US Immigration officers are incredibly rude and tactless. Last time that my parents came to visit from Spain, they took them aside because they couldn't communicate with them, put them in the room and asked them why they didn't speak english, to proceed with the interview in spanish. My parents are 65 and 75.
I think there is no real harm in trying to get your wife naturalized. Worst thing that can happen is that they deny your application and you can keep trying.
Also, it sort of seems that they can't reliably track people coming out of the country even if you do it by airplane. I-94 forms are entered into their computer systems by hand when checkin in into the country. The ratio of those forms being handed out must be relatively low. Some must get lost from their respective passports, some are forgotten by airport employees.. In my case where I'm a greencard holder it gets worse, most of the time the people at the counter forget to ask my greencard when leaving, and usually my last names on the passport don't match the ones I use on the ticket so I don't see how the USCIS could possibly match that departure info with my immigration record in a reliable manner without human intervention.
All the above would indicate that being sloppy when filling out the immigration forms about your coming and goings should be quite safe.
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Date: 2007-12-27 10:07 am (UTC)I think there is no real harm in trying to get your wife naturalized. Worst thing that can happen is that they deny your application and you can keep trying.
Also, it sort of seems that they can't reliably track people coming out of the country even if you do it by airplane. I-94 forms are entered into their computer systems by hand when checkin in into the country. The ratio of those forms being handed out must be relatively low. Some must get lost from their respective passports, some are forgotten by airport employees.. In my case where I'm a greencard holder it gets worse, most of the time the people at the counter forget to ask my greencard when leaving, and usually my last names on the passport don't match the ones I use on the ticket so I don't see how the USCIS could possibly match that departure info with my immigration record in a reliable manner without human intervention.
All the above would indicate that being sloppy when filling out the immigration forms about your coming and goings should be quite safe.