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Originally Posted by choukette
What u need to understand is that an officer looking at ur case will take that as proof of student status not proof of continuous residency. I am no big shot lawyer but on USCIS.COM they put proof of student status and proof of continuous residency separate because they want to see separate evidence for each category.
meaning you can't take school papers to provide proof of continuous residency for five years. It might make sense in the real world but to USCIS those are two different categories that fall under two different guidelines and thus should be accounted for separately. Good news is it's not that bad. Just go back to the website and read what they ask as evidence for continuous residency....find those things and send them. If u don't have them, get creative use emails facebook ebay amazon invoice to help u. good luck!
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But I do think that school transcripts will serve as proof of continuous presence, because on the transcripts, it has a record of how many days you were present or absent during that school year. And if you weren't absent that much, then it proves that you were present in school, which means you were present in the USA. And also, remember, school years cover parts of 2 years. For example, the '06/'07 school year covers the last part of the '06 calendar year (August - December 2006) and the first 6 months of the '07 calendar year (January - June). So, yes, I certainly think that school records will also be validated to prove continuous presence. I'm sure that USCIS is aware that a middle-schooler usually doesn't have too many "receipts" or "bills" in his name because he's a student. Can't expect him to produce all the evidence that someone between the ages of 18-30 produce. Just sayin'.