in 2025 and then moved permanently to US has started his life from zero but now is worried for citizenship.
He also remained outside for more than a year but was let in by CBP in 2021. 1 year and 5 months outside. He was 15 years old at that time.
He is worried if he applies for citizenship after 5 years of continuous stay then his old travel would pull up and he would get denied and then would eventually gets an NTA and then game over.
Extremely stressed having panic attacks on daily basis due to this childish mistake he did. Reason was he didn't get to choose where he wants to live even though he wanted to be in US and was forced to do highschool outside of US because noone was willing to support him financially as a minor.
He has a life in US now. Pay taxes, go to college, working Jobs. And is considering joining the army.
His lawyer said to remain 5 years of book example of LPR and then apply for citizenship. Plus collect ties of US to show it at the time of citizenship.